The 29th Annual Workshop of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (“ITA”), which took place on 14-15 June 2017 in Dallas, focused on a timely subject of much importance to the…
…of intra-EU BITs, the EC has already experienced some success. Ireland and Italy ended all of their intra-EU BITs in 2012 and 2013, respectively. When other Member States were hesitant…
…simply adding more specific language to their new BITs. But what can they do with the existing treaties? Due process concerns Joint interpretative statements, as explained in the first part…
…intention to terminate (or not renew) respective BITs. As to the remaining 25 BITs that cannot yet be terminated because the initial period for which the treaty was signed has…
…renegotiate all its existing BIT’s to bring it in tune with its 2015 Model BIT. India has, thus far, served termination notices to 57 countries, which includes capital exporting states…
…available to the public. Although the Tribunal dismissed the infamous intra-EU jurisdictional objection raised by the European Commission as amicus curie, all claims were subsequently rejected on the merits. Similarly…
…sought other fora for pursuing their claims. They did so on the base of bilateral investment treaties (“BITs”) entered into by Bolivia. Bolivia had 23 BITs in place before denouncing…
…a line of twenty-three intra-EU BITs which will probably be terminated sooner rather than later. Arguments for the alleged nonconformity of intra-EU BIT with EU Law are well known. The…
…that they appear to put an end to the “intra-EU” objection that Spain had raised. Indeed, the tribunals confirmed Spain’s argument that the 2012 law which imposed a 7% tax…
For a long time, Brazil remained one of the few main economies without foreign investment agreements – in the 1990s, 14 Bilateral Investment Treaties (“BITs”) were signed, but never ratified….
…unlike most BITs that simply represent obligations which host States must respect in guaranteeing the safe operations of foreign investment like provisions on fair and equitable treatment, full protection and…
…a seal of approval from the CJEU that the EU-SING FTA and all future EU trade and investment treaties fall completely within the EU’s exclusive trade and FDI competence (Art….
…(ii) that local law replaces the protections and guarantees of a BIT; and, (iii) that BITs imply more foreign investment. The termination of the remaining 17 BITs has been mainly…
…be how much a tribunal is willing to interpret these jurisdictional terms as analogous. BITs might be assimilated into a general category of human rights protections—at a level of principle;…
…after Switzerland’s ratification on 18 April 2017). Ratification is important to give the revised s22 more “bite”, since Australia has many earlier BITs allowing arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules but lacking…
…be brought in line with EU requirements) were acceptable. The same is likely to be true of the other BITs that Iraq has signed with European countries, including France, Italy,…
…State may offer its investors the possibility of submitting investment disputes to arbitration. A unilateral offer may be provided for in multilateral investment treaties, BITs or domestic investment laws. Investors…
…Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden in respect to their Intra-EU BITs. As highlighted by the European Commission, Intra-EU BITs affect the single market by conferring rights to some EU investors…
…ruling in such a way is also apparent. Bruce Klaw argues compellingly that BITs hold great promise for serving as tools to hold states accountable to avoid and prevent the…
…Ecuador and Bolivia have terminated a significant number of their bilateral investment treaties (BITs), and others—particularly in Latin America—have denounced the ICSID Convention. In a luncheon interview conducted by Professor…
…but rejected it on the merits.1)For a more detailed analysis of the merits part of the award in Urbaser from human rights perspective, see Edward Guntrip. Asymmetric nature of BITs:…
…action against Argentina in recent years. On its face, the FET clause in the Argentina-Qatar BIT (the “BIT”) shows a more restrictive approach than the ones in previous BITs entered…
…ISDS cases may have had less impact on subsequent signing bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) by Asian countries compared to other parts of the world. Dr…
…date), such a coordinated annihilation of intra-EU BIT regime seems unlikely. Even when a proposal for a comprehensive phasing out of intra-EU BITs was made in April 2016, it suggested…
