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19 Mar 2019

The EU adopts first foreign direct investment regulation (FDI)

Izzet Sinan, Christina Renner, Andrew Lipman • March 2019

The European Parliament adopted a new regulation on March 19 establishing a bloc-wide framework for the screening by EU member states of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the European Union (the FDI Regulation). The FDI Regulation seeks to ensure a consistent framework throughout the (...)

19 Mar 2019

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

Tobias Heinrich, Tilman Kuhn, Sabine Kueper • March 2019

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 (...)

19 Mar 2019

The EU Parliament and Council establish a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (FDI)

Renato Antonini, Jurgen Beninca, Nicolas Brice, Eva Monard, Stefano Crosio, Byron Maniatis, Federico Merino • March 2019

On 21 March 2019, Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (“FDI Regulation”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The FDI Regulation (...)

15 Mar 2019

The Chinese National People’s Congress adopts a Foreign Investment Law

Hu Bo • March 2019

On March 15, 2019, China’s national legislature, the National People’s Congress passed the Foreign Investment Law (the “Law”), a landmark legislation that will provide stronger protection and a better business environment for foreign investors. The Law will take effective on January 1, 2020. Upon (...)

19 Feb 2019

The French and German governments publish a joint manifesto calling for a new European industrial policy with changes to merger control and State aid rules

Martin Favart • February 2019

On 19 February 2019, the French Minister of Economy, Mr Bruno Le Marie, and the German Minister of Economy, Mr Peter Altmaier, published a joint manifesto which calls for the development of a European industrial policy to ensure the global competitiveness of European manufacturing industries. (...)

20 Nov 2018

The EU Parliament, the Council and the EU Commission agree on a Framework for the screening of foreign direct investment on grounds of security or public order

Jacques Buhart, Mai Muto, Philip Bentley • November 2018

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, COUNCIL AND EC PROPOSE EU FRAMEWORK FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT SCREENING On 20 November 2018, the European Parliament, the Council and the EC agreed on a framework for the screening of foreign direct investment (FDI) on grounds of security or public order. This new (...)

19 Oct 2018

The EU Commission and Council discuss enhancements of national security screening of foreign direct investment (FDI)

Alec J. Burnside, Amanda DeBusk, Jeremy B. Zucker, Miriam Gonzalez, Richard Tauwhare, Roger Matthews • October 2018

The EU has agreed in principle on a strengthened framework to ensure that foreign investment does not threaten security and public order, while keeping the EU open to foreign investment. The draft FDI Regulation does not go as far as introducing an EU screening mechanism whose decisions are (...)

26 Sep 2018

Common shareholdings: What are the antitrust issues?

David Henry, Jacques Buhart, James Mancini, Marc Van Audenrode

Law & Economics workshop organised by Concurrences Review with James Mancini (OECD), in partnership McDermott Will & Emery and Analysis Group.

27 Jul 2018

The German government opposes foreign investment in electrical infrastructure due to security concerns (State Grid Corp / 50Hertz)

Jacques Buhart, Mai Muto, Philip Bentley • July 2018

Non-EU inward investors in Germany should be aware of recent developments in German Government policy towards foreign investment in strategic infrastructure and security sensitive areas. Electricity infrastructure is an area that is particularly sensitive for strategic and security (...)

18 May 2018

Antitrust in Asia: ASEAN, China, Hong Kong...

Angela Huyue Zhang, Benjamin Bai, Brent Snyder, Clara Ingen-Housz, Cristina Caffarra, Derek Ritzmann, François Renard, Frédéric Jenny, Gabriel McGann, Godfrey Lam Wan-Ho, Jindrich Kloub, Knut Fournier, Laurence Idot, Luu Huong Ly , Mark Williams, Noah A. Brumfield, Philip Monaghan, Robert Ian McEwin, Sandra Marco Colino, Stephen Crosswell, Susan Ning, Thomas Cheng Kin-Hon, Toh Han Li, Winston Kiang

This fourth edition of the Antitrust in Asia Conference was organized by Concurrences Review with the support of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Competition Association, in partnership with Allen & Overy, Baker McKenzie, Charles River Associates, Compass Lexecon, (...)

1 May 2018

Common sense about common ownership

Douglas H. Ginsburg, Keith Klovers • N° 2-2018

Some scholars have argued that the phenomenon known as common ownership, particularly by large investment managers, is anticompetitive and prohibited by the U.S. antitrust laws. These proponents call for the divestiture of trillions of dollars of equities. We believe the argument for antitrust (...)

