The EU Parliament publishes the foreign direct investment screening regulation (FDI)

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EU Parliament, Establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union, 2019/452, 19 March 2019

In the autumn of next year, the long anticipated EU Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regulation (FDIR) will apply. While the FDIR does not establish a European equivalent of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), it is nonetheless likely to have a significant impact on FDI within the EU – both in Member States that already have their own screening mechanisms and those which do not. Non-EU investors take note: the FDIR creates significant risks, and perhaps also a few opportunities. 1. THE CONTOURS OF THE EU FDI SCREENING FRAMEWORK The FDIR has three main components: (i) it introduces a set of minimum requirements for Member State screening mechanisms, (ii) it introduces a form of peer-review amongst Member States and the European Commission (the

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Anne Federle, The EU Parliament publishes the foreign direct investment screening regulation (FDI), 19 March 2019, e-Competitions March 2019, Art. N° 93988

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