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5.2 The case of Chile: Foreign investment regulation in the association<br />
treaty EU – Chile and its interaction with BITs and WTO rules<br />
A very good example for this is the “Association Agreement” of the EU with Chile,<br />
which was signed in November 2002 and entered into force in February 2003, 326 and<br />
which in its corporation-friendly orientation is amended by a series of earlier bilateral<br />
investment treaties between the European states and Chile: 327<br />
• The mutual market access for foreign corporations which operate in the services<br />
sector, the non-services sector and the financial services area is safeguarded by<br />
the FTA, which in its notion of services follows the four GATS definitions (Mode<br />
1 “cross-border supply”, Mode 2 “consumption abroad”, Mode 3 “commercial<br />
presence” and Mode 4 “presence of natural persons”) and whose scope is defined<br />
by a positive-list.<br />
• The regulation to “protect” investment against “discrimination and expropriations”<br />
for “post-establishment” investment in services and financial services is covered<br />
by both FTA and bilateral agreements, the non-services area is regulated exclusively<br />
by bilateral investment agreements.<br />
• The principle of non-discrimination of NT is safeguarded twofold for all three areas<br />
(by FTA and bilateral agreements).<br />
• The MFN principle is applied by the bilateral agreements.<br />
• Capital and profit transfers are also safeguarded twofold through BITs and FTA for<br />
all three areas.<br />
• The possibility for investor-to-state disputes (post-establishment) has been assured<br />
by investors and corporations through the BITs.<br />
• The possibilities for trade-related disputes between states are regulated by the<br />
BITs.<br />
• The regulation concerning services and public procurement is realized by the<br />
FTA.<br />
• And additionally, in foreign trade-related issues the rules of “non-discrimination” of<br />
the WTO apply.<br />
326 The English version of the agreement can be found, e.g., at: http://www.handel-entwicklung-menschenrechte.org/<br />
fileadmin/christian/Chile-EU-AssociationAgreement.pdf.<br />
327 See: Republic of Chile: Investment and Transparency Provisions in Chile’s FTAs with the E.U. and U.S.A.<br />
Presentation before the OECD Committee on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises on April 10,<br />
2003.