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The Sun Behind the Clouds? Enforcement of Renewable Energy Awards in the EU

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2019

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Ana Mercedes López-Rodríguez*
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Abstract

A number of European Union (EU) countries have undertaken thorough reforms in the renewable energy sector over the past years. The regulatory changes have triggered a wave of claims from low-carbon investors asserting that the reforms have diminished or exhausted the economic viability of their investments. Unlike local investors, who typically take legal action before domestic courts, foreign investors have filed arbitration claims in accordance with the Energy Charter Treaty, notably against Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic, resulting in several awards of damages. However, recent developments in EU state aid law seem to restrict the ability of investors to obtain compensation. This article argues that such developments may undermine renewable energy policy, because arbitration enhances the regulatory stability and predictability which low-carbon investments require only if arbitral awards can be enforced effectively. The article examines the different scenarios that may arise out of the interplay between EU law and investment arbitration in the EU and concludes that the European Commission's arguable redrawing of the boundaries of state aid rules to encompass investment arbitration, combined with the EU's general quest to replace investment arbitration with alternative mechanisms of adjudication, may jeopardize climate change mitigation policies.

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Renewable energyEnergy Charter TreatyState aidInvestor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)EU lawClimate change mitigation

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Transnational Environmental Law , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , July 2019 , pp. 279 - 302
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The author wishes to thank the anonymous reviewers for their time and valuable suggestions. Any errors in the final version are, of course, solely those of the author.

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105 Selivanova, n. 27 above.

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115 Micula v. Commission, n. 54 above.

116 Micula & Ors v. Romania & Anor, n. 97 above.

117 As ruled by the Court of Justice in, e.g., Case T-69/89, RTE v. Commission, Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), 10 July 1991, ECLI:EU:T:1991:39.

118 In the same sense, see Struckmann, Forwood & Kadri, n. 61 above, p. 262.

119 See n. 110 above.

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122 European Commission, ‘Clean Energy for all Europeans’, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/energy-strategy-and-energy-union/clean-energy-all-europeans.

123 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewable Sources (Recast), COM/2016/0767 final, 30 Nov. 2016, 2016/0382 (COD).

124 Communication from the Commission, ‘A Policy Framework for Climate and Energy in the Period from 2020 to 2030’, COM/2014/015 final, 22 Jan. 2014, available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52014DC0015&from=EN.

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126 Council of the EU, ‘Analysis of the Final Compromise Text with a View to Agreement’, 21 June 2018, available at: http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-10308-2018-INIT/en/pdf.

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128 COM/2014/015 final, n. 124 above.

129 COM/2016/0767 final, n. 123 above, Art. 15(3).

130 European Parliament, n. 125 above.

131 Directive (EU) 2018/2001, n. 127 above.

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133 Communication from the Commission, ‘Towards a Comprehensive European International Investment Policy’, COM(2010) 343 final, 7 July 2010, p. 10, available at: http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/rep/1/2010/EN/1-2010-343-EN-F1-1.Pdf.

134 N. 79 above, Arts 8.27–29. See also Commission Concept Paper, ‘Investment in TTIP and Beyond: The Path for Reform’, p. 3, available at: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2015/may/tradoc_153408.PDF (‘CETA is the first agreement to which the U.S. is not a party which contains a clear commitment to the possible creation of an appeal mechanism’).

135 European Union's Proposal for Investment Protection and Resolution of Investment Disputes, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), 12 Nov. 2015, Arts 9–10, 12, available at: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2015/november/tradoc_153955.pdf. See also Commission Concept Paper, ibid. (remarking that the TTIP contains the first EU negotiating directives that explicitly mention an appellate mechanism).

136 EU-Vietnam Trade and Investment Agreement, authentic text as of Aug. 2018, not yet binding under international law, available at: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1437.

137 Investment Protection Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Singapore, of the other part, Brussels (Belgium), 19 Oct. 2018, available at: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=961.

138 New EU-Mexico Agreement, agreement in principle, Brussels (Belgium), 23 Apr. 2018, available at: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1833.

139 Council of the EU, ‘Negotiating Directives for a Convention establishing a Multilateral Court for the Settlement of Investment Disputes’, Document/ST-12981-2017-ADD-1-DCL-1, 20 Mar. 2018, available at: http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-12981-2017-ADD-1-DCL-1/en/pdf.

140 UNCITRAL, ‘Possible Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)’ (5 Sept. 2018), UN Doc. A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.149, available at: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/commission/working_groups/3Investor_State.html.

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144 Rome (Italy), 4 Nov. 1950, in force 3 Sept. 1953, available at: http://www.echr.coe.int/pages/home.aspx?p=basictexts.

145 Case C-2/13, Draft International Agreement: Accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Compatibility of the Draft Agreement with the EU and FEU Treaties, Opinion of the Court (Full Court), 18 Dec. 2014, ECLI:EU:C:2014:2454.

146 Opinion C-1/17, n. 80 above. See further, G. Kübek, ‘CETA's Investment Court System and the Autonomy of EU Law: Insights from the Hearing in Opinion 1/17’, VerfBlog, 4 July 2018, available at: https://verfassungsblog.de/cetas-investment-court-system-and-the-autonomy-of-eu-law-insights-from-the-hearing-in-opinion-1-17.

147 Opinion of Advocate General Bot, delivered 29 Jan. 2019, ECLI:EU:C:2019:72; Opinion of the Court (Full Court) of 30 April 2019 on Case C-1/17, n. 80 above.

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152 Similarly, Alessi, Ferrer & Egenhofer, n. 24 above.