6 Amendments of Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ related to 2010/2203(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas multilateral investment agreements, such as the Energy Charter Treaty, play an important role in facilitating international investment flows by providing investment protection mechanisms that are supported by binding dispute resolution in independent forums,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that in order not to create legal uncertainty for on-going claims, investments made under current Bilateral Investment Treaties should continue to be covered by the investment protection measures contained therein; stresses that new treaty provisions on investment protection should only affect investments made after the date the treaty comes into force;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need to include an investor-to-state dispute settlement mechanism in new EU investment treaties that would allow investors to take claim against a government directly to binding international arbitration in order to ensure effective enforcement of investment commitments;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses its deep concern regarding the decision by some international arbitrators to make a broad interpretation of investor protection clauses, thereby leading to the ruling out of legitimate public regulations; calls on the Commission to produce clear definitions of investor protection standards in order to avoid such problems in the new investment agreements;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that major changes must be made to the present dispute settlement regime, in order to include greater transparency, the opportunity for parties to appeal, the obligation to exhaust effective local judicial remedies (where relevant), the possibility to use amicus curiae briefs and the obligation to select one single place of arbitration;