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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

Kluwer Arbitration

The ANM further reiterated this in April, August 2017, and December 2019. This behavior showed that Colombia acted with a legitimate purpose, giving meaningful consideration to competing economic, environmental, and social interests to produce a balanced policy. Mr. Martínez de Hoz, an arbitrator in this case, dissented.

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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

Kluwer Arbitration

The ANM further reiterated this in April, August 2017, and December 2019. This behavior showed that Colombia acted with a legitimate purpose, giving meaningful consideration to competing economic, environmental, and social interests to produce a balanced policy. Mr. Martínez de Hoz, an arbitrator in this case, dissented.

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The Faith of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Clause in Africa

Kluwer Arbitration

Such framing sets a higher threshold for establishing a violation of FET. In 2017, SADC issued a revised model BIT , which, like the PIA, provides fair administrative treatment in the place of FET. In the same year, COMESA adopted a slight variation of fair administrative treatment in its 2017 investment agreement.

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Advances in the new international taxation and challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

The administration of the tax would require a single tax return (consolidated balance sheet of the mega MNE) to be filed with the tax authorities of the country where the ultimate parent company is domiciled, and the information would be shared with the other countries. They also do not include the introduction of a general QDMT.

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Kluwer Arbitration ITA Arbitration Report, Volume No. XXII, Issue No. 5 (May 2023)

Kluwer Arbitration

To rule on Forbes IP’s petition, the Court applied the China Trade test which requires the movant to pass two threshold requirements and prevail on the balancing of five discretionary factors. La Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) v.

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Five ways to improve public sector procurement for startups

Nitrous: Public Procurement

These figures aren’t helped by the fact that the proportion of public sector contracts awarded without a competitive tender is rising ( 15 per cent in 2016 to 22 per cent in 2017 and then 23 per cent in 2018 ). There seem to be ever-increasing hurdles in order to do business with the government if you’re a small supplier.

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Arbitration Agreements and Insolvency Proceedings: Comparing the Pro-Arbitration Perspectives in Singapore, the United Kingdom, and India, and Calling for International Consensus

Kluwer Arbitration

The standard of “ existence of dispute ” without any bona fide requirements appears to be a comparatively lower threshold indicating heightened deference to the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal when an operational debt is disputed. 13) Telnic at [29]-[32]. 15) Vidarbha Industries at [79]. Kirusa Software Pvt. 18) At [18].