The EU’s new foreign-investment screening regulation requires Member States to create screening mechanisms and imposes prior authorization for targets active in specified sensitive areas.
Freshfields argues that foreign-investment controls now shape price, timing, remedies and risk allocation in sensitive cross-border M&A.
A 9 June national-security investment update highlights CFIUS's known-investor pilot for repeat allied-country filers, the Outbound Investment Security Program for China-connected semiconductors, quantum and AI investments, and the COINS Act codification that may broaden outbound controls to more countries and technologies.
Debevoise reports that the European Council formally adopted the revised EU FDI screening regulation on 8 June 2026, with publication in the Official Journal to follow, entry into force 20 days later, and an 18-month member-state preparation period that points to application around January 2028.
A 9 June national-security investment update highlights CFIUS's known-investor pilot for repeat allied-country filers, the Outbound Investment Security Program for China-connected semiconductors, quantum and AI investments, and the COINS Act codification that may broaden outbound controls to more countries and technologies.
Debevoise reports that the European Council formally adopted the revised EU FDI screening regulation on 8 June 2026, with publication in the Official Journal to follow, entry into force 20 days later, and an 18-month member-state preparation period that points to application around January 2028.
The European Parliament approved the revised EU FDI Screening Regulation in its May 2026 plenary session (508 votes in favour).
The CFIUS Known Investor Program (KIP), piloted since mid-2025 and the subject of a public comment period closing March 18, 2026, is designed to streamline review for repeat filers from allied countries who have cleared at least three CFIUS transactions in three years, have no adverse committee history, and have minimal ties to adversary countries.
The CFIUS Known Investor Program (KIP), piloted since mid-2025 and the subject of a public comment period closing March 18, 2026, is designed to streamline review for repeat filers from allied countries who have cleared at least three CFIUS transactions in three years, have no adverse committee history, and have minimal ties to adversary countries.
The European Parliament approved the revised EU FDI Screening Regulation in its May 2026 plenary session (508 votes in favour).
The European Parliament approved new rules requiring mandatory screening for foreign investments in sensitive sectors including defence, semiconductors, AI, critical raw materials and financial services.
GOV.UK’s NSI final-order collection was updated on 21 May 2026 and lists 2026 final orders involving Plessey Semiconductors, SFL Mobile Radio, Balmoral Comtec a
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune’s update on Japan’s FEFTA amendment bill highlights a proposed investment-screening committee co-chaired by the Ministry of Finance and National Security Secretariat, with operations expected from July 2026.
CSIS’s analysis of Treasury’s Known Investor Program frames investment screening as both a national-security gate and a bottleneck for allied capital.
The European Parliament approved revised rules for mandatory member-state screening of foreign investments in defence, semiconductors, AI, critical raw materials and financial services by 508 votes to 64, with 90 abstentions.
CELIS reports that Finland’s planned FDI reform would extend screening to classified information, ICT services, critical infrastructure, security of supply, data centres, strategic raw materials and certain greenfield investments.
The revised EU FDI screening framework would require Member States to screen at least a common list of critical sectors including dual-use items, military equipment, AI, quantum technologies, semiconductors, critical raw materials and key infrastructure.
Treasury’s outbound investment programme covers certain US-person investments involving China, Hong Kong and Macau in semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies and artificial intelligence.
The revised EU FDI screening direction would impose a minimum list of critical sectors, two-phase reviews, stronger cooperation tools, retrospective powers and scrutiny of certain intra-EU structures.
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The U.S. Treasury’s CFIUS enforcement page emphasizes monitoring and enforcement against failure to file, non-compliance with mitigation terms, material misstat
Global Policy Watch summarizes the agreed compromise text for a new EU foreign-investment-screening regulation, including mandatory national screening, a 45-day Phase 1 process and expanded coverage of sectors such as AI, semiconductors, quantum and other critical areas.
The U.S. Treasury’s CFIUS enforcement page emphasizes monitoring and enforcement against failure to file, non-compliance with mitigation terms, material misstat
Global Policy Watch summarizes the agreed compromise text for a new EU foreign-investment-screening regulation, including mandatory national screening, a 45-day Phase 1 process and expanded coverage of sectors such as AI, semiconductors, quantum and other critical areas.