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1|Foreword|5
1|Acknowledgements|7
1|Contents|9
1|Abbreviations|12
1|1 Introduction|14
2|Abstract|14
2|1.1 The Participation of a State-Like Subject of International Law to the Settlement of International Disputes|14
2|1.2 The Importance of the Topic|18
2|1.3 Plan of This Book|20
2|References|21
1|Part I|23
1|2 The EU Practice in International Adjudication: An Appraisal of Existing Models|24
2|Abstract|24
2|2.1 Introduction: The Need to Systematise the EU Existing Practice in International Adjudication|25
2|2.2 The WTO Model|26
2|2.3 The Competence-Based Model: The Involvement of the EU in the Settlement of Disputes Under UNCLOS|33
2|2.4 The Involvement of the EU in International Disputes Under Other Agreements: Joint Responsibility, Co-respondency, the State-to-State Trade Dispute Model, and Proceduralisation|39
3|2.4.1 The Joint Responsibility Model|40
3|2.4.2 The Co-respondent Mechanism Established by the Draft Accession Agreement to the ECHR|41
3|2.4.3 The State-to-State Trade Dispute Model|45
3|2.4.4 The Proceduralisation Model: A Precursor of Internalisation?|47
2|2.5 Conclusions|49
2|References|51
1|3 The Participation of the EU in International Dispute Settlement: General Principles and Conditions Set by the Court of Justice|53
2|Abstract|53
2|3.1 Introduction: The Court of Justice and Its Troubled Relationship with International Dispute Settlement|54
2|3.2 No Double-Hatting Allowed: Protecting the ECJ’s Integrity or Paying Excessive Attention to Details?|56
2|3.3 No Binding Interpretations of EU Law and No Rulings on the Internal Division of Competence|58
2|3.4 The ECJ’s Jurisdiction over Intra-EU Disputes|64
2|3.5 The Problem of EU Acts That Are Not Subject to the ECJ’s Jurisdiction|73
2|3.6 Conclusion: A Checklist on the Autonomy of the EU Legal Order?|74
2|References|75
1|Part II|77
1|4 Dispute Settlement Under EU Investment Agreements: An Analysis of the Main Procedural Innovations|78
2|Abstract|78
2|4.1 Introduction|79
2|4.2 The Road from Ad Hoc Arbitral Tribunals to a Permanent Investment Court|80
2|4.3 The Pre-litigation Stage: Consultations and Mediation|87
2|4.4 The Submission of a Claim and the Constitution of the Tribunal|91
2|4.5 The Appellate Tribunal|94
2|4.6 Transparency|99
2|4.7 Jurisdictional Overlap|101
2|4.8 Conclusions: The Road to a Multilateral Investment Court|105
2|References|106
1|5 Presenting the Internalisation Model of EU Investment Agreements and Related Issues|108
2|Abstract|108
2|5.1 Introduction|109
2|5.2 Identification of the Respondent and International Responsibility|109
3|5.2.1 Overview of the Rules Laid Down in EU Investment Agreements|109
3|5.2.2 The Role of the Claimant and of the ICS: Is There a Possibility to Set Aside the Determination of the Respondent Made by the EU?|114
3|5.2.3 Falling Back on General International Law?|118
3|5.2.4 The Regulation on Financial Responsibility|121
3|5.2.5 Connecting the Dots|130
2|5.3 Questions of Representation|131
2|5.4 The Decisions of the ICS|141
2|5.5 Conclusions|146
2|References|148
1|Part III|150
1|6 EU Investment Agreements as a Possible Paradigm for the Participation of the EU in International Adjudication|151
2|Abstract|151
2|6.1 Introduction|152
2|6.2 EU Investment Agreements and the Autonomy of the EU Legal Order|153
3|6.2.1 The Need to Safeguard the Internal Division of Competence|153
3|6.2.2 Absence of an Organic Link with the ECJ|157
3|6.2.3 Binding Interpretations of EU Law|158
3|6.2.4 Intra-EU Disputes|160
3|6.2.5 The Problem of CFSP Acts|162
3|6.2.6 A Summary: Is the Division of Competence the Main Outstanding Issue?|163
2|6.3 EU Investment Agreements Through the Lens of International Law: Is the Internalisation Model Viable Beyond the Investment Domain?|165
2|6.4 Conclusions|170
2|References|172
1|7 Concluding Remarks|174
2|Abstract|174
2|7.1 The European Union and International Dispute Settlement|174
2|7.2 Towards a Recognition of the Special Nature of the EU?|178
