Court of arbitration for negotiated action after nuclear phase-out: Vattenfall against Germany's Tagesschau

Weaknesses of the enemy were immediately made to the theme

Almost five billion euros would have to Vattenfall from Germany, because the group had to shut down because of the exit from nuclear power reactors used to beTwo weeks of an international court of arbitration negotiated the Case - possibly with far-reaching consequences. International courts of arbitration, as it is called in the current discussion, be suspicious, because in the Secret days. This reproach you can make to the arbitral Tribunal, in the determination of the consequences of the German nuclear phase-out to: The International centre for settlement of investment disputes, in short, ICSID, at the world Bank in Washington, has made in the past two weeks, a Live Stream of his negotiation to the network.

The court of arbitration is grateful to the Chairman, the Dutchman Albert Jan Van den Berg, 'that the two adversaries have agreed to end sides of the Transmission, so that the Public can make a picture'.

For two weeks, was to be seen on the Internet, such as a three-member arbitral Tribunal at a huge horseshoe-shaped table with a total of nearly thirty representatives from both sides on the suit filed by Vattenfall against Germany negotiated. Stuff Survey, Expert Survey, Pleadings - much reminded of a classic court procedure. Each side was exactly prescribed, how long you can talk. So the German process representative, Sabine Konrad complained, in excellent English, and soon, you would not still get the correct Numbers to quantify the loss of Vattenfall.

The content of the well-known arguments have been exchanged

'We have always requested again and again and again it was postponed. This seems to be a pattern,' said Konrad Among other things, because of the shutdown of the nuclear power plant Brunsbüttel Vattenfall calls for a total of almost five billion euros.

A representative of Vattenfall, said it was not technically necessary, the nuclear power plants after Fukushima to shut off. The exit had just been decided, because the public opinion had changed. The Chairman of the referee, in principle, very restrained, hooked up there, though. He wanted to know: 'This abrupt change of policy could be a result of the accident in Fukushima justified, how would you rate the legal.

'This question came up again and again and also the German representative had to justify: 'This had nothing to do with populism,' she said.

'Fukushima has made the nuclear policy has been extensively revised. 'To whom, the three referees must follow, whether you keep the suit at all admissible, which shows up only in the next year. Possible that the German constitutional judges in Karlsruhe will decide before. If the actions in Germany to be dismissed, the court of arbitration in Washington, speaks to contrast, billion, then, is clear: The German courts have to get serious competition.