Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility: Encouraging the positive contribution of business to environment - Summary of the Discussion

Summary of the discussion from the Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility which was held on 16 June 2004. It will form part of the forthcoming publication "Annual Report on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: 2004 Edition".

2004/4 - "Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate" in International Investment Law

This document provides factual elements of information on jurisprudence, state practice and literature related to "Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate". It presents the issues at stake and describes the basic concepts of the obligation to compensate for indirect expropriation, reviews whether and how legal instruments and other texts articulate the difference between indirect expropriation and the right of the

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2004/4 - Косвенная экспроприация и право на регулирование в международном инвестиционном праве

This article on "Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate" in International Investment Lawwas translated into Russian by Dr. Marina Trunk-Fedorova, LL.M. and published in Die Rechtslage von Auslandsinvestitionen in Transformationslaendern – Legal issues of foreign investment in transition countries. Liber Amicorum to Professor Wolfgang Seiffert, former Director of the Institute of East European Law at the University of

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2004/3 - Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard in International Investment Law

This document provides factual elements of information on jurisprudence, literature and state practice related to the fair and equitable treatment standard. It examines the origins of the standard and its use in international agreements and state practice, its relationship with the minimum standard of international customary law and the elements of its normative content as identified by arbitral tribunals.

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2004/3 - 国际投资法上的公正与公平待遇标准

This document provides factual elements of information on jurisprudence, literature and state practice related to the fair and equitable treatment standard. It examines the origins of the standard and its use in international agreements and state practice, its relationship with the minimum standard of international customary law and the elements of its normative content as identified by arbitral tribunals.

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2004/2 - Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment in International Investment Law

This document aims to enhance understanding of investment protection provisions in international investment agreements. It provides a factual survey of jurisprudence and related literature on MFN treaty clauses in investment agreements.

2004 Annual Meeting of the National Contact Points: Report by the Chair

This document reproduces the Report by the Chair of the Annual Meeting of the National Contact Points which was held on 14-15 June 2004. It will form part of the forthcoming publication "Annual Report on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: 2004 Edition".

Second MENA-OECD Investment Steering Group Meeting

Amman, Jordan, 15 September 2004. The primary purpose of this meeting was to build on the momentum created by the first meeting of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme, reaffirming decisions, broadening participation/support and launching the initial phase of the Action Plan agreed at Amman.

Investment incentives and Foreign Direct Investment in selected ASEAN countries

ASEAN is perhaps the developing country region that has been the most successful at attracting foreign direct investment and at incorporating foreign firms into national development strategies. There has nevertheless been a secular decline in investments in the region by multinational enterprises which began in some countries even before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. This trend, together with far greater investment going into

International Investment Perspectives: 2004 Edition

The 2004 edition of this publication includes an update of recent trends and prospects in international direct investment and provides analyses of investment policy questions of topical interest.