L'arbitrabilità delle controversie tra un investitore di uno Stato membro ed un altro Stato membro : alcune considerazioni a margine del caso Eureko/Achmea v. The Slovak Republic
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
Citazione:
L'arbitrabilità delle controversie tra un investitore di uno Stato membro ed un altro Stato membro : alcune considerazioni a margine del caso Eureko/Achmea v. The Slovak Republic / G.M. Vallar. - In: RIVISTA DI DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE PRIVATO E PROCESSUALE. - ISSN 0035-6174. - 4(2014), pp. 849-884.
Abstract:
The present paper deals with one of the issues that has recently
been considered within the Eureko/Achmea v. The Slovak Republic
case, namely the arbitrability of the so called intra-EU BITs disputes. In essence,
it focuses on whether the investor of an EU member state can rely
on the compromissory clause contained in a BIT that its country of origin
had signed with another country that, in turn, at a later time, became an
EU member State. To such a question arbitral tribunals have answered in
the positive, while the EU in the negative, without however adopting a
normative act in this sense. Throughout the paper, an analysis is conducted of those aspects of international law and of EU law that come into play in
relation to the matter at hand. It is submitted that, in the absence of a definite/
hard law solution, the way out should consist, for the time being, in
applying soft law principles and, in particular, that of comity; nevertheless,
the EUCJ and the arbitral tribunals do not appear to be very much keen to
act in this sense. EU member states, on their part, are more and more frequently
opting for the termination of the relevant BITs, allegedly on the basis
of a law and economics analysis. This attitude, however, might produce
negative effects on the economy of these states, since investors, seeking the
protection of a BIT, could be encouraged to move their seats in third countries.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Intra-EU BITs; Eureko; Achmea; Mox Plant; arbitrability; intra-EU jurisdicitonal objection; comity; application of successive treaties relating to the same subject-matter; termination of a treaty implied by conclusion of a later treaty; non-discrimination; EU Courts exclusive competence; arbitrators competence to ask for a preliminary ruling; arbitrabilità; applicazione di trattati successivi aventi per oggetto la stessa materia; estinzione di un trattato per conclusione di un trattato successivo; divieto di discriminazione; competenza esclusiva dei giudici UE; capacità degli arbitri di operare un rinvio pregiudiziale.
Elenco autori:
G.M. Vallar
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