1. Please indicate your gender
Male
Female
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2. What is your current status?
Solicitor
Barrister
In-house counsel
Government representative or Embassy Staff
Student
Other
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3. Do you think the ECT will have significance in ensuring future energy security?
Yes No
Unlikely
Don’t know
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4. Do you think Russia will ratify the ECT in the next 5 years?
Yes No
Depends
Unlikely
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5. Would ratification by Russia contribute to positive developments in the current EU/Russia relationship?
Yes No
Unlikely
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6. Would Russian ratification of the ECT lead to an increase of foreign energy investments in Russia?
Yes – certainly or probably
No – certainly not or probably not
Don’t know
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7. Would Russian ratification of the ECT lead to an increase of Russian energy investments abroad?
Yes No
Don’t know
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8. Does the ECT provide sufficient investor protection in the energy industry?
Yes No
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9. In your view, does the ECT offer a higher level of protection than an average BIT?
Yes No
Don’t know
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10. Does the ECT strike a good balance between investor protection and state sovereignty/regulatory powers?
Yes No
As good as can be expected
Don’t know
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11. Do you think that Article 17 has been interpreted correctly?
Yes
No – it should be easier for States to invoke Article 17
No – it should be more difficult for States to invoke Article 17
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12. Should a State be required to take any further action in order to invoke Article 17?
Yes – individual notification to investors
Yes - notification in Official Gazette
Don’t know
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13. The ECT has more than 50 member states; does the investment part of the ECT have a potential to serve as a model for a multilateral investment treaty?
Yes No
Maybe
Unlikely due to change in states’ view of investment protection
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14. Can the ECT serve as a basis for an Article 26 arbitration claim by an EU investor against an EU Member State?
Yes No
Maybe
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15. Do you think the European institutions will take steps to prevent intra-European disputes from being dealt with under the ECT?
Yes No
Maybe
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16. Is it likely that we will see disputes where the European Community, as opposed to an EU member state, will be a respondent?
Yes No
Maybe
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17. Do you think the Article 24 ‘Exceptions’ contributes to the acceptability of the ECT on the political level?
Yes No
Maybe
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18. Does the ECT require renegotiation in order to accommodate the concerns of states that are currently disinclined to accede to it and to remedy any existing problems with its application?
Yes No
Don’t know
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