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The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) has for many years supported the move away from proprietary models of scholarly publishing towards Open Access (OA).[1] ALLEA, therefore, welcomes the recognition in the laws of an increasing number of European countries of so-called ‘Secondary Publication Rights’ (SPRs) that allow publicly funded researchers to…

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In a judgment dated 3 April 2024, the Swiss Supreme Court (the “SSC”) rejected Spain’s challenge of an arbitral award rendered in an intra-EU arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty (the “ECT”). This post addresses the most salient point of this decision, i.e. the SSC’s rejection of the Achmea and Komstroy judgments of the Court…

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Giulia Calini, LL.M. in Law and Sustainable Development, University of Milan. The European Union’s decisions are taken on the basis of the rule of law, which EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding defined as ‘a system in which no one, no government, no public official, no dominant company, is above the law. It means equality before…

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