The EU Council greenlights the regulation on the screening of foreign direct investments into the EU

The European Council (“Council”) greenlighted the regulation on the screening of foreign direct investments into the EU (“Regulation”) at the beginning of March. Following its publication in the Official Journal on 21 March 2019, the Regulation will go live 20 days thereafter, i.e. on 10 April 2019. The new rules will ultimately become applicable following a transition period of 18 months, i.e., in October 2020. Main impact of the FDI Regulation for non-EU investors The Regulation (please see the final version here) sets a framework for foreign direct investment (“FDI”) rules in Europe. Given only about