EU publishes list of ‘programmes of interest’ for purposes of FDI regulation

The European Union has published an updated list of EU programmes which, it says, constitute ‘critical assets’ protected under the FDI Screening Regulation.

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2126, published 3 December, says that the projects have been identified as warranting inclusion on the list, having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/452 [establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union], ‘and in particular Article 8(4),’ which notes that ‘projects or programmes of Union interest are to include…[those] which involve a substantial amount or a significant share of Union funding, or which are covered by Union law regarding critical infrastructure, critical technologies or critical inputs which are essential for security or public order.’

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