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COMESA Investment Agreement (2007)
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  • Article   1 Definitions 1
  • Part   ONE Comesa Common Investment Area 1
  • Article   2 Objectives of Part One 1
  • Article   3 Features 1
  • Article   4 Transparency 1
  • Article   5 General Obligations 1
  • Article   6 International Multilateral Agreements 1
  • Article   7 Institutional Arrangements 1
  • Article   8 Implementing Programmes and Action Plans 1
  • Article   9 Modification of Schedules, Annexes and Action Plans 1
  • Article   10 Relation to Dispute Settlement 1
  • Part   TWO Rights and Obligations 1
  • Article   11 Objectives of Part Two 1
  • Article   12 Coverage 1
  • Article   13 Investor Obligation 1
  • Article   14 Fair and Equitable Treatment 1
  • Article   15 Transfer of Assets 1
  • Article   16 Movement of Labour 1
  • Article   17 National Treatment 2
  • Article   18 Exceptions to National Treatment and other Obligations 2
  • Article   19 Most Favoured Nation Treatment 2
  • Article   20 Expropriation 2
  • Article   21 Compensation for Losses 2
  • Article   22 General Exceptions 2
  • Article   23 Non-application to Taxation Measures 2
  • Article   24 Emergency Safeguard Measures 2
  • Article   25 Measures to Safeguard Balance of Payments 2
  • Part   THREE Dispute Settlement 2
  • Article   26 Negotiation and Mediation 2
  • Article   27 Settlement of Disputes between Member States 2
  • Article   28 Investor-state Disputes 2
  • Article   29 Enforceability of Final Awards 2
  • Article   30 Roster of Arbitrators 2
  • Article   31 Governing Law In Disputes 2
  • Part   FOUR Final Provisions 2
  • Article   32 Other Agreements 2
  • Article   33 Amendments 2
  • Article   34 Supplementary Agreements or Arrangements 2
  • Article   35 Adoption of Protocols 2
  • Article   36 Accession of New Members 2
  • Article   37 Entry Into Force 2
  • Article   38 Depository 2
  • Article   39 Withdrawal and Renewal 2
  • Schedule I  CO-OPERATION AND FACILITATION PROGRAMME 2
  • Schedule II  PROMOTION AND AWARENESS PROGRAMME 3
  • Schedule III  LIBERALISATION PROGRAMME 3
  • 1 Consultation and Negotiation 3
  • 2 Submission of a Claim to Arbitration 3
  • 3 Rules of Arbitration 3
  • 4 Consent of Each Party to Arbitration 3
  • 5 Conditions and Limitations on Consent of Each Party 3
  • 6 Selection of Arbitrators 3
  • 7 Conduct of the Arbitration 3
  • 8 Amicus Curiae 3
  • 9 Transparency of Arbitral Proceedings 3
  • 10 Expert Reports 3
  • 11 Consolidation 3
  • 12 Awards 3
  • 13 Appellate Process 3
    • Name
    COMESA Investment Agreement (2007)
    PDF Link
    COMESA Investment Agreement (2007)
    Signed date
    23 / May / 2007
    Treaty type
    Other International Investment Agreements
    Origin language
    en
    Party ISO codes
    COMESA
    Relationship with other documents
    Type Agreements Date of signature Date of entry in force
    IT_OVERLAP ECCAS Treaty (1983) 18 / Oct / 1983 18 / Dec / 1984
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Kenya - Libya BIT (2007) 05 / Jun / 2007
    IT_OVERLAP EU - SADC Interim Agreement (2009) 22 / Jan / 2009
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Mauritius - Zambia BIT (2015) 14 / Jul / 2015 06 / May / 2016
    IT_OVERLAP SADC Protocol on Finance and Investment (2006) 18 / Aug / 2006 16 / Apr / 2010
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Libya BIT (1990) 03 / Dec / 1990 04 / Jul / 1991
    IT_OVERLAP Eastern and Southern Africa States (ESA) - United Kingdom EPA (2019) 31 / Jan / 2019
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Malawi - Zimbabwe BIT (2003) 04 / Jul / 2003
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Malawi - Zimbabwe BIT (2003) 04 / Jul / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP Second Lomé Convention (1979) 31 / Oct / 1979 23 / Dec / 1980
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Ethiopia - Libya BIT (2004) 27 / Jan / 2004 25 / Jun / 2004
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Comoros - Egypt BIT (1994) 13 / Nov / 1994 27 / Feb / 2000
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Madagascar - Mauritius BIT (2004) 06 / Apr / 2004 29 / Dec / 2005
    IT_OVERLAP EU - SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (2016) 10 / Jun / 2016 10 / Oct / 2016
    IT_OVERLAP Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (ECGLC) Investment Code (1982) 31 / Jan / 1982 04 / Oct / 1987
