EU Investment Policy Related Documents

European Parliament and Council of the European Union

• Regulation No 1219/2012 establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries (12 December 2012)

• List of the bilateral investment agreements referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1219/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries (8 May 2013)

European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade

• Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries (14 April 2011)

• Press Release - Bilateral investment: less Commission authority, easier EU-level agreements (13 April 2011) 
    
• Report on the future European international investment policy (22 Mar 2011)
    
• Press Release - EU investment policy needs to balance investor protection and public regulation, says International Trade Committee (17 Mar 2011)

• Policy Department Study - The EU approach to International Investment Policy after the Lisbon Treaty (Oct 2010)

Council of the European Union

• Conclusions on a comprehensive European international investment policy (25 Oct 2010)

European Commission

• Commission’s Press Release regarding the new legislation on bilateral investment agreements (12 December 2012)

• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-state dispute settlement tribunals established by international agreements to which the European Union is party (21 June 2012)

• Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Towards a comprehensive European international investment policy (7July 2010)
    
• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries (7 July 2010)
    
• Q&A regarding The Commission’s comprehensive European international investment policy (7 July 2010)
    
• Comission’s Press Release (7 July 2010)