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BITs (texts of)

Energy Charter Treaty modernisation text (Jun 2022)
13-Sep-2022
Energy Charter Treaty modernisation text summary (Jun 2022)
27-Jun-2022 Energy Charter
The AfCFTA Investment Protocol: preparations for the negotiations and expectations
29-Dec-2021 Tralac
The preparations for the negotiations of the Investment Protocol under the AfCFTA agreement (The Agreement) are already underway though still in the early stages.
Canada BIT model (May 2021)
14-May-2021 Government of Canada
Draft convention on investments abroad (Abs-Shawcross draft convention)
20-Apr-2021 International Arbitration
One of the most significant early proposals for a multilateral agreement to protect private foreign investment was launched in 1957 by groups of European business people, and lawyers.
EU-China BIT: schedules annex (Mar 2021)
12-Mar-2021 European Commission
Draft unified agreement for the investment of Arab capital in the Arab states (amended, Jan 2013)
25-Feb-2021 UNCTAD
Agreement for the promotion, protection and guarantee of investment among member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (Jun 1981)
19-Feb-2021 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
EU-China BIT partial text (Jan 2021)
22-Jan-2021 European Commission
Energy Charter Treaty: EU text proposal for the modernisation (May 2020)
27-May-2020 European Commission
Agreement for the termination of bilateral investment treaties between the Member States of the European Union (EU draft, Nov 2019)
8-Jan-2020 IAReporter
As leaked by IAReporter
Belgium and Luxembourg model BIT text (2019)
29-Apr-2019 Chambre des Représentants de Belgique
Australia - Hong Kong investment agreement
31-Mar-2019
As released by the Australian Government
Belarus - India BIT (2018)
3-Jan-2019 Ministry of External Affairs, Goverrnment of India
As released by the Goverrnment of India
Netherlands model investment agreement (Oct 2018)
31-Oct-2018 Government of the Netherlands
As released by the Government of the Netherlands
Energy Charter Treaty: Draft model investment dispute prevention and management protocol
5-Sep-2018
Drafted by the Energy Charter Secretariat
Netherlands draft model BIT (May 2018)
17-May-2018 Dutch Government
As released by the Dutch Government
Morocco - Nigeria BIT (2016)
11-May-2017 UNCTAD
Canada-China FIPA (2012)
21-Nov-2016 UNCTAD
As published by UNCTAD
Morocco ratifies 3 bilateral investment treaties
29-Sep-2016 I-ARB Africa
This surge in the ratification of “Intra-African” BITs is part of the Moroccan “South-South Partnership” strategy