    IT_OVERLAP Consolidated SADC Treaty (1992) 17 / Aug / 1992 30 / Sep / 1993
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Kenya - Libya BIT (2007) 05 / Jun / 2007
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Burundi - Kenya BIT (2009) 01 / Apr / 2009 22 / Sep / 2009
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Sudan BIT (1977) 28 / May / 1977 14 / Mar / 1978
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Eswatini - Mauritius BIT (2000) 15 / May / 2000
    IT_OVERLAP East African Community (EAC) Model Investment Treaty (2016)
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Eritrea - Uganda BIT (2001) 30 / Jun / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP Third Lomé Convention (1984) 08 / Dec / 1984 01 / May / 1986
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Malawi BIT (1997) 21 / Oct / 1997 07 / Sep / 1999
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Eswatini BIT (2000) 18 / Jul / 2000
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Ethiopia - Libya BIT (2004) 27 / Jan / 2004 25 / Jun / 2004
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Uganda BIT (1995) 04 / Nov / 1995
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Mauritius - Zambia BIT (2015) 14 / Jul / 2015 06 / May / 2016
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Burundi - Kenya BIT (2009) 01 / Apr / 2009 22 / Sep / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP Fourth Lomé Convention (1989) 15 / Dec / 1989 01 / Mar / 1990
    IT_OVERLAP Agreement on Investment and Free Movement of Arab Capital among Arab Countries (1970) 29 / Aug / 1970 29 / Aug / 1970
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Zimbabwe BIT (1999) 27 / May / 1999
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Mauritius - Rwanda BIT (2001) 30 / Jul / 2001
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Comoros - Mauritius BIT (2001) 18 / May / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP East African Community Treaty (1999) 30 / Nov / 1999 07 / Jul / 2000
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Madagascar - Mauritius BIT (2004) 06 / Apr / 2004 29 / Dec / 2005
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Ethiopia - Sudan BIT (2000) 07 / Mar / 2000 15 / May / 2001
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Kenya - Mauritius BIT (2012) 07 / May / 2012
    IT_OVERLAP First Lomé Convention (1975) 28 / Feb / 1975 01 / Apr / 1976
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Eswatini BIT (2000) 18 / Jul / 2000
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Kenya - Mauritius BIT (2012) 07 / May / 2012
    IT_OVERLAP EU - SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (2016) 10 / Jun / 2016 10 / Oct / 2016
    IT_OVERLAP East African Community - United States TIFA (2008) 16 / Jul / 2008 16 / Jul / 2008
    IT_OVERLAP Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (1991) 03 / Jun / 1991 12 / May / 1994
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Mauritius BIT (2014) 25 / Jun / 2014 17 / Oct / 2014
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Zambia BIT (2000) 28 / Apr / 2000
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Burundi - Mauritius BIT (2001) 18 / May / 2001 22 / Nov / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP Eastern and Southern Africa States (ESA) - United Kingdom EPA (2019) 31 / Jan / 2019
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Eswatini - Mauritius BIT (2000) 15 / May / 2000
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Sudan BIT (2001) 08 / Jul / 2001 01 / Apr / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area - AfCFTA (2018) 21 / Mar / 2018 30 / May / 2019
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Ethiopia BIT (2006) 27 / Jul / 2006 27 / May / 2010
    IT_OVERLAP Draft Pan-African Investment Code (2016)
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Mauritius BIT (2014) 25 / Jun / 2014 17 / Oct / 2014
    IT_OVERLAP Unified Agreement for the Investment of Arab Capital in the Arab States (1980) 26 / Nov / 1980 07 / Sep / 1981
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Burundi - Comoros BIT (2001) 18 / May / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP Fourth Lomé Convention (1989) 15 / Dec / 1989 01 / Mar / 1990
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Libya BIT (1990) 03 / Dec / 1990 04 / Jul / 1991
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Zambia BIT (2000) 28 / Apr / 2000
