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Azar Aliyev LL.M.

Trade in Energy in the Region of the Caucasus and Central Asia : recent regional and global issues. Azar Aliyev LL.M. Overview. Trade in energy and r esources : reversed interests International regulation of the trade in energy : WTO, ECT, EurAsEC

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Azar Aliyev LL.M.

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  1. Trade in Energy in the Region oftheCaucasusand Central Asia: recent regional and global issues Azar Aliyev LL.M.

  2. Overview Trade in energyandresources: reversedinterests International regulationofthetradein energy: WTO, ECT, EurAsEC RecentdevelopmentsandWTO DSB jurisprudence Possibleconsequencesformembersof ECT, whichare not/not yetmembersof WTO

  3. Trade in EnergyandResources: reversedinterests Classic: Exporter-States requesteasieraccesstothemarket, importrestrictionsare relevant Energyandresources: importersaremoreinterested in supply, exportrestrictionsaredecisive

  4. WTO Sovereignty over the ressources– conservationofexhaustableresourcesArt. XX g) GATT Already extracted resources - covered by GATT Double pricing – is not a quantitative restriction Art. XI GATT and not a subsidy under SCM, because not specific

  5. ECT General referencetothe WTO rules, evenfornon-memberstates Art. 29 ECT Directapplicationof WTO rulestoAzerbaijanandKazakhstan Nospecificrelevance

  6. CIS andEurasian Dimension Special treatieson tradein energyin theframeworkof CIS Treaty on oilandoilproducts - oneofthecornerstonesoftheCustoms Union andoftheEurasianEconomic Community

  7. Recentdevelopments Renewableenergyas a newenergysource Decisionsof DSB (EU v. Canada) Joint Conference of WTO and ECT in Brussels on 29 April

  8. PossibleconsequencesforAzerbaijanandKazakhstan NeitherAzerbiajannorKazakhstanaremembersofthe WTO, hencenopossibilitytobeinvolved in thediscussions But WTO rulesareapplicable on AzerbaijanandKazakhstan

  9. Thankyouverymuch!

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