Introduction

The overall purpose of this report is to contribute to the on-going discussion on how the EU can formulate an international investment policy with a high level of protection for its investors. By analysing the provisions in EU member states' model BITs and identifying different levels of protection, the Board aims to highlight the following aspects: What constitutes high and low levels of investment protection among the model BITs under review; How many member states have a certain formulation of a provision, indicating what they might advocate in a future EU ...