Season 2 Episode 5- Defense Trade Down Under
Introduction - In a decision rendered on 18 June 2019 (joint Cases T 624/15, T 694/15 and T 704/15), the General Court of the European Union (the Court) annulled the European Commission’s (the EC) decision 2015/1570 of 30...more
In a long-awaited ruling of June 18, 2019, the General Court of the EU (GCEU) annulled the European Commission’s State aid 2015 decision in the Micula case (joined cases T-624/15, T-694/15 and T-704/15). The factual...more
Striking a balance between the UK’s obligations under the ICSID Convention and under EU law - ?On 27 July 2018, the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in Viorel Micula and others v Romania and European Commission...more
In Slovak Republic v. Achmea B.V. (Achmea), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the existence of an independent arbitral tribunal established under a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between EU Member States is...more
Antitrust and Competition - Substantial Assets Divestiture Needed to Secure Clearance for the Creation of a Company That Will Control More Than a Quarter of the World’s Seed and Pesticides Market - On 21 March 2018, the...more
The Ruling: On March 6, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") issued a judgment in the Achmea v. Slovakia case on whether the investor–state arbitration provision in the Netherlands–Slovakia Bilateral...more
CJEU ruling on the incompatibility of a BIT provision with EU law may have implications for existing intra-EU BITs. Key Points: ..The CJEU’s decision differs from Advocate-General Melchior Wathelet’s 2017 Opinion and...more
6 March 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) rendered a judgment in the case of the Slovak Republic v Achmea B.V., C-284/16 (the “Achmeajudgment”). The CJEU declared that "Articles 267 and 344 TFEU...more
On 6 March 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) delivered its judgment in Case C-284/16, Slovakia Republic v Achmea B.V., declaring that the investor-State arbitration provision in the bilateral...more
On 18 June 2015, the European Commission initiated infringement proceedings against five member states of the European Union for intra-EU bilateral investment treaties' (BITs) incompatibility with Article 351 of the Treaty on...more