Posts Tagged ‘EU’
European Union – Commission Staff Working Document (26 July 2024) (EN
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Read More ...The European Union’s Critical Raw Materials Act: How Effective In Addressing Supply Chains Risks?
By Cecilia Nota, PhD Candidate University of Turin 1. Introduction In May 2024, Regulation (EU) 2024/1252, establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of Critical Raw Materials, came into force. This contribution aims to assess how effectively this regulation addresses the current supply chain risks faced by the European Union (EU).…
Read More ...Commission’s Discretion, Court’s Self-restraint. On the EU Court’s Approach to Reviewing Fines in Competition Cases
By Robert Foyle, University College Dublin* The General Court consistently defers to the European Commission’s discretion and fining guidelines when imposing fines. This change limits judicial intervention and may undermine defendants’ rights. A reliance on the Commission’s Guidelines has contributed to this restrained approach, raising concerns about the implications for fair competition enforcement. …
Read More ...EU – In Depth Analysis: European Economic Security: Current practices and further development
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Read More ...Is the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation compatible with WTO Law?
By Pierfrancesco Mattiolo, University of Antwerp The blog post summarizes parts of the article ‘The EU’s New Regime on Foreign Subsidies: Has the Time Come for a Paradigm-Shift?’ published by Professor Csongor Nagy in the Journal of World Trade. The paper is available here. State Capitalist Economies and the WTO It is no mystery that,…
Read More ...EU – Special report by the European Court of Auditors
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Read More ...European Commission – Summary results of the Targeted consultation on the evaluation and revision of the EU FDI Regulation (28 November 2023) (English)
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Read More ...‘A Chain Works Just as Well as its Weakest Link’ – CFIS Keynote and Roundtable on the Review of the EU FDI Screening Regulation
By Ass.-Prof. Dr. Lena Hornkohl, University of Vienna / CELIS Deputy Director The annual conference of the CELIS Institute dealt with the pivotal question of Investment Screening and Economic Security and its current challenges. CFIS 2023 was held in Prague from 11 – 13 October 2023 and consisted of a private and a public part.…
Read More ...The Anti-Coercion Instrument has been adopted
By Ass.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Verellen, University of Utrecht [1] On October 23rd, 2023, the Council adopted the Anti-Coercion Instrument. The adoption by the Council comes a couple of weeks after the European Parliament gave its consent to the instrument on October 3rd. The Council’s press release states that the regulation will be signed on November…
Read More ...Economic Security in the EU: Key Takeaways from CFIS 2023
By Dr. Roland Stein, LL.M. Eur., BLOMSTEIN / CELIS Deputy Director The CELIS Forum on Investment Screening (CFIS) 2023 conference in Prague provided valuable insights into the multifaceted realm of economic security in the European Union (EU). The discussions centered on critical issues such as the screening of foreign inward direct investments, outward investment controls,…
Read More ...Quelling the Flames or Fighting Fire with Fire? The EU’s Two Approaches to Foreign Subsidies
By Pierfrancesco Mattiolo, University of Antwerp At the base of the EU State aid regime is the principle that Member States cannot grant subsidies to their companies unless authorized by the European Commission. Subsidies are frowned upon by the EU Treaties since they may distort the internal market and create disparities between the Member States…
Read More ...It’s that time of year again: The European Commission’s Third Annual Report on FDI Screening is out!
By Sophie Bohnert, Vienna University of Economics and Business/College of Europe Introduction On 19 October 2023, the European Commission (“EC”) published its Annual Report on the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (“Report”), covering the year 2022. This Report is accompanied by the usual Staff Working Document. This is the third report…
Read More ...EU – Chips Act (8 February 2022)
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Read More ...Luxembourg – FDI Regime (14 July 2023) (French)
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Read More ...Frank Hoffmeister, Strategic autonomy in the European Union’s external relations law, Common Market Law Review, Vol. 60, Issue 3 (2023), 667-670.
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Read More ...National Interest and Freedom of Establishment: The CJEU’s Judgment in Xella
By Bálint Kovács In its judgment[1] published on 13 July 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that Hungary’s decision to prohibit an investment by a foreign-owned Hungarian company aiming to acquire a Hungarian company violated the freedom of establishment. The prohibition involved the use of the novel foreign direct investment…
Read More ...Mavlluda Sattorova, EU investment law at a crossroads: Open strategic autonomy in times of heightened security concerns
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Read More ...CJEU – Case C-106/22 (13 July 2023)(Hungarian)
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Read More ...EU – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1441 (10 July 2023)(English)
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Read More ...EU – Foreign Subsidies Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 (14 December 2022)(English)
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Read More ...Andi Hoxhaj, Securitizing The Economy – Verfassungsblog.de
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Read More ...Netherlands – FDI Act (Dutch)
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Read More ...Sweden – Draft FDI Act (Swedish)
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Read More ...Johannes Ketola, Foreign direct investment screening – security, public order and key national interest : An analysis of the European Union framework for foreign direct investment screening and the Finnish corporate acquisition screening mechanism
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Read More ...Marc Bungenberg and Bianca Böhme, Under the Radar-The Return of Member States in EU Investment Policy
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