Introduction

On the 21st of June this year the European Union Commission has released a Proposal for a Regulation concerning the allocation of financial responsibility between the Union and the Member States linked to investor-State dispute settlement tribunals established by international Agreement to which the European Union is part ("Proposal"). This Proposal follows a previous one issued by the Commission on July 2010 establishing a transitional environment for bilateral investment treaties signed by a European Member State and a third Country. Both try to shape a comprehensive European ...