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International Investment Agreements and European Union Law
Fecák, Tomáš
The relationship between international investment agreements and EU law have attracted a lot of attention in past few years. The aim of this thesis is to bring a detailed analysis of various aspects of this complicated relationship. In attainment of this aim it proceeds in following steps. After a short introduction (Chapter I.), Chapter II. contains a brief overview of typical content of bilateral investment treaties as well as a more detailed analysis of relevant EU law rules concerning foreign investment, enabling subsequent comparison of both sets of rules. Chapter III. deals with investment agreements to be concluded by the EU, in particular with questions of external competence for foreign investment, responsibility for breaches of investment agreements concluded by the EU and the future shape of EU investment policy. The status of existing bilateral investment treaties concluded between EU member states and third countries is analyzed in Chapter IV. Chapter V. tackles various issues related to investment treaties concluded between member states (so called intra-EU BITs).
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Protection of foreign investments
Provazníková, Renata ; Růžička, Květoslav (advisor) ; Brodec, Jan (referee)
The topic of this thesis is the protection of foreign investments. This topic can be considered to be very current due to the present trends in the world economy, when globalization is constantly intensifying the international economic relations and foreign investments have therefore become more important in recent years. The aim of the thesis is to introduce to the reader the basics of the legal regulation of foreign investment protection. The first chapter introduces the very concept and definition of the term "investment". Therefore, the first chapter presents various definitions of the term investment that can be encountered. The following chapter briefly outlines the historical evolution of this protection, starting from the period of colonialism up to the present times. The next chapter then includes the sources of foreign protection that are the result of historical development. Particular attention is paid to bilateral and multilateral investment protection agreements, as the investment protection system consists primarily of such agreements. In this context it should be noted that the protection of foreign investments is greatly fragmented due to the large number of such agreements and, at the same time, the absence of a universal multilateral treaty. In the fourth chapter, special...
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International Investment Agreements and European Union Law
Fecák, Tomáš ; Šturma, Pavel (advisor) ; Balaš, Vladimír (referee) ; Švarc, Zbyněk (referee)
The relationship between international investment agreements and EU law has attracted increased attention in past few years. The aim of this thesis is to bring a detailed analysis of various aspects of this complicated relationship. In attainment of this aim it proceeds in the following steps. After a short introduction (Chapter I.), Chapter II. briefly overviews typical content of bilateral investment treaties, following with a more detailed analysis of relevant EU law rules concerning foreign investment and subsequent comparison of both sets of rules. Chapter III. deals with investment agreements to be concluded by the EU, in particular with questions of external competence for foreign investment, responsibility for breaches of investment agreements concluded by the EU and the future shape of EU investment policy. The status of existing bilateral investment treaties concluded between EU member states and third countries is analyzed in Chapter IV. Chapter V. tackles various issues related to investment treaties concluded between member states (so called intra-EU BITs).
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