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CELIS Briefing Note: Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus’ FDIS Bill: State of Play – Interim Update
Dr. Thomas Papadopoulos and Mr. Pantelis Christofides, CELIS Country Reporter for Cyprus, provide an update on the current state of play of the process on legislation to screen foreign direct investment in Cyprus.
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Dr. Thomas Papadopoulos and Mr. Pantelis Christofides, CELIS Country Reporter for Cyprus, report on the current state of play of the process on legislation to screen foreign direct investment in Cyprus.
Continue reading CELIS Update on Investment Screening – September 2022
EU – European Commission publishes Second Annual Report on the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union On 1 September 2022, the European Commission (EC) published the Second Annual Report on the Screening of Foreign Direct Investment into the Union. The report contains besides the most recent data on foreign direct investment inflows into the EU mainly an overview ...
Continue reading CELIS Update on Investment Screening – August 2022
Czechia – First Annual Report on Foreign Direct Investments Screening in the Czech Republic On 1 August 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic published the first Annual Report on Foreign Investments Screening in the Czech Republic. The report provides some interesting insights on the FDI Act that has been in effect for one year. The Ministry of Industry ...
Continue reading CELIS Update on Investment Screening – June 2022
Belgium – Introduction of a general FDI regime The next EU member state is about to implement the EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regulation and to present its first FDI regime. On 1 June 2022, the federal and regional governments of Belgium agreed on a draft legislative text that will introduce a mandatory FDI regime which will capture foreign transactions ...
Continue reading CELIS Update on Investment Screening – May 2022
EU – Commission singles out “hostile investors” As a reaction of the war against Ukraine, for the first time ever, the European Commission has taken the step of singling out two hostile investor countries for Member States to consider in applying foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screening laws. In its communication from 6 April 2022 the Commission advises member states to be ...
Continue reading CELIS Briefing Note: Switzerland – Swiss Federal Council initiates consultation on legislation to screen foreign investment
Phil Baumann, CELIS Country Reporter for Switzerland, briefly reports on the initiation of the consultation process on legislation to screen foreign direct investment by the Swiss Federal Council.
Continue reading CELIS Briefing Note: Italy – Latest amendments to the Italian golden powers: a significant set of new rules
Andrea Sacco Ginevri, CELIS Country Reporter for Italy, Federico Riganti, CELIS Assistant Country Reporter for Italy, and Linda Lorenzon, CELIS Assistant Country Reporter for Italy, shortly brief us on the latest amendments of the Italian "golden powers" regulations.
Continue reading CELIS Update on Investment Screening – February 2022
EU - Commission proposes European Chips Act On 8 February 2022, the European Commission published multiple documents relating to the Proposal for a Regulation establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe's semiconductor ecosystem (European Chips Act). Due to their importance in the production of many goods in the technology sector, such as cars or smartphones, semiconductors are increasingly perceived ...
Continue reading CELIS Briefing Note: EU – EU merger control limits member states’ FDI screening competence
Wessel Geursen, CELIS Country Reporter for the Netherlands, examines the interaction between national investment screening legislation on the one hand and EU law on the other. He focuses on the possible tension between the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR) and free movement provisions in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
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