Announcement
01 Jan 2020
In January 2020, the French government published a Decree that lowers the control thresholds for FDI screening and adds new sectors into the mechanism's scope.
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Number of interventions
2
2 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
01 Apr 2020
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 01 Jan 2020
FDI: Entry and ownership rule
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On 1 January 2020, the French government adopted Decree Nº 2019-1590 that modifies the screening mechanism for FDI authorisations. According to the preamble of the Decree, the changes are made to put ...
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Announced: 01 Jan 2020
FDI: Entry and ownership rule
In force
On 1 January 2020, the French government adopted Decree Nº 2019-1590 that modifies the screening mechanism for FDI authorisations. According to the preamble of the Decree, the changes are made to put ...
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