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Charting a new course: proposed expedited dispute resolution procedures for CETA

White & Case LLP on 5/3/2024

The European Commission recently proposed supplemental dispute resolution rules intended to facilitate small- and medium-sized enterprises' access to the investment court system envisaged in the EU's trade agreement with...more

One Step Closer: the Canada - EU Investment Court System

King & Spalding on 3/1/2021

On January 29, 2021, Canada and the European Union (the “EU”) took additional steps to establish the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (the “CETA”)[i] by adopting four decisions required to implement its...more

Enforcing the Level Playing Field in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

King & Spalding on 2/19/2021

In December 2020, the EU and UK announced the conclusion of a free trade agreement or ‘Association Agreement’, termed the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (“TCA”). The TCA has two core features. First, the TCA is a free trade...more

EU and Canada Adopt Rules Fleshing Out CETA’s Dispute Settlement Procedure

ArentFox Schiff on 2/4/2021

On January 29, 2021, the EU and Canada adopted four important decisions to ready the novel Investment Court System (ICS) for disputes arising under the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)...more

First decision on CSPs: SHINGRIX refusal remanded to Health Canada

Smart & Biggar on 5/14/2020

The first decision considering the scope and meaning of the provisions in the Patent Act relating to Certificates of Supplementary Protection (CSPs) has now been released. Justice Barnes of the Federal Court in...more

An introduction to the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

A&O Shearman on 11/12/2019

An introduction to the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) - Introduction - The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada that provisionally entered into force...more

CETA’s dispute settlement mechanism compatible with EU law - a closer look at the CJEU’s opinion

WilmerHale on 6/19/2019

Is the Court of Justice Opinion 1/17, in response to Belgium’s concerns over the compatibility of the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Tribunals and EU law, a further step towards investor-state dispute...more

EU’s Top Court Rules Investment Protections Under CETA are Compatible with EU Law

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 5/10/2019

In Opinion 1/17 (CETA Ruling) on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the investment protections under CETA, signed by Canada and the European Union, are...more

The CJEU holds CETA's dispute resolution mechanism to be compatible with EU law

Hogan Lovells on 5/9/2019

The European Court of Justice's decision: On 30 April 2019, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued its much-anticipated Opinion 1/17 finding that the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism provided in the Canada-EU...more

European Court Clears Path for International Investment Court Established Under Canada-EU CETA

King & Spalding on 5/9/2019

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA”) is a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union. While most of the treaty’s provisions have applied provisionally since September 21, 2017, the treaty’s...more

Advocate General of EU’s Highest Court Weighs in Favor of an Investment Court System

Dechert LLP on 2/5/2019

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA”) concluded between Canada and the European Union (“EU”) celebrated its first birthday in September last year. While both Canada and the EU have reported that the benefits...more

Canada Institutes Certificates of Supplementary Protection for Approved Drug Products

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints on 10/7/2017

On September 21, 2017, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) signed between the European Union (EU) and Canada provisionally entered into force in Canada. Among other things, this agreement seeks to harmonize...more

CETA: A New Opportunity, and Challenge, for Canadian Companies

Dickinson Wright on 10/2/2017

Canadian exporters should have 500 million new consumers on their radar. The Canada – European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA”) has come into effect provisionally, immediately eliminating 98% of...more

EU-Canada Free Trade Agreement (CETA)

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 9/27/2017

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA”), the much anticipated free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada went into effect on September 21st. CETA is a terrific opportunity for global companies...more

CETA Means New Business Opportunities, Starting This Week

Bennett Jones LLP on 9/22/2017

Good news for Canadian business amidst the uncertainty posed by the ongoing NAFTA renegotiations: the key elements of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, better known as the CETA, take effect this week,...more

CETA Now In Force: Are You Maximizing the Benefits?

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 9/22/2017

On September 21, 2017, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) comes into force on a provisional basis. If they haven’t already done so, it is now time for Canadian businesses to take steps...more

A Primer on the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 9/21/2017

CETA is the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union (EU) and its member states. CETA comprises 30 chapters of rules respecting trade between Canada and the EU. The agreement was signed...more

Rx IP Update - July 2017

Smart & Biggar on 7/24/2017

Supreme Court of Canada strikes down "promise doctrine", upholds AstraZeneca’s NEXIUM patent as useful - As previously reported, on June 30, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada granted AstraZeneca’s appeal in the NEXIUM...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: June

K&L Gates LLP on 6/13/2017

On May 15, 2017, the European Commission (“Commission”) announced it had opened a formal investigation into a global pharmaceutical company for possible abuse of dominant position. The alleged conduct of the company,...more

ECJ Decision Looms Large on the Future of Trade Agreements and Investor-State Arbitration with the EU

Dechert LLP on 5/30/2017

The Court of Justice of the European Union decided last week that free trade agreements concluded with the EU must receive prior approval by each Member State if they provide for investor-State arbitration. The ruling, given...more

CJEU Opinion on EU-Singapore FTA May Impact Approach to Future Trade Agreements

McGuireWoods LLP on 5/22/2017

On 16 May 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued the long-awaited landmark Opinion 2/15 on the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA). According to the CJEU, the EU-Singapore FTA falls under the EU’s...more

European Court of Justice’s New Opinion will Impact Conclusion of Future EU Trade Deals

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 5/17/2017

In long-awaited Opinion 2/15 delivered on 16 May 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union, sitting as a Full Court, held that the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Singapore...more

Bill C-30 passed Senate yesterday to usher in changes to Canadian pharma patent regulations

Smart & Biggar on 5/12/2017

Bill C-30 was passed by the Senate yesterday, May 11, 2017 without amendment. Bill C-30 is the bill that will implement the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). As reported here, this...more

Does CETA provide a workable model for market access in the financial services industry?

Hogan Lovells on 4/3/2017

Does CETA provide a workable model for market access in the financial services industry? At the risk of spoiling the plot: no, not really. What does the industry mean when it says it wants market access?...more

USDA Warns Canada-EU Trade Agreement Could Impact US Alcohol Beverage Exports

McDermott Will & Emery on 3/22/2017

US exporters of alcohol beverages to Canada will soon face stiffer competition from their European rivals. The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is expected to come into force by June 1,...more

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