Press Release: Commission asks Member States to terminate their intra-EU bilateral investment treaties

On 18 June 2015 the European Commission has initiated infringement proceedings against five Member States requesting them to terminate intra-EU bilateral investment treaties between them ("intra-EU BITs"). BITs are agreements establishing the terms and conditions for private investment by nationals and companies of one state in another one. Intra-EU BITs are agreements that exist between EU Member States.

ESO: Background information: June infringements package: key decisions http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-june-infringements-package-key-decisions/

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