    IT_OVERLAP East African Community Treaty (1999) 30 / Nov / 1999 07 / Jul / 2000
    IT_OVERLAP First Lomé Convention (1975) 28 / Feb / 1975 01 / Apr / 1976
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Zimbabwe BIT (1999) 27 / May / 1999
    IT_OVERLAP ECCAS Treaty (1983) 18 / Oct / 1983 18 / Dec / 1984
    IT_OVERLAP East African Community (EAC) Model Investment Treaty (2016)
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Egypt BIT (1998) 18 / Dec / 1998
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Uganda - Zimbabwe BIT (2003) 01 / Jul / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP Eastern and Southern Africa States (ESA) - European Union Interim EPA (2009) 29 / Aug / 2009
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Mauritius - Rwanda BIT (2001) 30 / Jul / 2001
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Djibouti - Egypt BIT (1998) 21 / Jul / 1998
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Sudan BIT (1977) 28 / May / 1977 14 / Mar / 1978
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Djibouti - Egypt BIT (1998) 21 / Jul / 1998
    IT_OVERLAP Agreement For Economic Unity Among Arab League States (1957) 03 / Jun / 1957 30 / May / 1964
    IT_OVERLAP EU - Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific (OACP) States Partnership Agreement (2023) 15 / Nov / 2023
    IT_OVERLAP AFCFTA Protocol on Investment (2023) 19 / Feb / 2023
    IT_OVERLAP Agreement For Economic Unity Among Arab League States (1957) 03 / Jun / 1957 30 / May / 1964
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Uganda BIT (1995) 04 / Nov / 1995
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Comoros - Egypt BIT (1994) 13 / Nov / 1994 27 / Feb / 2000
    IT_OVERLAP Consolidated SADC Treaty (1992) 17 / Aug / 1992 30 / Sep / 1993
    IT_OVERLAP Agreement on Investment and Free Movement of Arab Capital among Arab Countries (1970) 29 / Aug / 1970 29 / Aug / 1970
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Eritrea - Uganda BIT (2001) 30 / Jun / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP Cotonou Agreement (2000) 23 / Jun / 2000 01 / Apr / 2003
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Malawi BIT (1997) 21 / Oct / 1997 07 / Sep / 1999
    IT_OVERLAP Cotonou Agreement (2000) 23 / Jun / 2000 01 / Apr / 2003
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Burundi - Mauritius BIT (2001) 18 / May / 2001 22 / Nov / 2009
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Uganda - Zimbabwe BIT (2003) 01 / Jul / 2003
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Sudan BIT (2001) 08 / Jul / 2001 01 / Apr / 2003
    IT_OVERLAP Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (1991) 03 / Jun / 1991 12 / May / 1994
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Mauritius - Zimbabwe BIT (2000) 17 / May / 2000
    IT_OVERLAP SADC Protocol on Finance and Investment (2006) 18 / Aug / 2006 16 / Apr / 2010
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Ethiopia - Sudan BIT (2000) 07 / Mar / 2000 15 / May / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP Third Lomé Convention (1984) 08 / Dec / 1984 01 / May / 1986
    IT_OVERLAP EU - SADC Interim Agreement (2009) 22 / Jan / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP South African Development Community (SADC) Model BIT (2012)
    IT_OVERLAP Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Investment Agreement (1981) 05 / Jun / 1981 01 / Feb / 1988
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Egypt - Ethiopia BIT (2006) 27 / Jul / 2006 27 / May / 2010
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Burundi - Comoros BIT (2001) 18 / May / 2001
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Comoros - Mauritius BIT (2001) 18 / May / 2001
    IT_OVERLAP Eastern and Southern Africa States (ESA) - European Union Interim EPA (2009) 29 / Aug / 2009
    IT_OVERLAP Unified Agreement for the Investment of Arab Capital in the Arab States (1980) 26 / Nov / 1980 07 / Sep / 1981
    IT_OVERLAP Second Lomé Convention (1979) 31 / Oct / 1979 23 / Dec / 1980
    IT_OVERLAP Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (ECGLC) Investment Code (1982) 31 / Jan / 1982 04 / Oct / 1987
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Egypt BIT (1998) 18 / Dec / 1998
    IT_COEXISTS_WITH Mauritius - Zimbabwe BIT (2000) 17 / May / 2000
    IT_OVERLAP Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Investment Agreement (1981) 05 / Jun / 1981 01 / Feb / 1988
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