Announcement
16 Jul 2020
In July 2020, the Federal Government of Germany amended the Foreign Trade and Payments Act, introducing a tighter FDI screening regime.
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Number of interventions
1
1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
17 Jul 2020
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 16 Jul 2020
FDI: Entry and ownership rule
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In July 2020, the German authorities issued the first amendment to the Foreign Trade and Payments Act ("Erstes Gesetz zur Änderung des Außenwirtschaftsgesetzes") implementing a tightened screening reg...
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