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“Ain’t No Sunshine”: Photovoltaic Energy Policy in Europe at the Crossroads Between EU Law and Energy Charter Treaty Obligations

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Abstract

After the EU-driven liberalisation of the electricity market in Europe, EU Member States put in place a variety of measures to develop photovoltaic (PV) energy sources. These policies, however, soon proved to be unsustainably expensive, particularly in a moment in which the condition of EU Member States’ public finances is generally problematic. In order to fulfil the tight EU fiscal requirements, many EU Member States withdrew or substantially curtailed support for renewable energies. In response to these policy changes, a group of solar power investors initiated several arbitral proceedings against Spain, Italy, and Czech Republic under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). This wave of claims has once again brought to the fore the vexed question of compatibility between ECT and EU obligations in intra-EU cases. Given the variety of possible interpretative approaches and the lack of binding precedent doctrine in international investment arbitration, this paper maintains that solving this conflict through hermeneutic means is not entirely satisfactory. Therefore, it suggests a two-step strategy to accommodate it and neutralise its detrimental effects.

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1
Directive 96/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity, OJ 1997 L027/20; Directive 98/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas, OJ 1997 L204/1.
 
2
Hancher and Larouche (2011), p. 753.
 
3
Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC, OJ 2003 L176/37; Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 98/30/EC, OJ 2003 L176/57.
 
4
Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC, OJ L211/55; Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC, OJ L211/94.
 
5
Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC, OJ 2009 L140/16.
 
6
Article 3.3(a), Directive (EC) 2009/28. European Commission, Guidance for the design of renewables support schemes, SWD (2013) 439 final, 5 November 2013, p. 3. See also European Commission, Renewable energy progress report, COM (2013) 175, 27 March 2013, p. 7; European Commission, Renewable Energy: Progressing towards the 2020 target, COM (2011) 31, 31 January 2011. Subsidies to fossil fuels certainly represent a major regulatory failure. See generally IMF (2013), pp. 1920.
 
7
See Couture and Gagnon (2010), pp. 955–961; Sarasa-Maestro et al. (2013), pp. 317–318.
 
8
European Commission, Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014–2020, 2014/C 200/01. See also European Commission, Communication on EU State Aid Modernisation, COM (2012) 209 final, 8 May 2012. The previous version of the guidelines was issued in 2008. See European Commission, Community Guidelines on State Aid for Environmental Protection, 2008/C 82/01.
 
9
Szyszczak (2014), p. 618. See also Almunia (2014).
 
10
European Commission, Guidelines supra, n. 8, pp. 124–135.
 
11
Johannesson et al. (2014), p. 19.
 
12
Ibid., pp. 48–49. See also Creutzig et al. (2014), p. 1022. See also Robinson (2013), p. 3.
 
13
European Commission, Renewable Energy supra, n. 6, p. 8.
 
14
See Johannesson et al. (2014), pp. 23–24 and 39.
 
15
European Commission, Country Report Spain 2015, SWD (2015) 28 final, 26 February 2015, p. 8.
 
16
European Commission, Country Report Italy 2015, SWD (2015) 31 final, 26 February 2015, p. 10.
 
17
European Commission, Country Report Czech Republic 2015, SWD (2015) 23 final, 26 February 2015, p. 8.
 
18
See Articles 121, 125 and 126 TFEU; Article 1 of the Protocol No. 12 of the TFEU sets the criteria for assessing Member States debt and deficit.
 
19
Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 of 7 July 1997 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies, OJ 1997 L209/1; Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 of 7 July 1997 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure, OJ L209/6. See Morris et al. (2006).
 
20
Council Regulation (EC) No 1056/2005 of 27 June 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure, OJ L174/5.
 
21
These measures are referred to as the “Six Pack” and the “Two Pack”. The former comprises Regulation (EU) 1175/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 amending Council Regulation (EC) 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies, OJ L306/12; Council Regulation (EU) 1177/2011 of 8 November 2011 amending Regulation (EC) 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure, OJ L306/33; Regulation (EU) 1173/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on the effective enforcement of budgetary surveillance in the euro area, OJ L306/1; Council Directive 2011/85/EU of 8 November 2011 on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the member States, OJ L306/41; Regulation (EU) 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances, OJ L306/25; Regulation (EU) 1174/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on enforcement measures to correct excessive macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area, OJ L306/8. The “Two Pack” includes Regulation (EU) 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability, OJ L140/1; Regulation (EU) 473/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on common provisions for monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit of the member States in the euro area, OJ L140/11. On 2 March 2012, 25 EU member States concluded the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union.
 
22
Notably, they are subject to regulations 1466/97 and 1467/97 and their amendments. Some non-Euro countries, such as Sweden, Denmark and Poland, are parties to the TSCG.
 
23
See EPIA (2013); OECD (2014a), p. 19; OECD (2015), p. 26; OECD (2014b), p. 15. See also Johnson (2014) and Wynn (2014).
 
