17.9.2019

Opinion 1:17 – the Investment Court System receives green light from the ECJ. But does it protect countries’ right to regulate mining projects?

Pekka Niemelä. Photo by Sebastian Grochowicz on Unsplash. Introduction In May 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued Opinion 1/17 concerning the relationship between EU law and the so called investment protection rules of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada. CETA’s investment protection rules seek to protect private investments made […]

14.9.2017

Controversy over EU’s LULUCF accounting rules

Seita Romppanen, Romppanen works at the UEF Law School as a Senior Lecturer in International Environmental Law. Photo by Sebastian Unrau on Unsplash. In July 2016, the European Commission issued a legislative proposal on how to include the land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector in the EU’s climate and energy framework for the 2021-2030 period. […]