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ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2025.11.003

Enforcement of ICSID Arbitral Awards and Autonomy of European Union Law

Dimitris Liakopoulos

Director of the CEIJ, New York, NY 10017, USA.

*Corresponding author: Dimitris Liakopoulos

Published: December 3,2025

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the criticisms related to the autonomy of EU law and the application of Article 351 TFEU that respects the obligation of Member States of the Union to enforce an arbitral award according to Article 54 of the ICSID Convention. The violation of the principle of loyal cooperation as a form of subject of the same case, according to the conclusions of the Advocate General Emiliou in the Commission v. United Kingdom and Ireland and Nord case, allows us to analyze the application of Article 351, par. 1 TFEU and the related consequences related to the provision that has also been referred to the British Supreme Court. This paper attempts to demonstrate the relevant maturity in the sector that the results will be good for the next few years, towards an evolution of the law of the Union, as a testimony of an international daily reality of a global, plural world where the disputes continue and need solutions of greater protection both in international and European Union law.

Keywords

Convention of ICSID; autonomy of EU law; enforcement of arbitral awards; CJEU; BITs agreements; investment disputes; VCLT; CJEU; European Union law; enforcement of awards; loyal cooperation

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How to cite this paper

Enforcement of ICSID Arbitral Awards and Autonomy of European Union Law

How to cite this paper: Dimitris Liakopoulos. (2025) Enforcement of ICSID Arbitral Awards and Autonomy of European Union Law. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science9(11), 2096-2106.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2025.11.003