摘要
最惠国待遇条款能否适用于争端解决程序,是国际投资法实践面临的重要法律问题。从以往仲裁庭的案例实践中可以看出,仲裁庭对此问题意见不一,对最惠国待遇条款主要存在限制性解释与扩张性解释两种观点。最惠国待遇条款的法律解释应该以《维也纳条约法公约》为依据,从条款本身含义出发,同时考虑上下文、目的宗旨等因素。欧盟和美国结合其自身的国际投资形势,对最惠国待遇条款采取了不同程度的限制解释。中国正在逐渐从外商直接投资流入大国向外商直接投资流出大国转变,适当宽泛地解释最惠国待遇条款也许更能符合中国将来的利益需求。
Whether the most-favoured-nation treatment clause can apply to the international investment disputes settlement procedure,is an important issue of the international investment practice. From the cases of the international arbitration, arbitral tribunals hold different opinions on this issue mainly including restrictive and extensive interpretations. The legal interpretation on the most-favoured-nation treatment clause should be based on the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaty,with the text itself as a base line and consideration of the context and purpose of the treaty. EU and U. S. take a restrictive interpretation on the most-favoured-nation treatment clause,with consideration of their own investment situations. Since China is changing from a main foreign direct investment inflow country to a main foreign direct investment outflow country,an extensive interpretation on the most-favoured-nation treatment clause may be more fitful for future development.
作者
董静然
DONG Jingran(Shanghai University of International Business and Economics,Shanghai 20033)
关键词
最惠国待遇条款
争端解决程序
法律解释
双边投资协定
Most-fovoured-nation Treatment Clause
Dispute Settlement Procedures
Legal Interpretation
Bilateral Investment Treaty
