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ICSID case ARB/14/8 (Interpretation decision)

ICSID · Investment (ICSID and treaty) · International (investor-state) · 1 May 2018

Why it matters

CEAC Holdings Limited v. Montenegro, an investment-treaty arbitration administered by ICSID (case no. ARB/14/8), in which a foreign investor brought claims against a state under an investment treaty. In the outcome, the tribunal rendered its award. For a student, it is a worked example of investor-state dispute settlement: how an ICSID tribunal weighs a state's right to regulate against the treaty protections owed to foreign investors.

Summary

CEAC Holdings Limited v. Montenegro: an ICSID decision (ARB/14/8). In the outcome, the tribunal rendered its award. The tribunal's full reasoning is set out in the original.

The detail

Parties: CEAC Holdings Limited v. Montenegro

Case number: ICSID Case No. ARB/14/8

Outcome: Interpretation decision in case ARB/14/8. See the original for the disposition and any quantum.

Applicable law: ICSID Convention and Arbitration Rules; the applicable investment treaty.

Issues in play: A foreign investor's treaty protections against a sovereign state's right to regulate.

Read the full decision at ICSID case database

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