24
Royal Decree 1578/2008 [2008] BOE 234; Royal Decree 1565/2010 [2010] BOE 283.
 
25
Royal Decree 14/2010 [2010] BOE 312.
 
26
Royal Law-Decree 1/2012, [2012] BOE 24; Ley 15/2012, [2012] BOE 312. Royal Law-Decree 9/2013 [2013] BOE 167.
 
27
EPIA (2013), p. 10.
 
28
Ministerial Decree of 5 July 2012 [2012] GU No. 159; Decree-law No. 69 of 21 June 2013 [2013] GU No. 144; Law No. 98 of 9 August 2013 [2013] GU No. 194.
 
29
AES Solar v. Spain, UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitration; Antin Infrastructure v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/31; RREEF Infrastructure v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/30; Charanne v. Spain, SCC Rules of Arbitration, SCC Case; CSP Equity Investment v. Spain, SCC Rules of Arbitration, PCA Case; Eiser Infrastructure Limited v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/36; Isolux Infrastructure Netherlands v. Spain, SCC Rules of Arbitration, SCC Case RENERGY v. Spain, ICSID, Case No. ARB/14/18; RWE Innogy v. Spain, ICSID, Case No. ARB/14/34; NextEra Energy v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/11; InfraRed v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/12; Masdar Solar & Wind v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/1; Stadtwerke München v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/1; STEAG v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/4; Landesbank Baden-Württemberg v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/45; Watkins Holdings v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/44; Hydro Energy v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/42; SolEs Badajoz v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/38; OperaFund Eco-Invest v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/36; Cavalum v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/34; JGC Corporation v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/27; KS Invest v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/25; Mathias Kruck v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/23; Cube Infrastructure Fund v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/20; BayWa r.e. v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/16; 9REN Holding v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/15; Alten Renewable Energy Developments BV v. Spain, SCC; E.ON SE, E.ON Finanzanlagen GmbH and E.ON Iberia Holding GmbH v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/35; Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation and Eurus Energy Europe B.V. v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/4; Sun-Flower Olmeda GmbH & Co KG and others v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/17; Infracapital F1 S.à r.l. and Infracapital Solar B.V. v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/18; Sevilla Beheer B.V. and others v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/27.
 
30
Voltaic Network v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitration; I.C.W. Europe Investments v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL Ad Hoc; Photovoltaik Knopf Betriebs v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitration; Antaris Solar v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitration, PCA Case; Natland Investment Group v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitration; Jürgen Wirtgen v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitration; WA Investments-Europa Nova Limited v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL; ICW Europe Investments Limited v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL.
 
31
Blusun v. Italy, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/3; Silver Ridge Power v. Italy, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/37; Greentech Energy v. Italy, SCC Rules of Arbitration, SCC Case; Belenergia v. Italy, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/40; Silver Ridge Power v. Italy, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/37; ESPF Beteiligungs GmbH, ESPF Nr. 2 Austria Beteiligungs GmbH, and InfraClass Energie 5 GmbH & Co. KG v. Italy, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/5; Eskosol S.p.A. in liquidazione v. Italy, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/50. It is worth noting that Italy notified its withdrawal from the ECT on 31 December 2014. However, it will be subject to the ECT for the next 20 years by virtue of Article 47.3 of the ECT. See De Luca (2015), pp. 9–11.
 
32
Leben (2015), pp. 322–342; Schreuer (2005a), pp. 373–384.
 
33
Valenti (2014), pp. 39–45; Snodgrass (2006), p. 36.
 
34
Total v. Argentina, ICSID Case No. ARB/04/01, Decision on Liability, 27 December 2010, para 119; Gami Investments v. Mexico, UNCITRAL, Final Award, 15 November 2004, para 93; Feldman v. Mexico, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/99/1, Award on Merits, 16 December 2002, para 128.
 
35
SGS v. Paraguay, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/29, Award, 10 February 2012, para 134. See also Noble Ventures v. Romania, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/11, Award, 12 October 2005, para 182.
 
36
Bayindir v. Pakistan, ICSID Case No ARB/03/29, Award, 27 August 2009, para 240; Occidental v. Ecuador, LCIA Case No UN3467, Award, 1 July 2004, para 191; Saluka v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL, Partial Award, 17 March 2006, para 307.
 
37
CMS v. Argentina, Case No. ARB/01/8, Award, 12 May 2005, para 277; TECMED v. Mexico, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/00/2, Award, 29 May 2003, para 154.
 
38
Total, supra, n. 34, paras 122–123.
 
39
Electrabel v. Hungary, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/19, Decision on Jurisdiction, 30 November 2012, paras 7.77–7.78.
 
40
Ibid., para 7.140.
 
41
Total, supra, n. 34, para 129. See also Kläger (2011), p. 224. However, it should be noted that, in Charanne, the arbitral tribunal interpreted the legitimate expectations doctrine in a restrictive manner. See De Luca (2016), pp. 273–275.
 
