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CELIS Update on Investment Screening – February 2023
Estonia - Introduction of new FDI-regime On 25 January 2023, the Estonian Parliament has passed the Foreign Investment Reliability Assessment Act which will enter into force on 1 September 2023. The act will introduce the very first Foreign Direct Investment Screening (FDI) regime in Estonia. Under the new law foreign direct and indirect investments from non-EU investors will be covered ...
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France – Extension of temporary FDI framework for another year On 23 December 2022, the French government published Decree No. 2022-1622 concerning the extension for another year of the temporary framework lowering the threshold for acquiring voting rights that may trigger FDI screening procedure in France from 25% to 10%. While this temporary regime, which entered into force in July ...
Continue reading CELIS Update on Investment Screening – November 2022
EU – Commission prepares revision of the EU’s FDI Screening Regulation In a communication on its work programme for 2023 dated 18.10.2022, the European Commission announced that it is ready to review the EU FDI Screening Regulation two years after its entry into force. The aim is to identify the necessary modifications that would improve its functioning and effectiveness. In ...
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USA – Treasury publishes CFIUS Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines On 20 October 2022 the Department of the Treasury, as Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”), has released the first-ever CFIUS Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines. The Guidelines provide the public with information about how the Committee assesses violations of the laws and ...
Continue reading 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.
Continue reading CELIS Briefing Note: Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus’ FDIS Bill: State of Play
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 ...
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