Overview of investment treaty programme
1. What are the key features of the investment treaties to which this country is a party?
France
(a) BITs/MITs
BIT contracting party or MIT | Substantive protections | Procedural rights | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fair and equitable treatment (FET) | Expropriation | Protection and security | Most-favoured-nation (MFN) | Umbrella clause | Cooling-off period | Local courts | Arbitration | |||
Albania (14 June 1996) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Algeria (27 June 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Angola (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Argentina (3 March 1993) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Armenia (21 June 1997) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Azerbaijan (24 August 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Bahrain (3 October 2005) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Bangladesh (9 October 1986) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Belarus (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 6 months | No | Yes | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina (18 December 2005) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Brazil (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Cambodia (24 July 2002) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Chile (24 July 1994) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
China (20 August 2010) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Colombia (14 October 2020) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months cooling-off period before bringing the dispute to local courts. Additional 180 days to go to arbitration (ie, 12 months in total). |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Congo (1 March 1975) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Costa Rica (18 June 1999) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Cuba (6 November 1999) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Djibouti (15 June 2010) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
9 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Dominican Republic (23 January 2003) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Egypt (1 October 1975) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
||
The Energy Charter (16 April 1998)1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
3 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Equatorial Guinea (23 September 1983) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Ethiopia (7 August 2004) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Georgia (13 April 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Ghana (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Guinea (16 mars 2017) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Guatemala (28 October 2001) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
3 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Haiti (25 March 1985) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Honduras (8 mars 2001) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Hong Kong (30 May 1997) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Iran (12 November 2004) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Iraq (24 August 2016) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Jamaica (15 September 1994) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Jordan (18 October 1979) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
||
Kazakhstan (21 August 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Kenya (26 May 2009) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
3 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Korea (1 February 1979) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Kuwait (16 May 1991) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Kyrgyzstan (10 August 1997) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Laos (8 March 1991) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Lebanon (29 October 1999) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Liberia (22 January 1982) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Libya (29 January 2006) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Macedonia (31 mars 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Madagascar (17 April 2005) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Malaysia (1 August 1976) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
||
Mauritius (1 April 1974) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No2 |
||
Mauritius (signed in 2010, not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Moldova (3 November 1999) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Mongolia (22 December 1993) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Montenegro (3 March 1975) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
3 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Morocco (30 May 1999) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Mozambique (6 July 2006) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Namibia (26 February 2006) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Nepal (13 June 1985) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Nicaragua (31 mars 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Nigeria (19 August 1991) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Oman (4 July 1996) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Pakistan (14 December 1984) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Panama (3 October 1985) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Paraguay (11 December 1980) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
||
Peru (30 May 1996) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Philippines (13 June 1996) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Qatar (27 July 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Russia (18 July 1991) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
No |
Yes (limited, see article 7) |
||
Salvador (12 December 1992) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
||
Saudi Arabia (18 March 2004) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Senegal (30 May 2010) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Serbia (3 March 1975) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
||
Seychelles (28 December 2014) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Singapore (18 October 1976) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
3 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Sri Lanka (19 April 1982) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
12 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Sudan (5 July 1980) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
||
Syrian Arab Republic (1 March 1980) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
||
Syrian Arab Republic (signed in 2009, not in force) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
||
Tajikistan (24 August 2004) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Trinidad and Tobago (16 May 1996) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Tunisia (10 September 1999) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Turkey (3 August 2009) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Turkmenistan (2 May 1996) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Uganda (20 December 2004) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Ukraine (26 January 1996) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
United Arab Emirates (10 January 1995) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
United Mexican States (12 October 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Uruguay (9 July 1997) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
No |
||
Uzbekistan (15 June 1996) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Venezuela (15 April 2004) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
||
Vietnam (10 August 1994) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Yemen (19 July 1991) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Zambia (3 March 2014) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
||
Zimbabwe (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
Note: France does not conclude free trade agreements (FTAs) with investment chapters. Since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, foreign direct investments fall under the exclusive competence of the European Union, that has negotiated and entered into several FTAs with investment chapters, including the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), parts of which came into force in September 2017.
Answer contributed by Sara Nadeau-Seguin, Eric Teynier and Karen AzoulayTeynier Pic