“…The debate has recently C 16 April 2014 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-state dispute settlement tribunals established by international agreements to which the European Union is party, COM(2012) 0335-C7-0155/2012-2012/0163, which attempts to ensure that the adoption of the regulation in question 'shall not be interpreted as an exercise of shared competence by the Union in areas where the Union's competence has not been exercised'. See also Bungenberg and Titi (2014). 72 European Commission, Proposal for a Regulation establishing a framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-state dispute settlement tribunals established by international agreements to which the European Union is party, COM(2012) 335 final, 2012/0163 (COD), 21 June 2012, p. 5.…”