Methanex Corporation v. United States of America, Application of Amici for Leave to File a Post-Hearing Written Submission

This document is a formal application submitted on June 29, 2004, by a group of Amici—including the Center for International Environmental Law and the International Institute for Sustainable Development—requesting leave to file a post-hearing written submission in the arbitration case Methanex Corporation v. United States of America.

• The Amici seek to address a specific legal question regarding whether the 'police powers' exclusion, which prevents certain measures from being classified as expropriatory, extends to 'bona fide non health environmental measures'.
• The application argues that the Tribunal must determine if California's ban on MTBE is a bona fide public health measure; if it is not, the Tribunal must then decide if it is a bona fide non-health related environmental measure and if such a measure violates Article 1110.
• The Amici contend that under international law, legitimate environmental regulations are not considered expropriatory, similar to other legitimate police power measures.

APA

Wagner, M., & Mann, H. (2004). Methanex Corporation v. United States of America, Application of Amici for Leave to File a Post-Hearing Written Submission. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/news/methanex-corporation-v-united-states-of-america-application-of-amici-for-leave-to-file-a-post-hearing-written-submission/

Chicago

Wagner, Martin, and Howard Mann. Methanex Corporation v. United States of America, Application of Amici for Leave to File a Post-Hearing Written Submission. Center for International Environmental Law, 2004. https://www.ciel.org/news/methanex-corporation-v-united-states-of-america-application-of-amici-for-leave-to-file-a-post-hearing-written-submission/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{wagner2004methanex, author = {Wagner, Martin and Mann, Howard}, title = {{Methanex Corporation v. United States of America, Application of Amici for Leave to File a Post-Hearing Written Submission}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2004}, month = jun, url = {https://www.ciel.org/news/methanex-corporation-v-united-states-of-america-application-of-amici-for-leave-to-file-a-post-hearing-written-submission/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }