Some known changes in status of EU-BITs

in the

Years 2009-2011
Compiled by Burghard Ilge, Both ENDS, 27/11/2011

Following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon only the EU may legislate and adopt legally binding acts within the area of foreign direct investment. The Member States are able to do so only if empowered by the Union, in accordance with Article 2(1) of the Treaty. The Lisbon Treaty was signed by the EU member states on 13 December 2007, and entered into force on 1 December 2009. Below we list publicly known changes made by EU member states to their collection of Bilateral Investment Treaties [BITs] in the period reaching from one year prior to the entry into force of the Lisbon treaty until the summer 2011.

Austria - Kazakhstan Austria - Tajikistan Belgium/Lux. - Bosnia Belgium/Lux. - Mauritius Belgium/Lux. - China Belgium/Lux. - Montenegro Belgium/Lux. - Togo Belgium/Lux. - Tajikistan Belgium/Lux. - Panama Belgium/Lux. - Barbados Belgium/Lux. - Mozambique Belgium/Lux. - Azerbaijan Bulgaria - Kuwait Bulgaria - Lebanon Bulgaria - Morocco Bulgaria - Bahrain Cyprus - Jordan Cyprus - Albania Cyprus - Iran

12-Jan-10 15-Dec-10 16-Sep-10 16-Dec-09 1-Dec-09 16-Feb-10 6-Jun-09 12-Feb-09 26-Mar-09 29-May-09 1-Sep-09 27-May-09 14-May-10 21-Dec-10 28-Sep-10 26-Jun-09 19-Jul-10 5-Aug-10 2-Mar-09

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Czech Rep. - India Czech Rep. - Serbia Czech Rep. - Saudi Arabia Czech Rep. - Georgia Czech Rep. - Uzbekistan Czech Rep. - Bosnia Czech Rep. - Jordan Czech Rep. - Korea, DPR Czech Rep. - Macedonia Czech Rep. - Ukraine Czech Rep. - Bahrain Czech Rep. - Cambodia Czech Rep. - Croatia Czech Rep. - Kazakhstan Czech Rep. - Albania Czech Rep. - Kuwait Czech Rep. - Lebanon Czech Rep. - Montenegro Czech Rep. - Morocco Czech Rep. - Canada Czech Rep. - Guatemala Denmark - Serbia Denmark - Bangladesh Denmark - Montenegro Estonia - Jordan Estonia - Azerbaijan Estonia - Belarus Estonia - Morocco Finland - Nepal Finland -Montenegro Finland -Panama

8-Jul-10 /24-Mar-11 4-Jun-10/16-Mar-11 13-Mar-11 13-Mar-11 16-Feb-11 3-Jun-10 28-Jan-10 10-Jan-10 29-Oct-10 17-May-10 11-Dec-09 23-Oct-09 31-Aug-09 25-Nov-10 8-Oct-10 31-Oct-10 20-Mar-10 3-Jun-10 19-Mar-10 6-May-09 20-Aug-09 15-May-09 5-Nov-09 11-Feb-09 10-May-10 7-Apr-10 21-Oct-09 25-Sep-09 28-Jan-11 29-Apr-10 11-Nov-10 20-Aug-10 3-Aug-09 8-Mar-10 12-May-09 27 May 2010 28 Aug 2010 14 July 2010 4 April 2010 17 April 2010 21 Nov 2009 22 Nov 2009 22 Nov 2010 4 Dec 2010 1 Dec 2009 9-Jan-09

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France - China France - Turkey France - Mauritius France - Syrian Arab Republic Germany - Bahrain Germany - Jordan Germany - Libya Germany - Oman Germany - Trinidad Tobago Germany - Burkina Faso Germany - Egypt Germany - Congo Germany - Iraq Germany - Pakistan Greece - Iran Hungary Irland

Italy - Panama Italy - Turkmenistan Italy - Bahrain Latvia - India Latvia - Canada Lithuania - Kyrgyzstan Lithuania - Croatia Lithuania - Bosnia Lithuania - Tajikistan Malta - Montenegro Malta - China Malta - Serbia Netherlands - Bahrain Netherlands - Macao China Netherlands - Oman Polen Portugal - Uzbekistan Portugal - Serbia Portugal - Senegal Portugal - Congo Portugal - Equatorial Guinea Portugal - Qatar Portugal - Jordan Romania - Turkey Romania - Kazakhstan Romania - Uruguay Slovakia - Jordan Slovakia - Canada Slovenia Spain - Jamahiriya Spain - Mozambique Spain - Ethiopia Sweden - Georgia Sweden - Saudi Arabia UK - Colombia UK - Ethiopia

12-Oct-10 25-Nov-09 28-Jun-09 18-Feb-10/27-Nov-10 5-May-09 20-Feb-09 30-Jan-09 16-Mar-09 12-Feb-09 6-Apr-10/23-Sep-10 1-Apr-09 2-Jul-10 1 Dec 2009 1 May 2009 17 Jan 2009

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14-Mar-10 24-Jul-10 25-Jan-11 4-Jun-10 16-Jan-09 21-Apr-09 17-Mar-09 8-Jul-10 2-Mar-10 27-Sep-10 9-Jun-10 20-Jul-10

(new in force) (new in force) (new signed) (new signed) (new signed) (new signed) (new signed) (new in force) (new signed) (new signed) (new in force) (new signed) no known changes

1-Aug-09 18-Oct-10 17-Mar-09 1 April 2009 1 Oct 2009 17-Mar-10 9-Nov-09

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Source: UNCTAD Country-specific Lists of BITs concluded as at 1 June 2011.