In 2020 and 2021, the German investment screening laws, namely Außenwirtschaftsgesetz (AWG) and Außenwirtschaftsverordnung (AWV) were again subject to considerable reform induced by new legislation at the European level and a reshaped industry policy agenda at the national level. This article...

The CJEU in Opinion 1/17 concluded that the CETA's investment provisions are in compliance with the EU Treaties; a decision not just of considerable importance for the Commission's investment protection policy and reform agenda. It also shows significant consequences for the EU constitutional...

The European Union (EU) aspires to conclude and ratify comprehensive trade agreements with Canada, Singapore, the USA and other States containing investment chapters which also provide for investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). Surprisingly, the conditions and limits stipulated by the...

It seemed that Court of Justice of the European Union wanted to make it short and sweet: It took the Grand Chamber in its Achmea judgement less than fifteen pages to conclude that Investor-State dispute settlement in an intra-EU context is incompatible with EU law.The Judgement is noteworthy in...

Der Austritt des Vereinigten Königreichs aus der Europäischen Union beschäftigte am 24. April 2017 den Europaausschuss des Bundestags. In einer öffentlichen Anhörung nahmen einige Experten zum einen zu den finanziellen Auswirkungen und den wechselseitigen Verpflichtungen, zum anderen zu...

Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) clauses in international investment agreements have traditionally been based on an approach which may be termed ‘light touch regulation' of investment protection. The avenue taken by the recently negotiated EU draft agreements, the Comprehensive...

Investment arbitration against Central and Central‐Eastern EU Member States is on the rise. A significant number of these claims are brought by EU investors despite the fact that the European Commission has opined that international arbitral tribunals established under these intra‐EU BITs...

Taken the public concerns about current developments in the area of the European International Investment Policy, the European Parliament's INTA Committee launched a study on Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Possible Alternatives of Dispute Resolution in International Investment Law.In a...

Der Austritt des Vereinigten Königreichs aus der Europäischen Union beschäftigte am 24. April 2017 den Europaausschuss des Bundestags. In einer öffentlichen Anhörung nahmen einige Experten zum einen zu den finanziellen Auswirkungen und den wechselseitigen Verpflichtungen, zum anderen zu...

This paper, written in German language, reflects on the question of whether, and if answered in the affirmative, to which extent the EU can subject itself to investor-State arbitration in future EU investment agreements. Answering this question, the ECJ's concept of the “autonomy of EU law”...