TBI de la UE

Informe de Progreso de las negociaciones sobre la modernización del TCE muestra divisiones familiares entre las delegaciones a medida que crece la presión por la retirada de la UE

Después de tres rondas de negociación sobre la modernización del TCE el año pasado, siendo la más reciente el 6 de noviembre de 2020, un Informe de Progreso que se filtró en diciembre de 2020 sugiere que los Estados partes aun no llegan a un acuerdo sobre cuestiones fundamentales. Esto dificulta el progreso de las negociaciones, ya que se requiere el consenso de las delegaciones nacionales.

La CE lanza consulta sobre facilitación de las inversiones intra-UE

El 26 de mayo de 2020, la Comisión Europea (CE) lanzó una consulta para aclarar y complementar el reglamento sobre inversiones transfronterizas dentro de la UE. Según el documento de […]

Estados Miembros de la UE Firman Acuerdo para Terminar TBI Intra-EU Mientras que Inversores Alemanes Entablan Demanda contra los Países Bajos bajo TCE

El 5 de mayo del 2020, 23 Estados miembros de la Unión Europea* acordaron formalmente la terminación de los TBI intra-EU.

Efectos colaterales del fallo Achmea: 22 Estados miembros de la UE acuerdan cancelar TBI intra-UE

Veintidós Estados miembros de la UE firmaron la declaración política del 15 de enero de 2019, donde anunciaron una serie de acciones sobre los actuales TBI intra-UE y a los arbitrajes de inversión en curso o venideros.

Tribunal de la CCE desestima demandas entabladas por empresa británica y sus accionistas contra la República Checa

Anglia Auto Accessories Ltd. vs. La República Checa (Caso de la CCE No. V 2014/181) e Ivan Peter Busta and James Peter Busta vs. La República Checa (Caso de la CCE No. V 2015/014)

AECG firmado; Canadá y la Unión Europea “trabajarán expeditivamente” en la creación de un Tribunal Multilateral de Inversión

(English) On October 30, during the 16th European Union–Canada Summit held in Brussels, the two negotiating partners signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), after seven years of negotiations.

Noticias en Breve

(English) Brexit and contentious topics complicate TTIP negotiations; public opposition continues

EU negotiation agenda to continue despite Brexit; MERCOSUR and Indonesia at sight

United Kingdom makes trade and investment negotiation moves for post-Brexit era

CETA to be concluded as a mixed agreement; commission hopes for signing in october

RCEP partners conclude 13th negotiating round in auckland; three further rounds in 2016

India takes steps to reform its investment policy framework after approving new model BIT

Agenda de negociación de la UE continuará pese al Brexit; MERCOSUR e Indonesia en vista

(English) Despite the uncertainties in TTIP negotiations, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström said they would survive Brexit, and is pushing to conclude negotiations before U.S. President Barack Obama leaves office in early 2017.

AECG será celebrado como un acuerdo mixto; la Comisión espera que su firma sea en octubre

(English) On July 5, 2016, the European Commission proposed to the Council that the Canada–European Union CETA—agreed to in 2014 and re-concluded in February 2016—be signed as a “mixed agreement,” requiring signature and ratification by each of the EU member states.

India toma medidas para reformar su marco de políticas de inversión después de aprobar su nuevo modelo de TBI

India ha comenzado a enviar notificaciones formales para cancelar los tratados bilaterales de inversión (TBIs) con 57 países socios que ya han expirado y otros que vencerán en un futuro […]

News in Brief

Canada receives investor complaints over provincial energy and environment policies In recent months the government of Canada has received two complaints related to energy and environmental policies adopted by its […]

Analysis of the European Commission’s Draft Text on Investor-State Dispute Settlement for EU Agreements

With the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty, in force since December 2009, foreign direct investment fell under the exclusive competence of the European Union (EU). Since then the three European institutions—the […]

While the EU member states insist on the status quo, the European Parliament calls for a reformed European investment policy

The Lisbon Treaty, in force since 1 December 2009, added Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the exclusive common commercial policy of the European Union, without foreseeing any transition measures. Today […]

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European Union institutions consider the EU’s future international investment policy Debate on the future of the European Union’s international investment policy is heating up as EU institutions weigh in with […]

Awards and decisions

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Bilateral Investment Treaties and Preferential Trade Agreements: Is a BIT really better than a lot?

With the often costly and far-reaching implications when investors use Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) to adjudicate claims against developing countries, governments in the developing world need powerful arguments to justify that these treaties are in their national interest. One notable contribution to this debate has recently been put forth by political scientists Jennifer Tobin and Mark Busch, who set out to investigate the link between BITs and preferential trade agreements (PTAs). Using statistical techniques, they analyse annual data on pairs of developing and developed countries between 1960 and 2004 and conclude that BITs «raise the prospects of getting a North-South PTA with all the deeper and reciprocal obligations that these entail.»

The EU’s international investment policy: Hardware without the software

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Towards a comprehensive European international investment policy: An interview with Tomas Baert, European Commission, Directorate General for Trade, Services and Investment

With the EU’s Lisbon Treaty granting the European Union competence over Foreign Direct Investment, the European Commission released two documents in July that help chart the way forward: a draft […]

Advocate General renders opinion on Finland’s investment treaties with non-EU countries; Sweden begins compliance with earlier ECJ decision

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European Court of Justice rules that certain Swedish and Austrian BITs are incompatible with the EC Treaty

(English) The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that certain clauses in Sweden and Austria’s bilateral investment treaties are incompatible with the European Community (EC) Treaty.

EU Member States reject the call to terminate intra-EU bilateral investment treaties

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 10 February 2009 The majority of European Union Member States want to maintain the network of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) that exist between themselves, despite concerns by […]

News: ECJ advocate general argues some Austrian and Swedish BITs are incompatible with EU law

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 17 July 2008 The ECJ advocate general sides with the European Commission in arguing that Austria and Sweden should have amended some of the pre-accession BITs with […]