LAwTTIP Working paper 2018/3 KCL LAwTTIP Young Researchers Workshop Beyond TTIP: A new season for EU FTAs? Andrea Biondi, Giorgia Sangiuolo Editors LAwTTIP Working Papers 2018/3 1 Acknowledgments A debt of gratitude is owed to all the experts who took part in the I LAwTTIP Young Researchers Workshop — Prof. Elaine Fahey (City Law School); Dr. Gracia Marin-Duran (University College London); Dr. Jan Kleinheisterkamp (London School of Economics); Mr. Gaspard Lindon (Dauphine University); Dr. Jan Knoerich (King’s College London); Dr. Federico Ortino (King’s College London); Prof. Panos Koutrakos (City Law School); Prof. Adam Lazowski (Westminster University); Ms. Agnezska Ason (London School of Economics); Dr. Gregory Messenger (University of Liverpool); Prof. Adam Lazowski (Westminster University) — for their invaluable feedback. The Centre of European Law also thanks Dr Maria Laura Marceddu for her assistance in the organization of the event and the King’s College Law Review for the support in the editing of the papers. LAwTTIP Working paper 2018/3 KCL LawTTIP Young Researchers Workshop Beyond TTIP: a new season for EU FTAs? Andrea Biondi, Giorgia Sangiuolo Editors LAwTTIP Working Papers 2018/3 This Working Paper collects the contributions to the I LAwTTIP Young Researchers Workshop ‘BEYOND TTIP: A NEW SEASON FOR EU FTAS?’ held at King’s College London on 17-20 October 2018 3 LAwTTIP Working paper 2018/3 Editorial Board Prof. Andrea Biondi (King’s College London) Prof. Isabelle Bosse-Platière (Université de Rennes 1) Prof. Federico Casolari (University of Bologna) Prof. Giacomo Di Federico (University of Bologna) Sir Francis Jacobs (King’s College London) Prof. Marc Maresceau (Ghent University) Prof. Nanette Neuwahl (University of Montreal) Prof. Cécile Rapoport (Université de Rennes 1) Prof. Lucia Serena Rossi (University of Bologna) Prof. Takis Tridimas (King’s College London) Editorial policy This text may be downloaded for personal research purposes only. Any additional reproduction, whether in hard copy or electronically, requires the consent of the author(s), editor(s). 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ISSN 2533-0942 (ONLINE) © Editors, 2019 Printed in Italy International Research Centre on European Law University of Bologna via Belmeloro 12 I – 40126 Bologna Italy http://www.lawttip.eu 1 LAwTTIP Working paper 2018/3 Table of Contents Contributors ....................................................................................................................... 2 Acronyms ........................................................................................................................... 3 Introductory Remarks........................................................................................................ 5 SESSION I........................................................................................................................ 1 I. Investment Agreements and Public Health Protection: Has the European Union found the Right Balance? ........................................................................................................ 2 II. I Decide How I Rule! Ah, Really? Right to Regulate in Matters of Labour Rights Protection in the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement ................................. 100 III. The Governance And Enforcement Of Trade And Sustainable Development Provisions In Eu Free Trade Agreements: An Analysis Of The Comprehensive Economic And Trade Agreement .............................................................................. 222 SESSION II..................................................................................................................... 32 I. The Role of State-Owned Enterprises in Investment Protection Agreements: A More Experienced EU Approach?..........................................................................................33 SESSION III.................................................................................................................... 40 I. Compensation of victims from the actions of transnational companies. ................... 41 SESSION IV ................................................................................................................... 45 I. What Future for “Mixity” after Opinion 2/15? ............................................................ 46 II. Challenges and Strategies for the Trade and Investment Policy of the EU – A Pragmatic Assessment with Suggestions de lege ferenda .......................................... 56 SESSION V .................................................................................................................... 65 I. The Fate of ICS Clauses in Light of Achmea ........................................................... 66 II. The Achmea Judgment and Mutual Mistrust – Toward a Complete Transition of the Intra-EU Investment Protection System ...................................................................... 75 SESSION VI ................................................................................................................... 92 I. The Distinction Between Arbitration and Judicial Settlement in International Law: Three Characteristics and Why They Matter for Reforms ........................................... 93 II. Preliminary thoughts on the conceptual compatibility between i) annulment grounds in ICSID and civil law systems featuring a Cour de Cassation, and ii) the role and function of ICSID ad hoc annulment committee members and the Judges of the International Court of Justice. A comparative analysis, in the context of ISDS reform .................................................................................................................................. 106 1 Contributors Markus Beham, Assistant Professor, University of Passau, Germany Aakriti Bhardwaj, Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Nottingham Thibaud Bodson, Ph.D. Candidate, Freie Universität Berlin and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Marine Fouquet, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Rennes I Yuliya Kaspiarovich, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Geneva, Teaching and Research assistant at the Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva G. Matteo Vaccaro Incisa, Assistant Professor, IESEG Paris Rodolfo Valentino Scarponi, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Rome “Sapienza” Elisabet Ruiz Cairó, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Geneva Jonathan Brosseau-Rioux, Judicial Fellow at the International Court of Justice Raymundo Tullio Treves, International Max Planck Research School for Successful Dispute Resolution in International Law, Heidelberg Anran Zhang, Ph.D. Candidate, Erasmus University of Rotterdam LAwTTIP Working paper 2018/3 Acronyms ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations BITs Bilateral Investment Treaties CARIFORUM Forum of Caribbean Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States CCP Common Commercial Policy CETA Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union COREPER Comité des Représentants Permanents CPTPP Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership CTSD Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development CSF Civil Society Forum DAGs Domestic Advisory Groups DR-CAFTA Dominican Republic-Central America-United States FTA EAEC European Atomic Energy Community EC European Commission ECtHR European Court of Human Rights EEAS European External Action Service EESC European Economic and Social Committee EPA Economic Partnership Agreement EPO European Patent Organisation EU European Union EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community EUSFTA EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement EUSIPA EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement FTAs Free Trade Agreements IACHR Inter-American Court of Human Rights ICC International Criminal Court ICJ International Court of Justice ICS Investment Court System ICSID International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes IITs International Investment Treaties ILO International Labour Organization ISA Investor-State Arbitration ISDS Investor-State Dispute settlement IUSCT Iran-United States Claims Tribunal MFN Most Favourite Nation MIC Multilateral Investment Court NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development PCIJ Permanent Court of International Justice SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises SOEs State Owned Enterprises TEU Treaty on European Union TFEU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union TPP Trans-Pacific Partnership TRIPs Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights TSD Trade and Sustainable Development TTIP Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law 3 UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UK United Kingdom US United States of America VCLT 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties WHO World Health Organization WTO World Trade Organization LAwTTIP Working paper 2018/3 Introductory Remarks Andrea Biondi, Giorgia Sangiuolo This issue of the LAwTTIP working papers series collects some of the papers presented in the 1st Young Researchers Workshop of the Jean Monnet Network “LAwTTIP: Legal ambiguities withstanding the TTIP,” organized by the King’s College