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Arbitration With Public Entities in Brazil: Must Regulatory Agencies Participate?

Kluwer Arbitration

Background The Appeal was filed by SANESSOL, a company that was awarded a public bid for the provision of sanitation services in the City of Mirassol by the Municipality of the city in 2007. In 2012, SANESSOL requested a tariff revision, arguing for the necessity of re-establishing the contractual balance. Pursuant to Municipal Decree No.

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2023 Year in Review: Switzerland (Part I: Scope of Arbitration Clause, Capacity of Discernment, Res Iudicata)

Kluwer Arbitration

on 6 October 2007, which contained an arbitration clause according to which all disputes arising out of or in connection with the licence agreement were to be settled by a sole arbitrator in Geneva. The agreements were not drafted, negotiated, or signed by the father or his sons. as licensor and B. as licensee.

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Violations of Competition Law as Grounds for Setting Aside Arbitral Awards: Lessons from the Paris Court of Appeal in GBO v. CAI

Kluwer Arbitration

Despite negotiations, GBO notified CAI that the agreement was terminated, alleging several breaches. Cytec , 2007) and the Netherlands ( Marketing Displays v. In 2017, CAI granted a license to GBO to use CAI’s trademarks, such as Disney, for the purpose of distributing CAI’s branded shoes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

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Brexit 2.0: The United Kingdom Leaves the Energy Charter Treaty

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Indeed, the ECT’s contracting parties had negotiated a “flexibility mechanism” for the modernized ECT. Amongst the UK’s treaty partners are or also were many of today’s EU member states, mostly those which joined the Union during the 2004, 2007, and 2013 enlargements towards Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans.

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Yet Another Chapter in the Micula Saga: The EU General Court Confirms the Qualification of the Micula Award as State Aid

Kluwer Arbitration

In 2005, Romania repealed the tax incentives scheme in order to align its legislation with the acquis communautaire in the context of the negotiations for its accession to the EU. In the meantime, Romania had joined the EU in January 2007, a development which rendered the award’s implementation much more complicated than expected.

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2024 in Review: Africa – Shifting Seats, Key Developments and Other Trends in Africa

Kluwer Arbitration

While the AfCFTA DTP has been adopted, negotiations on its eight annexes, covering crucial areas such as cross-border data transfer, digital payments, and online safety, are ongoing. This move followed the government’s cancellation of the original contract in favour of a Chinese consortium in 2007.