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最惠国待遇条款在国际投资争端解决程序性事项上的适用问题是极具争议的一个话题。对此不仅国际投资仲裁实践产生了迥异的主张,理论界亦众说纷纭。在考察双边投资条约的演进历史、双边投资条约中争端解决条款与最惠国待遇条款后,本文从分析晚近国际投资仲裁的经典案例切入,挖掘大相径庭的仲裁裁决背后所蕴含的理论根源,最后对于中国在双边投资条约中最惠国待遇条款方面应该如何针对不同种类国家,采取差别性战略予以应对提出建议。
Abstract:The application of most-favored-nation (MFN) clauses to procedural issues in international investment dispute resolution is an incredibly controversial issue. International arbitration practice on this question has yielded apparently conflicting results,and there are also widely divided opinions in academia. After tracing the evolution of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and examining the dispute resolution provisions as well as MFN clauses in BITs,this article analyses the classical cases in recent international investment arbitration,and investigates into the theoretical rationales behind the sharply divergent arbitral decisions. Finally,with respect to the MFN clauses in BITs,this article promotes certain suggestions on how should China adopt differentiated strategies against different types of countries.
[1]See generally,Kenneth J.Vandevelde,A Brief His-tory of International Investment Agreements,12U.C.DAVIS J.INT’L L.&POL’Y157(2005);Ian Brownlie,PRINCI-PLES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW(5th ed.1998);Andreas F.Lowenfeld,INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW(2nd ed.2008).
[2]See Bernardo M.Cremades,Disputes Arising Out of Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America:A New Look at the Calvo Doctrine and Other Jurisdictional Issues,59-JUL DISP.RESOL.J.78(2004).
[3]对于构建多边投资条约尝试的讨论,参见Monika C.E.Heymann,International Law and the Settlement of In-vestment Disputes Relating To China,JOURNAL OF INTER-NATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW200811(3):507-526;Efraim Chalamish,The Future of Bilateral Investment Trea-ties:A De Facto Multilateral Agreement,34BROOK.J.INT’L L.303(2009).
[4]参见宋晓:《论双边投资条约对国际投资法的发展:中国视角》,《江苏行政学院学报》2005年第6期;Guiguo Wang,China’s Practice in International Investment Law:from Participation to Leadership in the World Economy,34YALE J.INT’L L.575(2009).
[5]参见余劲松、詹晓宁:《论投资者与东道国争端解决机制及其影响》,《中国法学》2005年第5期。
[6]See,e.g,David R.Sedlak,ICSID’s Resurgence in International Investment Arbitration:Can the Momentum Hold?,23PENN ST.INT’L L.REV.147(2004).
[7]See UNCTAD,International Investment Disputes on the Rise(Occasional Note,29November2004).
[8]See,e.g.,David R.Sedlak,ICSID’s Resurgence in International Investment Arbitration:Can the Momentum Hold?,23PENN ST.INT’L L.REV.147(2004);Susan D.Franck,Foreign Direct Investment,Investment Treaty Ar-bitration,and the Rule of Law,19PAC.MCGEORGE GLOBAL BUS.&DEV.L.J.337(2007).
[9]参见余劲松主编:《国际投资法》,法律出版社2007年版,第236页。
[10]参见王贵国:《国际投资法》,法律出版社2008年版,第102页。
11See,e.g.,OECD,Working Papers on International Investment,Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment in Interna-tional Investment Law(September2004);Dana H.Freyer&David Herlihy,Most-Favored-Nation Treatment and Dis-pute Settlement in Investment Arbitration:Just How“Fa-vored”is“Most-Favored”?,20ICSID REVIEW FOREIGN INVESTMENTLAW JOURNAL58(2005).
12See,e.g.,Efraim Chalamish,The Future of Bilateral Investment Treaties:A De Facto Multilateral Agreement,34BROOK.J.INT’L L.303(2009).
13See,e.g.,Gabriel Egli,Don’t Get BIT:Addressing ICSID’s Inconsistent Application of Most-Favored-Nation Clauses to Dispute Resolution Provisions,34PEPP.L.REV.1045(2007).
