Announcement
08 Jun 2026
In June 2026, the Dutch government proposed expanding the Investment Screening Act to cover six additional sensitive technology categories, effective from 1 January 2027.
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Number of interventions
1
0 certainly harmful
1 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
No implementation date
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Recent update from 01 Jul 2026:
On 8 June 2026, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy announced the intention to extend the Investment, Merger and Acquisition Safety Assessment Act (VIFO) (Wet veiligheidst...
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