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Germany: Lowering of the foreign ownership threshold of acquisitions subject to review and extending the investment screening regime to the media industry

Announcement

28 Dec 2018

On 28 December 2018, the German authorities extended the scope of foreign investments subject to investment screening to include the media industry as well as lowering the foreign ownership threshold of acquisitions subject to review.

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Number of interventions

2

2 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

29 Dec 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 28 Dec 2018
FDI: Entry and ownership rule In force

On 29 December 2018, the German authorities lowered the foreign ownership threshold of acquisitions subject to review from 25% to 10% of the voting rights. The lowered threshold is applic...

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Updated: 28 Dec 2018
FDI: Entry and ownership rule In force

On 28 December 2018, the German authorities issued 'Zwölfte Verordnung zur Änderung der Außenwirtschaftsverordnung' of 19 December 2018 amending the scope of foreign ...

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