14See Jurgen Kurtz,The MFN Standard and Foreign In-vestment:An Uneasy Fit?,5JOURNAL OF WORLD IN-VESTMENTAND TRADE861(2004).
15See,e.g.,Scott Vesel,Clearing A Path Through A Tangled Jurisprudence:Most-Favored-Nation Clauses and Dispute Settlement Provisions in Bilateral Investment Trea-ties,32YALE J.INT’L L.125(2007).
19Emilio Agustín Maffezini v.Kingdom of Spain,ICSID Case No.ARB/97/7,Decision on Jurisdiction,5ICSID(W.Bank)396(2000).
21See Paragraph63,Emilio Agustín Maffezini v.King-dom of Spain,ICSID Case No.ARB/97/7,Decision on Ju-risdiction,5ICSID(W.Bank)396(2000).
22Siemens A.G.v.Argentine Republic,ICSID Case No.ARB/02/8,Decision on Jurisdiction(2004).
24See,e.g.,Emmanuel Gaillard,Establishing Juris-diction Through a Most-Favored-Nation Clause,233NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL ONLINE JOURNAL(2005).
25Salini Costruttori S.p.A.and Italstrade S.p.A.v.Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,ICSID Case No.ARB/02/13,Decision on Jurisdiction,44I.L.M.573(2004).
27Plama Consortium Limited v.Republic of Bulgaria,ICSID Case No.ARB/03/24,Decision on Jurisdiction,44I.L.M.721(2005).
28See Paragraphs198&199,Plama Consortium Limited v.Republic of Bulgaria,ICSID Case No.ARB/03/24,De-cision on Jurisdiction,44I.L.M.721(2005).
294551参见陈安:《中外双边投资协定中的四大“安全阀”不宜贸然拆除》,《国际经济法学刊》第13卷第1期。
31See paragraph209,Plama Consortium Limited v.Re-public of Bulgaria,ICSID Case No.ARB/03/24,Decision on Jurisdiction,44I.L.M.721(2005).
32See Scott Vesel,Clearing A Path Through A Tangled Jurisprudence:Most-Favored-Nation Clauses and Dispute Settlement Provisions in Bilateral Investment Treaties,32YALE J.INT’L L.125(2007).
33See Paragraph223,Plama Consortium v.Bulgaria,ICSID Case No.ARB/03/24,Decision on Jurisdiction,44I.L.M.721(2005).
34“Plama v.Bulgaria”仲裁案裁决的立场也被几个仲裁案的裁决所确认,如:Telenor Mobile Communications A.S.v.Hungary,ICSID Case No.ARB/04/15,Award,Sept.13,2006(W.Bank2006),Berschader v.Russia,SCC Case No.080/2004,Award Apr.21,2006(SCC2006).
35Renta4S.V.S.A.v The Russian Federation,award on jurisdiction in Stockholm under the auspices of the Arbitra-tion Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce,March20,2009.
36RosInvestCo UK Ltd.v.The Russian Federation,SCC Case No.Arb.V079/2005,Award on Jurisdiction,Oc-tober2007.
37See,e.g.,paragraph132,RosInvestCo UK Ltd.v.The Russian Federation,SCC Case No.Arb.V079/2005,Award on Jurisdiction,October2007.
38See,e.g.,paragraph54,Emilio Agustín Maffezini v.Kingdom of Spain,ICSID Case No.ARB/97/7,Decision on Jurisdiction,5ICSID(W.Bank)396(2000);Aaron M.Chandler,BITS,MFN Treatment and the PRC:The Im-pact of China's Ever-Evolving Bilateral Investment Treaty Practice,43INT’L LAW.1301(2009).
39See,e.g.,Gabriel Egli,Don’t Get BIT:Addressing ICSID’s Inconsistent Application of Most-Favored-Nation Clauses to Dispute Resolution Provisions,34PEPP.L.REV.1045(2007).
40See Carlos G.Garcia,All the Other Dirty Little Se-crets:Investment Treaties,Latin America,and the Necessary Evil of Investor-State Arbitration,16FLA.J.INT'L L.301(2004).
41See Yannick Radi,The Application of the Most-Fa-voured-Nation Clause to the Dispute Settlement Provisions of Bilateral Investment Treaties:Domesticating the“Trojan Horse”,18EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW757(2007).
