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Germany: Tightening of FDI screening regime for high-tech and other sensitive sectors

Announcement

30 Apr 2021

In April 2021, the German government adopted an expansion of the FDI screening regime, introducing screening reviews for high technologies sectors and acquisitions of agricultural areas and lower thresholds for particular sensitive sectors. 

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Number of interventions

2

2 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 May 2021

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 30 Apr 2021
FDI: Entry and ownership rule In force
On 30 April 2021, Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy published an amendment to the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance ("Siebzehnte Verordnung zur Änderung der Außenwirtschaft...
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Announced: 30 Apr 2021
FDI: Entry and ownership rule In force
On 30 April 2021, Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy published an amendment to the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance ("Siebzehnte Verordnung zur Änderung der Außenwirtschaft...
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