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Uniper SE, Uniper Benelux Holding B.V. and Uniper Benelux N.V. v. Kingdom of the Netherlands (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/22)

Case no.
ARB/21/22
Applicable rules
ICSID Arbitration Rules
  1. 17 February 2022Arbitration

    17 February 2022Arbitration

    ICSID tribunal decision dated 17 February 2022 in Case ARB/21/22

    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

    Supporting details

    2 participants
    Respondent
    Applicant
    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

    6 months and 15 days later · 196 days

  2. 1 September 2022Germany

    1 September 2022Germany

    Decision of the Cologne Higher Regional Court in the case 19 SchH 14/21 dated 1 September 2022

    Cologne Higher Regional Court

    Case no.
    19 SchH 14/21
    Decision summary
    The court declared inadmissible the ICSID arbitration in Case ARB/21/22 and any arbitration between the parties under Article 26(3) and (4) of the Energy Charter Treaty, and ordered the Respondent to bear the costs.

    Supporting details

    33 authorities · 2 participants
    Applicant
    Respondent
    Cologne Higher Regional Court

    Authorities cited

    33
    • Energy Charter Treaty
      treaty
    • Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID Convention)
      treaty
    • German Act Implementing the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes (InvStreitBeilG)
      statute
    • German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO)
      statute
    • German Courts Constitution Act (GVG)
      statute
    • German Code of Administrative Court Procedure (VwGO)
      statute
    • Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (GG)
      statute
    • Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York Convention)
      treaty
    • Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
      treaty
    • Treaty on European Union (TEU)
      treaty
    • Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
      treaty
    • Agreement for the Termination of Bilateral Investment Treaties between the Member States of the European Union (OJ EU L 169/1)
      international agreement
    • North Rhine-Westphalia Regulation on the Concentration of Judicial Decisions in Arbitration Matters (NRWKoGeEntsVO)
      regulation
    • Case C-284/16, C v D (C-284/16)
      case law
    • Case C-741/19, E v F (C-741/19)
      case law
    • Case C-109/20, G v H (C-109/20)
      case law
    • Case C-638/19 P, I v J and Others (C-638/19 P)
      case law
    • German Federal Constitutional Court case 2 BvM 1-5/03 (2 BvM 1-5/03)
      case law
    • Kammergericht decision 12 SchH 6/21 (12 SchH 6/21)
      case law
    • German Federal Court of Justice decision dated 8 November 2018 (I ZB 21/18)
      case law
    • BayObLG decision dated 9 September 1999 (4Z SchH 3/99)
      case law
    • German Federal Court of Justice decision dated 31 October 2018 (I ZB 2/15)
      case law
    • Berlin Administrative Court decision dated 3 November 2016 (2 K 434/15)
      case law
    • Federal Court of Justice decision dated 17 November 2021 (I ZB 16/21)
      case law
    • Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main decision dated 11 February 2021 (26 SchH 2/20)
      case law
    • Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main decision dated 10 June 2014 (26 SchH 2/14)
      case law
    • Karpenstein/Sangi, Investment Protection before National Courts — The Future of the Energy Charter (NJW 2021, 3228)
      academic commentary
    • Steinbrück/Krahé, Declaratory relief against post-D ICSID arbitration? German arbitral law’s international reach (EuZW 2022, 357)
      academic commentary
    • Wilske/Markert, Developments in International Arbitration in 2021 and Outlook for 2022 (SchiedsVZ 2022, 111)
      academic commentary
    • Julian Scheu/Petyo Nikolov, The setting aside and enforcement of intra-EU investment arbitration awards after D (Arbitration International, Volume 36, Issue 2, June 2020, 253-274)
      academic article
    • Münch in Munich Commentary on the German Code of Civil Procedure (Münchener Kommentar zur ZPO, 6th edition 2022)
      academic commentary
    • Musielak/Voit, ZPO (ZPO, 19th edition 2022)
      academic commentary
    • Seiler in Thomas/Putzo, ZPO (ZPO, 43rd edition 2022)
      academic commentary

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