Übersetzung für "ISD " (Englisch → Deutsch) :

c. Observes that ensuring that foreign investors are treated in a non-discriminatory fashion and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances can be achieved without the inclusion in the TTIP of investment protection standards or an ISDS mechanism; is of the firm opinion that any TTIP agreement should not contain any investment protection standards or ISDS mechanism as the existing level of investment protection in the EU and the US is fully sufficient to guarantee legal security;

D. whereas nine EU Member States have concluded bilateral investment protection agreements with the USA granting US undertakings the right to bring complaints against those Member States, and whereas numerous bilateral agreements between EU Member States contain some ISDS clauses, but Regulation No 912/2014 states that existing bilateral investment agreements to which Member States are parties are to be replaced by the inclusion of an investment chapter in the TTIP, even without ISDS;

9. Notes with concern the growing number of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) cases filed under International Investment Agreements (IIAs) whereby investors have challenged core public policies, claiming that these policies have negatively affected their business prospects; points out, in this context, that the Unctad World Investment Report (2012) indicates that IIAs are becoming increasingly controversial and politically sensitive, primarily owing to the spread of IIA-based investor-state arbitrations which provoke growing discontent (e.g. Australia’s trade policy statement announcing that it would stop including ISDS clauses i ...[+++]n its future IIAs) and which reflect, inter alia , deficiencies in the system (e.g. the wide scope of provisions such as expropriation, concerns regarding the qualification of arbitrators, lack of transparency and high costs of the proceedings, and the relationship between ISDS and state-state proceedings); insists therefore that any future European investment agreements must ensure that international investor-state dispute settlements do not undermine the ability of states to legislate in favour of the public interest;

9. Notes with concern the growing number of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) cases filed under International Investment Agreements (IIAs) whereby investors have challenged core public policies, claiming that these policies have negatively affected their business prospects; points out, in this context, that the UNCTAD World Investment Report (2012) indicates that IIAs are becoming increasingly controversial and politically sensitive, primarily owing to the spread of IIA-based investor-state arbitrations which provoke growing discontent (e.g. Australia’s trade policy statement announcing that it would stop including ISDS clauses i ...[+++]n its future IIAs) and which reflect, inter alia, deficiencies in the system (e.g. the wide scope of provisions such as expropriation, concerns regarding the qualification of arbitrators, lack of transparency and high costs of the proceedings, and the relationship between ISDS and state-state proceedings); insists therefore that any future European investment agreements must ensure that international investor-state dispute settlements do not undermine the ability of states to legislate in favour of the public interest;

The ISD communication clearly states that the lack of capacity to issue legally binding guidance on implementation of ISD provisions has been one of the principal factors contributing to the shortfalls and uneven implementation which have bedevilled the ISD.

For the purpose of this Directive, the expressions 'firm/investment firm' and 'investment firms' contained in Article 7 of the ISD shall be construed respectively as 'management company' and 'management companies'; the expression 'providing investment services' in Article 7(2) of the ISD shall be construed as 'providing services'.