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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)

German proceedings concerning Uniper’s ICSID arbitration against the Netherlands addressed the intra-EU Energy Charter Treaty arbitration offer and its effect under EU law.

  • Investor-state arbitration
  • Jurisdiction and arbitration agreements
  • Energy arbitration
Case no.
ARB/21/22
Applicable rules
ICSID Arbitration Rules

Procedural record

  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

    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.

    Participants

    Applicant
    Respondent
    Cologne Higher Regional Court

    Authorities cited

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    • 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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