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Investment protection: consequences of ISDS procedures for environmental legislation

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Published: February 26th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

The controversial Roșia Montană gold mine in western Romania: the government has halted the project after massive protests.
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Romania will have certainty by March 12 at the latest. That is the deadline for the announcement of an arbitration award that could have a significant impact on the national budget: The Canadian mining company Gabriel Resources has sued Romania for several billion US dollars in damages because the government withdrew its mining license for Europe’s largest opencast gold mine.

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