Two major events have taken place recently regarding the situation of Bilateral Investment Treaties concluded between European Member States (“Intra-EU BITs”) and Bilateral Investment Treaties concluded between an European Member State and a State not Member of the EU (“Extra-EU BITs”). The fate of these agreements was surrounded up until now by a veil of uncertainty.

Laurence Burger, « Latest Developments Concerning European Bilateral Investment Treaties », www.kluwerarbitrationblog.com, 17 décembre 2012.