Articles written by Johannes Tropper on Völkerrechtsblog

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Don’t Pull the Plug on the Energy Charter Treaty

16.05.2022

Johannes Tropper Kilian Wagner

As the Earth is facing global warming and the long-term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement seem ever more distant (see new IPCC report), another international treaty has been receiving...

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Russia’s Plans for ‘Nationalizing’ Foreign-Owned Companies

29.03.2022

Johannes Tropper

The ongoing Russian military invasion into Ukraine has backfired on the Russian economy. As a response to the invasion, economic sanctions have been adopted by European and other states targeting...

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Mission Impossible?

17.11.2021

Haris Huremagić Johannes Tropper

In its recent judgment in Moldova v. Komstroy, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has deemed intra-EU investor-state-dispute settlement (ISDS) under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) incompatible...

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From Achmea to Komstroy

22.09.2021

Johannes Tropper

In a recent landmark decision Moldova v. Komstroy, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 2 September 2021 found intra-EU investment arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty...

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The Energy Charter Treaty and its (in)compatibility with EU law

17.12.2020

Johannes Tropper

Belgium is on the move again. After having submitted a request to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for an opinion on the compatibility of the Comprehensive...

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The treaty to end all investment treaties

12.05.2020

Johannes Tropper

23 member states of the European Union (EU) decided that it was time to fish or cut bait. On 5 May they signed a plurilateral treaty to scrap all intra-EU...

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Alea iacta est?

24.01.2019

Johannes Tropper

Almost a year has passed since the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its ground-breaking judgment– Achmea C-284/16 – concerning the incompatibility of EU law and a Dutch-Slovakian...