1 Nov 2017

China/EU: The gradual evolution of the EU Commission’s merger control decisional practice towards SOEs amidst an increasingly protectionist world

Camille Puech-Baron, Kyriakos Fountoukakos • N° 4-2017

This article updates the article published by the authors in 2012 on the treatment of Chinese SOEs involved in acquisitions of European companies under the EU Merger Regulation. In this updated version, the authors discuss the lessons learnt in this regard from the European Commission decision (...)

26 Oct 2017

The EU Commission opens an in-depth investigation into statutory rules that exempt certain financing income earned by foreign subsidiaries (United Kingdom)

Alex Jupp, Frederic Depoortere, Giorgio Motta, Ingrid Vandenborre, James Anderson, Jonathon J. Egerton-Peters, Niels Baeten • October 2017

On 26 October 2017, the European Commission (the Commission) opened an in-depth investigation into UK statutory rules that exempt certain financing income earned by foreign subsidiaries of UK corporate taxpayers from UK tax. The Commission’s investigation will focus on whether the UK Controlled (...)

14 Sep 2017

The EU Commission proposes a new regulation that would allow the Commission and Member States to adopt rules for screening foreign direct investment

Porter Elliott • September 2017

On 14 September 2017, the European Commission proposed a new regulation to allow the Commission and the Member States to adopt rules for screening foreign direct investment (“FDI”) in the EU that raises concerns on grounds of security or public order (the “Proposal”). The Proposal aims to (...)

13 Jan 2017

The US FTC and DOJ issue revised antitrust guidelines for international enforcement

Carrie C. Mahan, Chad Squitieri, Sarah Segal • January 2017

Revised Antitrust Guidelines for International Enforcement and Cooperation issued by FTC and DOJ* On January 13, 2017, the DOJ and FTC jointly issued final updated Antitrust Guidelines for International Enforcement and Cooperation (Updated International Guidelines), which replace the 1995 (...)

1 Nov 2016

The US FTC and the DOJ publish for public comment proposed Antitrust Guidelines for International Enforcement and Cooperation

Geoffrey D. Oliver, Kathryn M. Fenton, Matt Evans, Michelle K. Fischer, Peter J. Wang • November 2016

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have published for public comment proposed Antitrust Guidelines for International Enforcement and Cooperation ("2016 Proposed Guidelines"). This would be the third iteration of international enforcement guidelines, following the (...)

30 Oct 2016

The EU and Canada sign the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Daniel Schwarz, Mark C. Katz • October 2016

What does CETA mean for EU and Canadian competition policy?* Introduction With the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) having finally been signed by the EU and Canada on October 30, 2016, it’s worth exploring what it says about competition law and policy and how it may impact (...)

30 May 2016

The Chinese MOFCOM lifts conditions imposed in e-commerce merger (Wal-Mart / Yihaodian)

Adrian Emch • June 2016

MOFCOM lifts merger control conditions on 2012 Walmart acquisition* On 8 June 2016, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM“) released its decision to lift the conditions it had imposed on Walmart’s acquisition of 33.6% of the shares in Newheight Holdings. This acquisition in 2012 gave Walmart (...)

19 Feb 2016

The US Committee on Foreign Investment publishes its annual report and reviews national security aspects of increasing number of acquisitions by Asian companies

Christine Laciak, Robert Schlossberg • February 2016

Parties to transactions that might implicate US national security interests may elect voluntarily to submit a notification to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the multi-agency committee charged with conducting national security reviews of acquisitions by foreign (...)

1^er mai 2015

Contrôle des concentrations et contrôle des investissements étrangers : Réflexions de juriste

Laurence Idot • N° 2-2015 • pp. 54-66

Contrôles des concentrations et contrôles des investissements étrangers peuvent s’appliquer aux mêmes opérations, comme l’ont illustré certaines affaires récentes. Procédant à une comparaison des domaines et des régimes des deux contrôles, l’auteur conclut à leur coexistence nécessaire. Au sein de l’Union (...)

3 Feb 2015

The Russian Competition Authority fines a foreign company for failure to submit information (Linenhall Overseas)

Russian Competition Authority • February 2015

FAS imposed a second fine upon a foreign company in two months* At the end of January 2015, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) fined “Linenhall Overseas Limited” 500,000 RUB for failure to submit information within the designated period. The company is registered in British Virgin (...)

