France: Government adops Decree Nº 2020-892 that lowers the control thresholds for FDI screening
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Government adops Decree Nº 2020-892 that lowers the control thresholds for FDI screening
On 23 July 2020, the French government adopted Decree Nº 2020-892 that temporarily lowers the threshold from 25% to 10% for the acquisition of voting rights by foreign investors in essential economic activities. The economic activities subject to the threshold includes, among other, information and technology, cryptology, data processing and collection, telecommunications services. The measure will be valid until 31 December 2020.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Foreign direct investment
Policy Instrument
MNE: Entry and ownership rule
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting, cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2020-07-23
in force
2020-07-23
under deliberation
2020-12-18
in force