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CELIS Special Blog Series on the Revision of FDI Screening Regulation
Introducing: The Foreign (Direct) Investment Screening Regulation – A blog series on the revision of FDI Screening Regulation 2019/452
Authors: Lena Hornkohl (University of Vienna)[1], Andrew Hill (AmCham EU, Brussels), Floor Doppen (University of Antwerp). After years of preparations and negotiations, the European Commission, Council, and Parliament convened on ...
Continue reading Tug-of-War? Determining the mandatory scope for the new FDI Screening Regulation
Part 2 in the CELIS blogseries on the revision of FDI Screening Regulation 2019/452. Authors: Andrew Hill (AmCham EU, Brussels), Floor Doppen (University of Antwerp), Leonard von Rummel (Partner, Blomstein) ...
Continue reading To Screen or not to Screen? Defining the Deals that Count
Part 3 in the CELIS blogseries on the revision of FDI Screening Regulation 2019/452. Authors: Andrew Hill (AmCham EU, Brussels), Floor Doppen (University of Antwerp), Kaarli Eichhorn (Antitrust Partner, Jones ...
Continue reading The Devil is in the Details – The Real Screening Report
Part 4 in the CELIS blogseries on the revision of FDI Screening Regulation 2019/452. Authors: Floor Doppen (University of Antwerp), Andrew Hill (AmCham EU, Brussels) Introduction The Commission published its 5th ...
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The Devil is in the Details – The Real Screening Report
Part 4 in the CELIS blogseries on the revision of FDI Screening Regulation 2019/452. Authors: Floor Doppen (University of Antwerp), Andrew Hill (AmCham EU, Brussels) Introduction The Commission published its 5th Annual Report on FDI Screening on October 14th ('the Report'). This report is eagerly awaited every year by many stakeholders as a major source of information on FDI practice statistics ...
Continue reading Ukraine Moves Toward FDI Screening: Competing Bills Emerge in Parliament
By Anastasiia Panchak, Senior Associate at Asters (Kyiv, Ukraine), CELIS Reporter for Ukraine Ukraine plans to take an important step toward establishing a mandatory foreign direct investment (the FDI) screening mechanism. Over the past month, two bills were registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (the Parliament): the main bill No. 14062, "On the Screening of Foreign Direct Investments" (the Bill No. 14062) and the alternative bill No. 14062-1 (the Bill No. 14062-1), bearing the same ...
Continue reading To Screen or not to Screen? Defining the Deals that Count
Part 3 in the CELIS blogseries on the revision of FDI Screening Regulation 2019/452. Authors: Andrew Hill (AmCham EU, Brussels), Floor Doppen (University of Antwerp), Kaarli Eichhorn (Antitrust Partner, Jones Day) Introduction While most observers are eying the politically sensitive discussion of which sectors will be covered by the new Foreign Investment Screening Regulation ('the Regulation'), many practitioners are focused ...
Continue reading CELIS Update on Investment Screening and Economic Security – October 2025
By Helene Schramm with the help of interns Parth Aggarwal and Maria-Arancha Simiuc INVESTMENT SCREENING MECHANISMS Croatia - Croatia Moves to Tighten Foreign Investment Rules Under Draft Screening Act The Croatian Ministry of Finance has published a draft proposal for a new Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) Screening Act (“draft Act”) aimed at establishing a comprehensive national review mechanism ...
Continue reading Belgium’s Second Annual FDI Screening Report: A Balance Between Openness and National Security
By Joost Haans & Sander De Volder, DLA Piper UK LLP (Brussels) Belgium’s second annual report on its foreign direct investment screening mechanism, which was published on 12 September 2025 and covers the period July 2024 to June 2025, offers more than just numbers. It is a snapshot of how one of Europe’s most open economies for foreign investment is ...
Continue reading CELIS Update on Investment Screening and Economic Security – September 2025
by Helene Schramm with the help of intern Parth Aggarwal INVESTMENT SCREENING MECHANISMS Hungary - Update of Hungarian FDI Screening Framework with Adoption of Act L of 2025 On 19 August 2025, Hungary enacted Act L of 2025, repealing the government decrees that had established the ‘Special FDI Screening Regime’ during the national state of emergency and incorporating ...
Continue reading CELIS Update on Investment Screening and Economic Security – August 2025
by Helene Schramm and Órlaith Higgins INVESTMENT SCREENING MECHANISMS Republic of Cyprus - Cyprus moves to align with EU by introducing FDI screening framework Cyprus has finally begun to remedy the absence of its FDI screening regime amid efforts to harmonize European foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screening with its submission of the bill entitled “the Establishment of Framework for the Foreign ...
Continue reading Tug-of-War? Determining the mandatory scope for the new FDI Screening Regulation
Part 2 in the CELIS blogseries on the revision of FDI Screening Regulation 2019/452. Authors: Andrew Hill (AmCham EU, Brussels), Floor Doppen (University of Antwerp), Leonard von Rummel (Partner, Blomstein) Introduction When the European Commission published its proposal for a revision of the FDI Screening Regulation ('the Regulation'), observers quickly identified the delineation of the minimal sectoral scope for mandatory ...
Continue reading The Republic of Cyprus’ 2025 FDIS Bill is out and … it is robust!
By Pantelis Christofides and Dr. Thomas Papadopoulos, CELIS Fellows and Country Reporters for the Republic of Cyprus The Republic of Cyprus' Ministry of Finance has submitted on 10th July 2025 before the Plenary of the House of Representatives[1] the long awaited new FDIS Bill[2], with the title of 'the Establishment of Framework for the Foreign Direct Investment Screening Law of ...
Continue reading Assembly of Albania Introduces the Concept of Investment Screening in Amendment to Foreign Investment Law
By Elvis Zerva On July 3, 2025, the Assembly of Albania adopted an amendment to Law No. 7764, dated November 2, 1993, "On Foreign Investments", introducing, for the first time, a mandatory screening regime for foreign direct investments (FDIs). The amendment (Law 56/2025) is now published in the Official Gazzette no. 124 date 11.07.2025. The amendment authorizes the Government of Albania ...
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