The Energy Charter Treaty in 2000: In a New Phase
Article from: OGEL Archive issue , in The Energy Charter Treaty
Chapter from Energy Law in Europe, edited by Martha M Roggenkamp, Oxford University Press, forthcoming Dec 2000
The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is unique as a multilateral treaty, limited in scope to the energy sector, which establishes within that sector legal rights and obligations with respect to a broad range of investment, trade and other subjects such as the transit of energy goods, competition and the environment, and which in most cases provides for the enforcement of those rights and obligations. The purpose of the Treaty, as described in its Article 4, is to 'establish a legal framework in order to promote long-term co-operation in the energy field, based on complementarities ...