1^er sept. 2014

Protectionnisme et droit de l’Union européenne

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 3-2014 • pp. 243-249

Le thème du protectionnisme a ressurgi dans le contexte de la crise économique. Il est paré de toutes les vertus par ceux qui décrivent l’Union européenne comme l’avant-garde d’un libre-échangisme généralisé et destructeur. Il est au contraire brandi comme épouvantail par ceux qui craignent que le marché (...)

18 Aug 2014

The Russian Competition Authority fines a fishing company for failing to notify a merger (Sogra)

Russian Competition Authority • August 2014

Fishing company jumped the gun with buying* “Sogra” Fishing Company acquired 100% share of the authorized capital of “Magadanflot-2” without preliminary approval by the Government Commission for control over foreign investments in the Russian Federation. On 18th August 2014, the Federal (...)

14 mai 2014

Investissements étrangers : Le Premier ministre adopte le décret 2014-479 étendant les secteurs dans lesquels les investissements étrangers projetés doivent obtenir une autorisation du ministre de l’Économie

Régis Lanneau • N° 3-2014 • pp. 203-205

Contenu “Le choix que nous avons fait, avec le premier ministre, est un choix de patriotisme économique. Ces mesures de protection des intérêts stratégiques de la France sont une reconquête de notre puissance. C’est la fin du laisser-faire” (propos d’Arnaud Montebourg, Le Monde, 15 mai 2014). Le décret (...)

8 Apr 2014

The China Insurance Regulatory Commission partially relaxes mergers and the new acquisition rules in the insurance sector are expected to help facilitate market entry and expand the footprint of private capital

Zhan Hao • April 2014

China Issues New Insurance Merger Rules* Level play ground, optimizing industry structure, promoting competitiveness, and enriching the risk management tool kit of the insurance institutes”, quoting a statement of CIRC posted on its website. Promotion of Competition CIRC’s partially relaxed (...)

1 Sep 2013

Investments in renewable energy under the State Aid Guidelines on environmental protection

Lena Sandberg-Morch • N° 3-2013

This article describes the methodology and treatment of investments in renewable energy under the State Aid Guidelines on environmental protection. The Guidelines are currently under an on-going review and a revised version is scheduled for 2014. The current “extra cost” method, which serves to (...)

27 Aug 2013

The Chinese NDRC takes steps forward towards a more transparent regime of enforcement

Becky Koblitz • August 2013

Antitrust Investigations in China: Putting Things in Perspective* The current press is buzzing with news about the recent increase in antitrust investigations involving foreign companies with operations in China, and reports of foreign companies being told to expect higher fines if they “put up (...)

11 Jun 2013

The Mexican Parliament adopts sweeping telecom reform aiming at cracking down on dominant operators, inducing significant reform of competition law and agency

Luis Gerardo Garcia Santos Coy, Marie Potel-Saville • June 2013

On June 11th, 2013, a significant amendment to the Mexican Constitution known as “the new Telecommunications Act”, which also significantly impacts the competition regime, was enacted, and will enter into force on June, 12th. The amendment is seen as resulting from the "Pact for Mexico", entered (...)

1^er févr. 2013

Entreprises stratégiques nationales et modèles économiques européens

Caroline Si Bouazza • N° 1-2013 • pp. 257-258

Comment s’opère la mutation des politiques industrielles par les États nations dans le cadre de l’Union européenne et des règles de la gouvernance économique mondialisée ? Les actions nationales menées au nom du patriotisme économique ne sont plus adaptées à l’Union européenne. Leur efficacité est (...)

14 Aug 2012

The Chinese MOFCOM enforces telecoms regulations in anti-monopoly law merger review (Wal-Mart / Yihaodian)

Yee Wah Chin • August 2012

The notification for the Wal-Mart/Yihaodian transaction was submitted to China’s Ministry of Commerce on 16 December 2011. It was ultimately accepted on 16 February 2012 by MOFCOM after supplementation. At the expiration of the Phase III, or extended Phase II, period, on 13 August 2012, MOFCOM (...)

29 Jun 2012

The three Chinese agencies responsible for enforcing the Anti-Monopoly Law issue jointly an enforcement draft opinion

Becky Koblitz • June 2012

Is China Giving Carte Blanche for Anti-Competitive Conduct by PRC Companies Doing Business Overseas?* PRC companies should be careful not to interpret as carte blanche for anti-competitive behavior a recent policy statement by the Chinese government encouraging PRC companies to coordinate (...)

