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Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 3', 'Art. 207', 'Art. 2', 'Art. 21', 'Art. 205', 'Art. 207', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 16']

Can EU Member States Still Negotiate BITs with Third Countries? – Investment Treaty News
Analysis	| August 10, 2016	| Stefanie Schacherer
[1] Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Art. 3, para. 1, and Art. 207. Retrieved from http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A12012E%2FTXT. The exact scope and content of exclusive competence remains subject to controversy.
[2] TFEU, supra note 1, Art. 2, para. 1.
[3] For instance, after the European Union gained exclusive competence in the field of judicial cooperation in civil matters, transitional arrangements were adopted under Regulation 662/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a procedure for the negotiation and conclusion of agreements between Member States and third countries on particular matters concerning the law applicable to contractual and non-contractual obligations. (2009) OJ L200/25. Retrieved from http://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/662/oj.
[4] Regulation 1219/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries. (2012) OJ L351/40. Retrieved from http://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/1219/oj. In-text references to legal provisions, unless otherwise indicated, refer to this regulation.
[5] See also TFEU, supra note 1, Arts. 64, 66 and 75.
[6] Commission v. Austria C-205/06 and Commission v. Sweden C-249/06 of 3 March 2009, paras. 38–40 and 39–41 respectively.
[7] For a more detailed analysis see Dimopoulos, A. (2011). EU foreign investment law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 310–318.
[8] European Commission. (2016, May). Overview of FTAs and other trade agreements. Retrieved from http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/december/tradoc_118238.pdf.
[9] Treaty on European Union (TEU), Art. 21. Retrieved from http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A12012M%2FTXT; TFEU, supra note 1, Art. 205 and Art. 207, para. 1.
[10] Regulation 1219/2012, supra note 5, Art. 11, paras. 4 and 5, and Art. 16, para. 2, referring to Regulation 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (2011) OJ L55/13. Retrieved from http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32011R0182.
[11] European Commission, Directorate General for Trade, personal communication, July 1, 2016.
[12] Official Journal of the European Union, OJ C 149, 27 April 2016.
[13] Agreement for the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments, Colom.–Fr., July 10, 2014. Retrieved from http://investmentpolicyhub.unctad.org/IIA/treaty/3488.
[14] Agreement for the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments, Greece–U.A.E., June 5, 2014. Text not yet published.
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