Europe BITs
Many, if not most, European governments have bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with other countries. A number of them have online databases where the public can access individual treaties or learn more about the objectives and status of their BIT negotiation programmes.
last update: May 2012
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29-Apr-2019 Chambre des Représentants de Belgique Belgium and Luxembourg model BIT text (2019)
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31-Oct-2018 Government of the Netherlands Netherlands model investment agreement (Oct 2018)
As released by the Government of the Netherlands -
5-Sep-2018 Draft model investment dispute prevention and management protocol
Drafted by the Energy Charter Secretariat -
17-May-2018 Dutch Government Netherlands draft model BIT (May 2018)
As released by the Dutch Government -
8-Aug-2016 Slovak Republic Iran-Slovakia BIT (2016)
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20-Jul-2010 India-Belgium/Luxembourg Bilateral Investment Treaty (1997)
BIT between India and Belgium and Luxembourg PDF of English version -
20-Jul-2010 India-France Bilateral Investment Treaty (1997)
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17-Mar-2004 Netherlands-Bolivia BIT
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17-Mar-2004 Germany’s BITs (Bilaterale Investitionsförderungs- und -schutzverträge)
Articles
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España: los APPRI
Acuerdos de Promoción y Protección Reciproca de Inversiones firmados por el gobierno español -
EU enlargement: BITs of EU accession candidates (Apr 2004)
A list of BITs of EU accession candidates by Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer (PDF) -
France BIT programme
Overview of France’s bilateral investment treaty programme (in French) -
Germany BIT programme
Brief introduction to Germany’s BIT programme (in German) -
Netherlands BIT database
Maintained by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs -
Switzerland BITs
Links to all BITs entered into by Switzerland (in French) -
UK BIT programme
Overview of the UK’s bilateral investment treaty programme (scroll down to "Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements"). The actual treaties are not available online.