29 Sep 2011

The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina interprets the rules on mandatory notification of concentrations, which reveals inconsistency between the Competition Act and the Merger Regulation

Alexandr Svetlicinii • September 2011

On 29 September 2011 the Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina (KV) issued an opinion in relation to the application of merger notification thresholds in cases involving foreign companies with or without presence on the domestic market. The KV’s opinion was prompted by the request (...)

1 Sep 2011

The Chinese MOFCOM publishes final rules on the national security review of foreign investment in national companies

Bevin M.B. Newman, Giovanna M. Cinelli, Kenneth J. Nunnenkamp, Peter J. Wang, Sébastien J. Evrard, Yizhe Zhang • September 2011

China has published new rules to implement the national security review that will be conducted as part of the review of mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors and involving Chinese companies. These rules provide for review and potential rejection of acquisitions of Chinese companies by (...)

25 Aug 2011

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce publishes the measures on the implementation of security review of mergers and acquisitions of domestic enterprises by foreign investors

Allan Fels, Jessica Su, Xiaoye Wang • August 2011

The MOFCOM published the Measures on the Implementation of Security Review of Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (Measures) on 25 August 2011. The Measures are effective on 1 September 2011 and replace the Interim Measures on Relevant Matters Concerning the (...)

1^er mai 2011

Merger Control Regimes in Emerging Economies – A Case Study on Brazil and Argentina

Christophe Bernard-Glanz • N° 2-2011 • pp.241-242

Now for the first time a thoroughly researched book provides an in-depth empirical analysis of the legal problems raised for competition, and especially for merger control and its enforcement, in emerging economies, using a case study approach in the Brazilian and Argentinian contexts to reveal (...)

6 Mar 2011

The Chinese State Council publishes a notice detailing its national security review procedure for the acquisition by foreign investors of domestic companies

Bevin M.B. Newman, Giovanna M. Cinelli, H. Stephen Harris, Kenneth J. Nunnenkamp, Peter J. Wang, Sébastien J. Evrard, Yizhe Zhang • March 2011

The State Council of the People’s Republic of China has published a notice detailing its national security review («NSR») procedure for the acquisition by foreign investors of domestic Chinese companies («NSR Notice»). The NSR Notice, which implements Article 31 of the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law, will be (...)

4 Mar 2011

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce issues national security review implementing regulations

Allan Fels, Jessica Su, Xiaoye Wang • March 2011

The MOFCOM published the Interim Measures on Relevant Matters Concerning the Implementation of Security Review of Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (《商务部实施外国投资者并购境内企业安全审查制度有关事项的暂行规定》) (the Interim Measures) on 4 March 2011. The Interim Measures were promulgated to (...)

12 Feb 2011

The Chinese State Council publishes a circular on establishing a mechanism of security review of mergers and acquisitions of domestic enterprises by foreign investors

David A. Livdahl, Jenny (Jia) Sheng • February 2011

On February 3, 2011, the PRC State Council (the “State Council”) promulgated the long awaited Circular on the Establishment of Security Review Mechanisms for Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (《国务院办公厅关于建立外国投资者并购境内企业安全审查制度的通知》) (the “State Council SR (...)

12 Feb 2011

China establishes national security review system for foreign takeovers

Allan Fels, Jessica Su, Xiaoye Wang • February 2011

The General Office of China’s State Council published the Circular on Establishing a Mechanism of Security Review of Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (《国务院办公厅关于建立外国投资者并购境内企业安全审查制度的通知》) (the Circular) on 12 February 2011. The Circular was promulgated to guide the (...)

28 Aug 2010

The China’s State Council promulagates opinions on the promotion of mergers and restructuring of enterprises

Allan Fels, Jessica Su, Xiaoye Wang • August 2010

China’s State Council promulgated the Opinions on the Promotion of Mergers and Restructuring of Enterprises (Opinions) on 28 August 2010 and published the Opinions on the Central Government website on 7 September. The Opinions state that certain industries and sectors in China have serious (...)

15 Oct 2009

The Council of the European Union signs a Free Trade Agreement with the government of South Korea

Anna Jarosz-Friis, Clemens Kerle, Nicolas Pesaresi • October 2009

"EU-Korea FTA: a stepping stone towards better subsidies’ control at the international level"* On 15 October 2009 a free trade agreement (FTA) between Korea and the EU, the EU’s first with a trading partner in Asia, was initialled. It is the most ambitious FTA ever negotiated by the EU, (...)

