Legal and Policy Implications of a Relationship of Two International Treaties in Natural Energy Resources: OPEC and the ECT
Article from: OGEL 5 (2004), in The Energy Charter Treaty
Introduction
This study was commissioned by the OPEC Secretariat to assess prospects for a relationship between, on one hand, the Energy Charter Treaty, and, on the other, OPEC and OPEC member states. It is to focus in particular on the possible forms of a closer relationship between OPEC and its members with the Energy Charter Treaty process, such legal constraints under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) which are most relevant for the policies of OPEC and its members, to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the various forms of closer, institutionalised relationship (observer status; association; full ...