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Continue reading The European Union’s Anti-Coercion Instrument – A Closer Look at Decision-Making under a Politicized Trade Instrument
Author details on file with the editors. Introduction The European Union’s (EU, Union) Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) is finally here. After an overwhelming majority vote by the European Parliament (EP) and the formal adoption by the Council, the ACI has now also made it into the Official Journal of the European Union. Regulation (EU) 2023/2675 (the Regulation) embodies the instrument vesting ...
Continue reading The Anti-Coercion Instrument – The Practical Repercussions of the ACI’s Entry into Force (Part II)
By Anh Nguyen, University of Amsterdam This is the second post in a two-part blog post providing an international law deep dive on practical repercussions of the ACI’s entry into force. This post will discuss international trade law perspectives on the ACI’s unilateral invocation of countermeasures. The previous post focused on general international law perspectives on the ACI’s notion of ...
Continue reading The Anti-Coercion Instrument – The Practical Repercussions of the ACI’s Entry into Force (Part I)
By Anh Nguyen, University of Amsterdam Ever since its inception, the EU Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) has been trumpeted as a new shield against ‘economic bullying’ of the EU and its member states. Rather than being a legal instrument to be directly deployed against the EU’s trade partners, it was conceived as a deterrent instrument to signal to the EU’s partners ...
Continue reading Looking Into the Crystal Ball: What Does 2024 Have in Store for Investment Screening?
By Sophie Bohnert, Vienna University of Economics and Business/College of Europe A 2024 Kick-Off Message from the Editors The CELIS Blog is back after its winter break! The Editorial Team wishes all readers, supporters, and partners a Happy New Year! The Editors would like to thank the CELIS Institute and its Board of Directors for making this blog project possible. ...
Continue reading The CELIS Institute together with BLOMSTEIN have successfully assisted AmCham Moldova in improving the national Moldovan FDI law and align it with best practises in the EU
Over the past three months, the CELIS Institute has brought together a team of leading FDI experts to assist the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Moldova in improving Moldova's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening mechanism. The team supporting this process consisted of Dr Roland M. Stein and Dr Laura Louca from BLOMSTEIN and Professor Steffen Hindelang of Uppsala University. ...
Continue reading CELIS Update on Investment Screening – December 2023
Romania – New Amendments to the Romanian FDI regime On 6 December 2023 the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 108/2023 (“GEO 108/2023) was published in the Official Gazette. GEO 108/2023 provides for new amendments to Romania’s Competition Law no. 21/1996, aimed at fully transposing the EU Directive 1/2019 into local law. Main legislative changes include the meaning of foreign direct investment ...
Continue reading A message from the Editorial Team – Holiday Break
The Editorial Team of the CELIS Blog will be offline for the holidays. The CELIS Blog will be back with more exciting news on investment screening and beyond on 8 January 2024.
Continue reading Launch of the CELIS German Chapter and BDI-Event in Berlin
By Leonard von Rummel, BLOMSTEIN If you are interested in the latest developments and challenges in the field of investment screening and its impact on the German economy, you should not miss the Investment Screening Conference hosted by BDI and CELIS German Chapter on February 20, 2024 at the Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft in Berlin. Globalisation is under great pressure ...
Continue reading Lessons learned from the “Kleo Connect” Case
By Janosch Wiesenthal, University of Lüneburg Due to its geo-economic orientation, both politicians and legal scholars usually perceive investment screening as a field being at the mercy of political interests. The "Kleo Connect" case confirms that this traditional perception still holds true. In addition, it also reveals that investment screening mechanisms might be used to different ends, namely ...
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