1 Sep 2009

Merger control & credit crunch

Jorge Padilla • N° 3-2009

Should merger control take account of the current economic and financial crisis? While there are no credible reasons to support a more or less lenient policy, it is important to recognise that the credit crunch may have an impact on (a) the merger rationale, (b) the pro- and anti-competitive (...)

18 Mar 2009

The Chinese MOFCOM prohibits for the first time since the entry into effect of the new anti-monopoly law, a merger between a US soft drinks manufacturer and a Chinese juice producer (Coca-Cola / Huiyuan)

James W. Lowe, Jeffrey Ayer, Leon Greenfield, Lester Ross • March 2009

On March 18, 2009, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced that it had blocked Coca-Cola’s proposed acquisition of Chinese Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. (Huiyuan) under Article 28 of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML). This was MOFCOM’s first merger prohibition since the AML came into effect on (...)

17 juil. 2008

Prise de contrôle de sociétés stratégiques : La CJCE encadre le recours à des mécanismes de protection des entreprises d’un pays contre la prise de contrôle par des actionnaires étrangers (Espagne)

Thierry Tuot • N° 4-2008

CJCE, 17 juillet 2008, Commission c/ Royaume d’Espagne, aff. C-207/07 On assiste depuis une quinzaine d’année à d’étranges manifestations de schizophrénie nationale dans le secteur de l’énergie (du reste, l’extension à d’autres domaines paraît avérée...). A Bruxelles, les gouvernements sont libéraux, (...)

7 May 2008

The new federal law of the Russian Federation on foreign investments in companies having strategic importance for state security and defence enters into force (Federal Law n° 57-FZ)

Anna Olegowna Orlowa • May 2008

The new Federal Law of the Russian Federation on Foreign Investments in Companies Having Strategic Importance for State Security and Defence, n° 57 - FZ (new law), signed by then - president Vladimir Putin on April 29, is effective from 7 May 2008 in Russia. In brief, the law will require (...)

23 Apr 2008

The US Department of the Treasury issues long-awaited proposed regulations to implement the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007

Thomas A. McGrath • May 2008

On April 21, the US Department of the Treasury issued long-awaited proposed regulations to implement the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 ("FINSA"). FINSA was passed in the wake of several controversial foreign investment transactions that cleared the Exon-Florio national (...)

1^er févr. 2008

Colloque "Traité de Lisbonne et concurrence" : Innovation et R&D : Faut-il une nouvelle politique de concurrence ?

Elie Cohen, Jean-Paul Tran Thiet • N° 1-2008

1. Notre troisième table-ronde, au cours de laquelle nous accueillons Karel Van Miert, ancien commissaire européen en charge de la concurrence et Élie Cohen, économiste et chercheur au CNRS, est consacrée au thème « Innovation et R&D : faut-il une nouvelle politique de concurrence au regard des (...)

30 Aug 2007

The Chinese Congress adopts a new Anti-Monopoly Law implementing wide ranging reforms across Chinese antitrust and merger controls

H. Stephen Harris, Peter J. Wang, Yizhe Zhang • August 2007

China’s National People’s Congress (« NPC ») finally adopted a new Anti-Monopoly Law (« AML ») in August after more than 10 years of drafting. The law will take effect on August 1, 2008. I. Overview The new AML is a tremendous leap forward for China, bringing it squarely into the modern world of (...)

26 Feb 2007

Russian guidelines for merger filing with the Federal Antimonopoly Service

Julien Lombard • February 2007

Federal Law n° 135-FZ “On the Protection of Competition”, 26 July 2006 Ministry for Anti-monopoly Policy of the Russian Federation, Order of 13 August 1999 (MS Word Doc. Since the enforcement of articles 27 and 28 of the Federal Law n° 135-FZ dated 26 July 2006 “On the Protection of Competition” (...)

3 déc. 2006

Zone Euromed : Les Etats membres renforcent le droit de la concurrence par l’accord d’Agadir et le développement de règles de concurrence dans la zone Euromed

François Souty • N° 2-2007 • pp. 194-196

Plusieurs séminaires et conférences se sont tenus à quelques semaines d’intervalle, en Égypte, en Tunisie, en Jordanie, en Allemagne et au Maroc qui fournissent l’opportunité de signaler que le droit et la politique de la concurrence prennent une ampleur certaine au sud de la Méditerranée, en relation (...)

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