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First Day in Court for the EU’s Defence Industrial Policy

By Mats Cuvelier Introduction  On 18 September 2024, the General Court rendered its judgment in Case T-617/22, concerning French aicraft engine maker Safran's request to annul a decision by which the European Commission rejected its bid to carry out a project under the European Defence Fund (EDF). It is the first time the Court has heard a case relating to ...
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Understanding the Importance of Investment Screening measures for Financial and Economic Security of India

By professor Bimal N. Patel, Vice-Chancellor, Rashtriya Raksha University / National Security University of India Introduction The interdependence of economic policies and progress and national security always remains intertwined; financial and economic strength of India underpins its military capabilities, diplomatic influence, and internal stability. The Indian economy is likely to continue growth-rate of 7% in next few years. The Indian ...
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Belgium’s FDI Screening Mechanism: 17 Months of Navigating the Blackbox

By Paul Hermant, Baptist Vleeshouwers and Claire De Neve. 1. Introduction Belgium's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening regime, implemented on 1 July 2023, is designed to protect the national security and strategic interests of Belgium and its federated entities. Now, over 17 months into the regime, and with the release of the first Annual Report on FDI Screening, it is ...
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The Commission´s and ECJ´s Approach to Investment Arbitration

By Juliane Kokott, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union Juliane Kokott, Advocate General at the European Court of Justice, discusses two developments in the area of investment law. This blog series features two posts by AG Kokott on (I) intensified investment screening and (II) on the ECJ-induced termination of intra-EU investment treaties, including some extraterritorial ...
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The ECJ and Investment Control – Intensified Investment Screening

By Juliane Kokott, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union The European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the Commission very much influence the investment climate in Europe. They have been very successful in abolishing all kind of direct and indirect impediments to the free movement of people, goods, services and capital. However, the European Union has ...
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Update on Outbound Investment Screening: Current Developments in the EU and US

By Konstantin Ahlers, PhD Candidate at the Leibniz Universität Hannover 1. Introduction  Since the European Commission added the regulation of Outbound Investments onto its 2023 Working Program in fall 2022 and President Biden signed the Executive order to restrict Outbound Investments by US- persons in summer 2023, a lot has happened in regard of Outbound Screening. While a potential Outbound ...
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How to Prevent the EU from Falling Behind?

By Bruno Dupré, Political Advisor for the Indian Ocean, European External Action Service   Summary The future of Europe does not depend on what President Trump thinks or will do. Nobody knows and he is to a certain extent unpredictable. The future of Europe will depend on our capacity to take our destiny in our own hands and create the ...
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The Stony Road to de-fragmentation of EU Foreign Direct Investment Control

By Oliver Geiss   This blog was first published on the Squire Patton Boggs Trade Practitioner Blog   On 9 September, Mario Draghi published a report on 'The Future of European Competitiveness' highlighting the need for the EU to strengthen its Investment Screening Mechanism. The report was part of a broader effort to assess and strengthen the EU's economic and ...
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Can the “buy European” requirement counter the challenges of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base? A critical perspective on EDIS and EDIP

By Grith Skovgaard Ølykke[1], Gregory Kegels, Caroline Buts and Cind Du Bois. This post has been prepared within the framework of the BEPIDS project (Belgian Economic Potential in the Industry of Defence and Security), a project funded largely through the 'Belgian Federal Public Planning Service Science Policy' (BELSPO) and partially by the Belgian 'Royal Higher Institute for Defence' (RHID). [1] Disclaimer: ...
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CELIS Update on Investment Screening – October 2024

European Union - European Commission releases Fourth Annual Report on the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union  On 17 October 2024, the European Commission (“EC”) released the Fourth Annual Report on the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (“Report”) for the year 2023. The Report is divided into 4 chapters and based on reports by the ...
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