42
Thunderbird v. Mexico, UNCITRAL, Separate Opinion, 1 December 2005.
 
43
Salacuse (2015), pp. 322–324.
 
44
Schreuer (2005b), pp. 28–29; Carreau and Juillard (2013), pp. 549–551; Dolzer (2002), p. 79.
 
45
See Carreau and Juillard (2013), pp. 570–573; Nouvel (2002), p. 89; De Luca (2014), pp. 62–65; Higgins (1982), pp. 276–277; OECD (2004), pp. 19–20.
 
46
Parkerings v. Lithuania, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/8, Award, 11 September 2007, para 334.
 
47
UN doc. A/CN.4/L.682, Fragmentation of International Law: Difficulties Arising from the Diversification and Expansion of International Law. Report of the Study Group of the International Law Commission Finalized by Martti Koskenniemi, 16 April 2006, paras 21–26.
 
48
See Poulain (2007), pp. 812–814; Dutheil de la Rochère (2011), pp. 37–38.
 
49
Ibid.
 
50
Kleinheisterkamp (2012), p. 97; Reinisch (2012), p. 169.
 
51
It should be admitted that the ECT, as opposed to BITs, pursues, to a certain extent, interests other than investment protection. See Schill (2014), pp. 273–280.
 
52
This provision is a reflection of the pacta sunt servanda principle enshrined in Article 26 of the VCLT. Chapaux (2006), p. 1927.
 
53
Dubuisson (2006), p. 2094.
 
54
It has been observed that this distinction may be somewhat artificial. See Dubuisson (2006), pp. 2118–2119.
 
55
See Eastern Sugar v. Czech Republic, SCC Case 088/2004, Partial Award, 27 March 2007, paras 160–169; Binder v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL, Award on Jurisdiction, 6 June 2007 (not public); Eureko v. Slovak Republic, UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitration, PCA Case No. 2008-13, Award on Jurisdiction, Arbitrability and Suspension, 26 October 2010, paras 231–267. See also Reinisch (2012), pp. 165–174; Cf. Poulain (2007), pp. 812–816.
 
56
See AES v. Hungary, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/22, Opinion Expert, 30 October 2008, para 21. Giardina (2011), pp. 150–156.
 
57
AES v. Hungary, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/22, Award, 23 September 2010, para 7.6.12.
 
58
Happ and Bischoff (2011), p. 162.
 
59
Weiler and Wälde (2003), p. 35.
 
60
Behrens and Egenhofer (2008), p. 241.
 
61
Electrabel, supra, n. 39, para 4.167.
 
62
Ibid., para 4.169.
 
63
Laazouzi (2013), p. 492.
 
64
Ibid.
 
65
Electrabel, supra, n. 39, para 4.189.
 
66
Ibid.
 
67
Laazouzi (2013), p. 492.
 
68
Sacerdoti (2010), pp. 240–246; Kauffman-Kohler (2007), pp. 368–369.
 
69
Needless to say, this strategy can be applied mutatis mutandis also to intra-EU BITs. See Mariani (2014), pp. 280–284.
 
70
Kleinheisterkamp (2012), pp. 104–105; Dutheil de la Rochère (2011), p. 44.
 
71
Regulation (EU) No 912/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-to-State dispute settlement tribunals established by international agreements to which the European Union is party, OJ L257/121.
 
72
European Commission, Explanatory Memorandum—Proposal for a Regulation establishing a framework for managing financial responsibility linked to Investor-State dispute settlement tribunals established by international agreements to which the European Union is a party, COM (2012) 335, 21 June 2012, p. 9.
 
73
Tietje et al. (2013), pp. 20–21.
 
74
Recital No. 5 of the Regulation 912/2014, supra, n. 71.
 
75
See Klamert (2014), p. 63; Gormley (2008), p. 304.
 
76
Article 24 of the Regulation 912/2014, supra, n. 71.
 
77
For instance, the claims brought against Germany in reaction to its decision to discontinue the Nuclear Energy Programme amount to USD 1 billion. See generally Bernasconi-Osterwalder and Hoffmann (2012). See also Anatolie Stati v. Kazakhstan, SCC, Award, 19 December 2013 (USD 497.68 million); EDF International v. Argentina, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/23, Award, 11 June 2012 (USD 136.13 million).
 
78
See Klamert (2014), pp. 41–46.
 
79
It is worth noting that Member States pleaded for a flexible application of EU budgetary rules in order to absorb the costs associated with the migrant crisis. See Valero, EU drags on Stability and Growth Pact reform, Euractiv (2015), http://​www.​euractiv.​com/​sections/​euro-finance/​eu-drags-revised-stability-and-growth-pact-318395 (accessed December 2015).
 
80
Regulation 1467/1997, supra, n. 19.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
“Ain’t No Sunshine”: Photovoltaic Energy Policy in Europe at the Crossroads Between EU Law and Energy Charter Treaty Obligations
verfasst von
Francesco Montanaro
Copyright-Jahr
2017
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44645-5_12