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19Jun

EU flexes its muscles on foreign-subsidised acquisitions and market distortions

On 17 June 2020, the European Commission published a White Paper seeking views on three powerful new tools to control the acquisitions and activities of foreign subsidised companies in the EU:1 (i) a general ex post control mechanism to review competitive distortions, (ii) a mandatory ex ante notification mechanism that would allow the Commission to review foreign subsidised acquisitions, including certain minority investments, and (iii) the possibility to exclude bidders that have received...
By: White & Case LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eu-flexes-its-muscles-on-foreign-88236/

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