ENERGY CHARTER TREATY IS AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE PROMOTION OF COOPERATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR AND PROVIDES THE LEGAL BASIS FOR AN OPEN AND NON-DISCRIMINATORY ENERGY MARKET

“Mixed agreements create no great difficulties as long as their implementation runs smoothly.” The ECT is a living proof of this fact. As it has been shown, certain problems of compliance of the ECT within the EC area have already aroused. Furthermore, the ECT case show how the recurrent problems regarding mix agreements and Laws can lead to problems of competence, and subsequently to highly problematic issues like the substantive fragmentation of International Law.