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The Right of States to Regulate in International Investment Law

The Right of States to Regulate in International Investment Law The Search for Balance Between Public Interest and Fair and Equ

Author: Yulia Levashova
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
ISBN: 9789403509310
Published In: July 2019
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The Right of States to Regulate in International Investment Law addresses the balance between the host state’s right to regulate and the investor’s right to obtain a fair and equitable treatment (FET) standard under international investment law. Due to the recent ongoing expansion of public interest issues worldwide, the state’s right to regulate has been recaptured as a prominent concept in international investment law. The FET’s standard provision in the text of an international investment agreement (IIA) has become a detailed clause clarifying the specific obligations of a state towards an investor under the FET standard. However, striking the right balance in these new treaty formulations has proved to be challenging. This book greatly clarifies the field by offering in-depth analysis of the application of the state’s right to regulate in relation to FET standard provisions in IIAs and to decisions by arbitral tribunals in FET cases.

What’s in this book:

Recognising that the role of tribunals is to balance the state’s public interests and the interests of an investor when interpreting and applying the FET standard, the author pursues such seminal issues and topics as the following:

the legitimacy of the objective of the state’s measure;
obligations and responsibilities of investors towards a host state;
the nature and impact of a change to a national regulatory framework;
special economic and sociopolitical circumstances in a host state; and
due diligence and risk assessment as a condition for the protection of an investor’s legitimate expectations.

Multiple IIAs concluded by OECD Member States, as well by Russia and China, and the prominent investment law cases on the FET standard are examined in detail. The analysis pays particular attention to how investment jurisprudence in FET cases has been reflected in such new IIAs as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union (EU) and Canada, the EU-Vietnam FTA and the EU-Singapore FTA. These case studies demonstrate the evolution of the IIAs’ FET standard provisions and how they balance the application of the FET standard and the state’s right to regulate. Suggestions are provided for drafting formulations of the FET standard that can contribute to achieving such a balance. Case commentary and other secondary literature are referred to throughout. An annex includes texts of selected bilateral and regional investment treaties.

How this will help you:

In the clear light it sheds on the legal conditions under which states may regulate in the public interest and its contribution to the reforms that are currently taking place in the field of international investment law, this book constitutes an exemplary framework to evaluate investment decisions on the FET standard and the right to regulate. It will be extremely useful for practitioners who work on investment cases, policymakers involved in negotiating and drafting of IIAs, policy advisors of governmental and non-governmental organisations and academics in international investment law.

Acknowledgements

CHAPTER 1
Introduction

CHAPTER 2
International Investment Agreements and the Right to Regulate: An Introduction

CHAPTER 3
The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard in International Investment Agreements

CHAPTER 4
Investment Jurisprudence on the FET Standard and the Right to Regulate: A General Overview

CHAPTER 5
Introduction to the Legal Conditions on the Right to Regulate Identified by Tribunals

CHAPTER 6
The State’s Right to Regulate and the Legitimate Expectations of the Investor

CHAPTER 7
Conditions for a State to Lawfully Exercise Its Right to Regulate

CHAPTER 8
Towards a More Balanced Approach

ANNEX A
Selected Bilateral Investment Treaties

ANNEX B
Regional Treaties

ANNEX C
Categories of the IIAs’ FET Standard Formulations