Public International Law Notes

The European Commission's Non-Paper on Model Clauses for Member States' BITs with Third Countries

In October last year, the European Commission released a Non-Paper on Model Clauses with Annotations for EU Member States' negotiation of bilateral …

UPDATES ON POTENTIAL EU-CHINA COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT (WITH A FOCUS ON INVESTMENT PROTECTION AND ISDS) – NEW WINE IN NEW BOTTLES?

AGREEMENT FOR THE TERMINATION OF INTRA-EU BITS ENTERS INTO FORCE

23 EU MEMBER STATES SIGN AN AGREEMENT FOR THE TERMINATION OF INTRA-EU BITS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION INITIATES INFRINGEMENT ACTION AGAINST NON-SIGNATORIES UK AND FINLAND

UK SUPREME COURT LIFTS STAY OF ENFORCEMENT OF ICSID AWARD AGAINST ROMANIA

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES EU-VIETNAM TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS

European Commission issues procedural proposals for the Investment Court System envisaged under CETA

In October 2019, the European Commission (the "Commission") presented four proposals (the "Proposals") to the Council of the European Union (the …

5TH EFILA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2020: INVESTMENT PROTECTION IN THE EU: ALTERNATIVES TO INTRA-EU BITs (30 JANUARY 2020)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S EVALUATION AND FITNESS CHECK ROADMAP: AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE EU-CENTRAL AMERICA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT

EU submits paper and work plan to UNCITRAL Working Group III advocating systemic reform as the only answer to concerns about investor-state dispute resolution

In advance of the next meeting of UNCITRAL Working Group III (WG III) in April 2019, the European Union and its Member States have made a submission on …

Advocate General finds that CETA's "Investment Court System" is compatible with EU law

EU Council publishes Negotiating Directives for Convention establishing a Multilateral Investment Court: no real surprises but a couple of gaps

On 20 March, 2018 the Council of the European Union published negotiating directives dated 1 March 2018 authorizing the European Commission to negotiate …