The EU Parliament and Council see their framework for the screening of foreign direct investments enter into force

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EU Commission, EU foreign investment screening mechanism becomes fully operational, Press Release, 9 October 2020

EU Parliament and Council, Regulation (EU) 2019/452 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union, Regulation No. 2019/452, 19 March 2019

On October 11, 2020, the EU FDI Screening Regulation (EU) 2019/452 – the “Regulation”) entered fully into force. The Regulation, which was approved and adopted in March 2019, establishes a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments (“FDI”) by EU Member States in which decision-making powers rest at the Member State level. Significantly, from October 11, an element of EU-level cooperation in FDI is introduced and in particular will bring into effect (i) regular information sharing among Member States and the European Commission about transactions subject to national FDI screening, and (ii) a mechanism through which other Member States and the European Commission can coordinate and comment on FDI that has an “EU-dimension”. In this blogpost, we look at the overall status of

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Peter D. Camesasca, Horst Henschen, Katherine Kingsbury, Sarah Hachmeister, The EU Parliament and Council see their framework for the screening of foreign direct investments enter into force, 9 October 2020, e-Competitions October 2020, Art. N° 97245

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