Romania

Czech Republic, Enforcement, Enlargement, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Memorandum of Understanding, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Rule of Law, Slovakia, Ukraine

(University of Amsterdam) and (State University of Trade and Economics and Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition)/ /Leave a comment

In April 2023, a Memorandum was signed between the competition authorities of eight Member States (Poland, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia) and the competition authorities of the newest EU candidate countries Moldova and Ukraine for regional cooperation in the field of competition policy. The main objective of this initiative was to promote…

Foreign direct investment, Merger control, National competition authorities (NCAs), Romania

(University of Macau)/ /Leave a comment

EU FDI Screening Regulation: separating security from competition The Regulation 2019/452 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (EU FDI Screening Regulation) was adopted on 19 March 2019 and became fully operational on 11 October 2020. Its adoption was prompted by the concerns of various stakeholders alleging the existence…