On Thursday 19 July, the European Commission published a series of orientations in the form of a communication, to help EU investors to enforce their rights before national administrations and jurisdictions.
In reality, the aim is to clarify the regulatory environment following the 'Achmea' judgment, which fell on 6 March 2018 (see EUROPE 11975), and in which the Court of Justice of the EU ruled that the investor/state arbitration set out by the bilateral investment treaties between member...