Claim against Spain dismissed, in the first arbitration award regarding changes in the renewable energies remuneration scheme
5 February 2016
- The award is not favourable to the Investors' position.
- The Arbitration Tribunal only decided on the legislative changes of 2010 and did not analyse the possible effects or consequences of the amendments made in 2013 and 2014.
- The decision refers to the photovoltaic sector and does not analyse the impact of changes on other technologies.
- This is a non-binding precedent which will surely be taken into account by other arbitration tribunals in other pending and potential future claims against Spain.
- The award provides hints of the elements that should be evidenced in order to consider that Spain's actions constitute breaches of Articles 10 and 13 ECT.
- There is a dissenting opinion by arbitrator Guido S. Tawil regarding the effective breach by Spain of Article 10 ECT, because of having created legitimate expectations for the Investors as a result of the Special Regime regulated in Spanish Royal Decrees 661/07 and 1578/08.
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