Commentary to the Austrian model investment treaty

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Link(s) zu Dokument(en):E-Medien Publikation
Hauptverfasser: Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien (Herausgebendes Organ), International Institute for Sustainable Development (HerausgeberIn), Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Nathalie (VerfasserIn), Johnson, Lise (VerfasserIn)
Format: Monograph
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien 2011
Schlagworte:
Österreich
Investitionsschutzabkommen
Mustervertrag
Wirtschaft
Wirtschaft & Politik
Studien
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Table of Contents
  • 1. Introduction and Background
  • History
  • Beginnings of reform in response to claims against two traditional proponents of BITs - the United States and Canada
  • Developments in Europe
  • The Picture in Austria
  • 2. Investment Treaties, their Interpretation, and the Austrian Model BIT in Comoparison
  • The Austrian Model BIT
  • Scope
  • Defining "Investment"
  • Defining "Investor"
  • Umbrella Clauses and Broad Dispute Settlement Clauses
  • Host Country Obligations
  • Non-discrimination: MFN and National Treatment
  • Expropriation
  • Fair and Equitable Treatment
  • Transfers
  • Provisions Specifically Addressing the Environment, Labour, and Sustainable Development
  • Provisions in the Preamble
  • Avoiding a Race to the Bottom
  • Exceptions Clauses
  • The Austrian Model BIT, Sustainable Development, and Other Policy Goals
  • Investor-State Dispute Settlement
  • Exhaustion of Remedies, Waiting Periods, "Fork-in-the-Road" Provisions, and Limitations Periods
  • Available Remedies
  • Transparency and Arbitrator Conflicts of Interests
  • Home State and Investor Obligations
  • 3. Conclusion
  • 4. Notes

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