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Canada: Introduction of a voluntary notification mechanism for national security FDI review

Announcement

22 Jun 2022

In June 2022, the government of Canada introduced a voluntary national security review filing and prolonged the wait-time period of the possible review. 

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Number of interventions

2

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

22 Jun 2022

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Last action: 22 Jun 2022
FDI: Treatment and operations, nes In force
On 22 June 2022, the government of Canada promulgated Regulations Amending the National Security Review of Investments Regulations: SOR/2022-124, establishing a longer post-implementation wait-time pe...
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Implementation date

22 Jun 2022

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Last action: 22 Jun 2022
FDI: Entry and ownership rule In force
On 22 June 2022, the government of Canada promulgated Regulations Amending the National Security Review of Investments Regulations: SOR/2022-124, introducing the possibility of voluntary application f...
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