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Applicant v Respondent (Higher Regional Court of Cologne 19 SchH 15/21)

Case no.: ICSID ARB/21/4
Applicable rules: ICSID Arbitration Rules

1 September 2022Germany
1 September 2022Germany
Decision of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne in the case 19 SchH 15/21 dated 1 September 2022
Higher Regional Court of Cologne
Decision summary
The court declared inadmissible the ICSID arbitration commenced under ICSID ARB/21/4 and any arbitration between the parties based on Article 26(3) and (4) of the Energy Charter Treaty. It held that the intra-EU arbitration offer was ineffective under EU law and ordered the Respondent to bear the costs.
Supporting details
37 authorities · 2 participants
Applicant
Respondent
Higher Regional Court of Cologne
Authorities cited
37
- Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID Convention of 18 March 1965)
  treaty
- German Act approving the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes (InvStreitBeilG)
  statute
- Energy Charter Treaty of 17 December 1994
  treaty
- German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO)
  statute
- German Courts Constitution Act (GVG)
  statute
- German Code of Administrative Court Procedure (VwGO)
  statute
- German Basic Law (GG)
  statute
- Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York Convention)
  treaty
- Treaty on European Union (EUV)
  treaty
- Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (AEUV)
  treaty
- Agreement for the Termination of Bilateral Investment Treaties between the Member States of the European Union (Agreement of 29 May 2020 for the Termination of Bilateral Investment Treaties between the Member States of the European Union)
  treaty
- North Rhine-Westphalia Regulation on the Concentration of Judicial Decisions in Arbitration Matters (NRWKoGeEntsVO)
  statute
- German Act approving the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes (InvStreitÜbkG)
  statute
- Case C-284/16 (C-284/16)
  case law
- Case C-741/19 (C-741/19)
  case law
- Case C-109/20 (C-109/20)
  case law
- Case C-638/19 P (C-638/19 P)
  case law
- German Federal Constitutional Court decision (2 BvM 1-5/03)
  case law
- Kammergericht decision (12 SchH 6/21)
  case law
- German Federal Court of Justice decision (I ZB 21/18)
  case law
- Bavarian Higher Regional Court decision (4Z SchH 3/99)
  case law
- German Federal Court of Justice decision (I ZB 2/15)
  case law
- German Federal Court of Justice decision (I ZB 16/21)
  case law
- Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main decision (26 SchH 2/20)
  case law
- Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main decision (26 SchH 2/14)
  case law
- Berlin Administrative Court decision (2 K 434/15)
  case law
- German Federal Constitutional Court proceeding (2 BvR 557/19)
  case law
- Karpenstein/Sangi, Investment Protection before National Courts — The Future of the Energy Charter Treaty (Karpenstein/Sangi, NJW 2021, 3228)
  academic
- Steinbrück/Krahé, Declaratory relief against post-D ICSID arbitration? German arbitral law’s international reach (Steinbrück/Krahé, EuZW 2022, 357)
  academic
- Wilske/Markert, Developments in International Arbitration in 2021 and Outlook for 2022 (Wilske/Markert, SchiedsVZ 2022, 111)
  academic
- Seiler in Thomas/Putzo, Code of Civil Procedure (Seiler in Thomas/Putzo, ZPO, 43rd edition (2022))
  academic
- Musielak/Voit, Code of Civil Procedure (Musielak/Voit, ZPO, 19th edition (2022))
  academic
- Münch in Munich Commentary on the German Code of Civil Procedure (Münch in Münchener Kommentar zur ZPO, 6th edition (2022))
  academic
- Wolf/Eslami in Beck Online Commentary on the German Code of Civil Procedure (Wolf/Eslami in BeckOK ZPO, 44th edition (2022))
  academic
- Scheu/Nikolov, The setting aside and enforcement of intra-EU investment arbitration awards after D (Scheu/Nikolov, Arbitration International, Volume 36, Issue 2 (June 2020), pp. 253-274)
  academic
- O and W, The D decision of the German Federal Court of Justice — EU accession makes the offer for intra-EU arbitration lapse (O and W, P Deutschland blog, 21 November 2018)
  academic
- N and O, ECT arbitration clause in intra-EU proceedings not applicable (N and O, P Deutschland blog, 10 September 2021)
  academic
Direct judgment