The EU Commission publishes the Foreign Subsidies Regulation in the Official Journal

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EU Commission, Regulation of the European Parliament and of the council on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market, Legislation, 23 December 2022

Time to Prepare for A New Regulatory Hurdle for M&A Transactions and Public Procurements Within the European Union On December 23, 2022, Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of December 14, 2022 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (FSR) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The FSR introduces a new regulatory hurdle for M&A transactions in the European Union (EU), in addition to merger control and foreign direct investment screening. The FSR’s impact cannot be overstated as it introduces two mandatory pre-closing filing regimes and it gives the Commission wide-reaching ex officio investigative and intervention powers. Soon, the Commission will also launch a public consultation on a draft implementing regulation that should further detail and clarify a

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