2|References|180
1|Index|181
1|Acknowledgements|7
1|Contents|9
1|Abbreviations|12
1|1 Introduction|14
2|Abstract|14
2|1.1 The Participation of a State-Like Subject of International Law to the Settlement of International Disputes|14
2|1.2 The Importance of the Topic|18
2|1.3 Plan of This Book|20
2|References|21
1|Part I|23
1|2 The EU Practice in International Adjudication: An Appraisal of Existing Models|24
2|Abstract|24
2|2.1 Introduction: The Need to Systematise the EU Existing Practice in International Adjudication|25
2|2.2 The WTO Model|26
2|2.3 The Competence-Based Model: The Involvement of the EU in the Settlement of Disputes Under UNCLOS|33
2|2.4 The Involvement of the EU in International Disputes Under Other Agreements: Joint Responsibility, Co-respondency, the State-to-State Trade Dispute Model, and Proceduralisation|39
3|2.4.1 The Joint Responsibility Model|40
3|2.4.2 The Co-respondent Mechanism Established by the Draft Accession Agreement to the ECHR|41
3|2.4.3 The State-to-State Trade Dispute Model|45
3|2.4.4 The Proceduralisation Model: A Precursor of Internalisation?|47
2|2.5 Conclusions|49
2|References|51
1|3 The Participation of the EU in International Dispute Settlement: General Principles and Conditions Set by the Court of Justice|53
2|Abstract|53
2|3.1 Introduction: The Court of Justice and Its Troubled Relationship with International Dispute Settlement|54
2|3.2 No Double-Hatting Allowed: Protecting the ECJ’s Integrity or Paying Excessive Attention to Details?|56
2|3.3 No Binding Interpretations of EU Law and No Rulings on the Internal Division of Competence|58
2|3.4 The ECJ’s Jurisdiction over Intra-EU Disputes|64
2|3.5 The Problem of EU Acts That Are Not Subject to the ECJ’s Jurisdiction|73
2|3.6 Conclusion: A Checklist on the Autonomy of the EU Legal Order?|74
2|References|75
1|Part II|77
1|4 Dispute Settlement Under EU Investment Agreements: An Analysis of the Main Procedural Innovations|78
2|Abstract|78
2|4.1 Introduction|79
2|4.2 The Road from Ad Hoc Arbitral Tribunals to a Permanent Investment Court|80
2|4.3 The Pre-litigation Stage: Consultations and Mediation|87
2|4.4 The Submission of a Claim and the Constitution of the Tribunal|91
2|4.5 The Appellate Tribunal|94
2|4.6 Transparency|99
2|4.7 Jurisdictional Overlap|101
2|4.8 Conclusions: The Road to a Multilateral Investment Court|105
2|References|106
1|5 Presenting the Internalisation Model of EU Investment Agreements and Related Issues|108
2|Abstract|108
2|5.1 Introduction|109
2|5.2 Identification of the Respondent and International Responsibility|109
3|5.2.1 Overview of the Rules Laid Down in EU Investment Agreements|109
3|5.2.2 The Role of the Claimant and of the ICS: Is There a Possibility to Set Aside the Determination of the Respondent Made by the EU?|114
3|5.2.3 Falling Back on General International Law?|118
3|5.2.4 The Regulation on Financial Responsibility|121
3|5.2.5 Connecting the Dots|130
2|5.3 Questions of Representation|131
2|5.4 The Decisions of the ICS|141
2|5.5 Conclusions|146
2|References|148
1|Part III|150
1|6 EU Investment Agreements as a Possible Paradigm for the Participation of the EU in International Adjudication|151
2|Abstract|151
2|6.1 Introduction|152
2|6.2 EU Investment Agreements and the Autonomy of the EU Legal Order|153
3|6.2.1 The Need to Safeguard the Internal Division of Competence|153
3|6.2.2 Absence of an Organic Link with the ECJ|157
3|6.2.3 Binding Interpretations of EU Law|158
3|6.2.4 Intra-EU Disputes|160
3|6.2.5 The Problem of CFSP Acts|162
3|6.2.6 A Summary: Is the Division of Competence the Main Outstanding Issue?|163
2|6.3 EU Investment Agreements Through the Lens of International Law: Is the Internalisation Model Viable Beyond the Investment Domain?|165
2|6.4 Conclusions|170
2|References|172
1|7 Concluding Remarks|174
2|Abstract|174
2|7.1 The European Union and International Dispute Settlement|174
2|7.2 Towards a Recognition of the Special Nature of the EU?|178
2|References|180
1|Index|181