Model Agreements on Cross-Border Pipelines
Article from: OGEL 4 (2006), in Pipelines
Introduction
The Energy Charter's Model Agreements have been available since December 2003, when the Charter Conference endorsed the first editions. There are two interdependent Agreements that have been prepared under the Charter's auspices: an 'Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA) Model' - for state-to-state agreements - and a 'Host-Government Agreements (HGA) Model', designed for an agreement between an individual state and the project investor(s). They were developed by an Expert Group consisting of government and industry experts, assisted by an ad hoc Legal Advisory Task Force. The ...