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www.spnglegal.com_____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. National treatment and most favoured nation treatment;5. Free transfer of funds relating to investments;6. No expropriation without compensation; and7. Compliance with specific investment undertakings.Nigeria has bilateral treaties with:1. Germany;2. South Korea;3. Netherlands;4. Turkey;5. United Kingdom;6. Egypt;7. Spain;8. Finland;9. Switzerland; and10. France.DISPUTE RESOLUTIONThe Nigerian Government has committed under the NIPC Act to make all efforts through mutualdiscussion to reach an amicable settlement of any disputes that may arise between investors in anenterprise and any Government of the Federation. The Act provides that where there is a dispute betweenthe Federal Government and an investor, relating to the investment, and the parties cannot agree to themethod of dispute settlement to be adopted, the International Center for Settlement of InvestmentDisputes (ICSID) Rules will apply.In the event that the parties are unable to amicably settle the dispute, the parties may:1. Submit at the option of the aggrieved party to arbitration, in the case of a foreign investor, withinthe framework of any bilateral or multilateral agreement on investment protection to which theFederal Government and the country of which the investor is a national; or_____________________________________________________________________________________Doing Business in NigeriaAn Investor’s Guide- 2013Page 34 of 36

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