Brussels, 24/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 22 July, the Council adopted a regulation establishing a framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) proceedings. These new rules, which form part of EU policy on investment protection, set out how the European Commission and member states should cooperate in specific cases as regards ISDS proceedings.
The bilateral investment agreements that already exist (between an EU member state and...