Summary

In its judgment of 2 September 2021 in case C-741/19 République de Moldavie v Komstroy, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the dispute settlement article of the Energy Charter Treaty, which has been applied in intra-EU relations, is not applicable between EU Member States. On 26 June 2024, the European Union and its Member States thus expressed their position on the inapplicability of the dispute settlement article of the Energy Charter Treaty to the EU in a political declaration. Hungary made a separate political declaration on the implementation of the Komstroy judgment at the same time as the other Member States, but in order to ensure consistency with international law.