42参见刘笋:《国际投资仲裁引发的若干危机及应对之策述评》,《法学研究》2008年第6期。
43中国已经签订的双边投资条约的具体清单,请见http://www.unctad.org/sections/dite_pcbb/docs/bits_chi-na.pdf.(last visit April19,2010.)
44See Stephan W.Schill,Tearing Down the Great Wall:the New Generation Investment Treaties of the People's Republic of China,15CARDOZO J.INT'L&COMP.L.73(2007).
48See Stephan W.Schill,Tearing Down the Great Wall:the New Generation Investment Treaties of the People's Republic of China,15CARDOZO J.INT'L&COMP.L.73(2007).
49参见魏艳茹:《论我国晚近全盘接受ICSID仲裁管辖权之欠妥》,《国际经济法学刊》第13卷第1期(2006)。
52See,e.g.,Elodi Dulac&John Savage,China:BITs,THE ASIA PACIFIC ARBITRATION REVIEW(2007).
53参见刘笋:《浅析双边投资条约作用的有限性及对双边投资条约促成习惯国际法规则论的反对论》,《法制与社会发展》2001年第5期。
54经济主权是一个主权国家存在和发展中经济基础建立和维持的前提。签订双边投资条约,在一定程度上从行政、立法、司法多个层面对经济主权构成威胁(比如通过扩大国民待遇的适用范围来实现外资准入自由化的要求会严重冲击东道国的经济主权)。参见刘志云:《略论经济主权与中外双边投资条约》,《甘肃政法学院学报》2000年第1期;刘笋:《国际投资仲裁引发的若干危机及应对之策述评》,《法学研究》2008年第6期;刘笋:《论国际投资仲裁对国家主权的挑战》,《法商研究》2008年第3期。
55See Andrew T.Guzman,Why LDCs Sign Treaties That Hurt Them:Explaining the Popularity of Bilateral In-vestment Treaties,38VA.J.INT'L L.639(1998).
56See Cai Congyan,Outward Foreign Direct Investment Protection and the Effectiveness of Chinese BITPractice,7J.WORLD INVESTMENT&TRADE621(2006);梁咏:《我国海外投资的现状与双边投资条约的完善》,《法学》2008年第7期。
57具体措辞可参照英国的双边投资条约范本,其原文为“For avoidance of doubt it is confirmed that the treat-ment provided for in paragraphs(1)and(2)above shall ap-ply to the provisions of Articles1to11of this Agreement.”(Articles8and9of the UK Model BIT provide for dispute settlement.转引自Paragraph204,Plama Consortium Limit-ed v.Republic of Bulgaria,ICSID Case No.ARB/03/24,Decision on Jurisdiction,44I.L.M.721(2005).
58Tza Yap Shum v The Republic of Peru,ICSID Case No.ARB/07/6,Decision on Jurisdiction and Competence,June19,2009,这是第一个公布的涉及中国与外国双边投资条约的ICSID仲裁案。虽然此案中Tza Yap Shum欲扩张运用最惠国待遇条款于争端解决的尝试铩羽而归,但是这种运用国际争端解决机制保护中国投资者利益的尝试是有益的、具有开创性的。
59See Zachary Elkins,AndrewT.Guzman&Beth Sim-mons,Competing for Capital:the Diffusion of Bilateral In-vestment Treaties,2008U.ILL.L.REV.265(2008).
基本信息:
DOI:10.14167/j.zjss.2010.07.021
中图分类号:F831.6
引用信息:
[1]赵骏.论双边投资条约中最惠国待遇条款扩张适用于程序性事项[J].浙江社会科学,2010,No.167(07):56-62+127.DOI:10.14167/j.zjss.2010.07.021.
基金信息:
国家“211工程”三期重点学科建设项目“转型期法治的理论、制度与实证研究”(项目号:203000-123210301);; “2009教育部人文社科一般项目:转型期多元纠纷解决机制的实证研究”阶段性成果之一(项目号:09YJC820105);; 浙江大学社会科学学部基本科研业务费专项资金“启明星计划”科研资助
2010-07-15
2010-07-15