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Adoption of EU foreign investment screening mechanism

The European Commission issues regulation 2019/452, which establishes a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments. It includes a cooperation mechanism between Member States and the Commission and encourages international cooperation.…

Scope

Policy Area
Foreign direct investment
Policy Instrument
MNE: Entry and ownership rule
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2019-03-21
adopted

The European Commission issues regulation 2019/452, which establishes a framework for the screening…

2020-10-11
in force

The foreign investment screening mechanism established in EU Regulation 2019/452 enters into force.