Investment Policy Monitor
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the Investment Policy Monitors and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2024, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2012 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for sustainable development.
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The UNCTAD's Investment Policy Monitor database include official measures affecting FDI adopted by United Nations Member States. These encompass measures explicitly targeting FDI (FDI-specific), as well as general investment measures with a clear impact on foreign investment (FDI-related). The measures are either reported directly to UNCTAD by Member States through annual surveys or identified by UNCTAD researchers through publicly accessible sources (such as government websites and specialized policy databases). The classification of measures as more or less favourable is based solely on their potential impact on investors.
Note: Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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- France - Strengthens its FDI screening mechanism with "PACTE Act"
France
Strengthens its FDI screening mechanism with "PACTE Act"
22 May 2019On 22 May 2019, changes to France’s mechanisms to manage acquisition- and ownership-related risk to its essential security interests came into effect. The reform, incorporated in the law commonly referred to as loi PACTE, brings enhanced follow-up on mitigation agreements; stronger injunctions and sanctions in case of non-respect of rules and mitigation agreements; stronger transparency of the mechanism by the implementation of a parliamentary control and an obligation for the French Government to publish an annual report including aggregate statistics about the procedure.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Approval and admission)
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Industry:
- Not industry specific
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Sources:
- legifrance.gouv.fr, LOI n° 2019-486 du 22 mai 2019 relative à la croissance et la transformation des entreprises (1), https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000038496102&categorieLien=id, 23 May 2019
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, PACTE law: the latest step in the strengthening of the French State’s control over foreign investment in strategic sectors, https://transactions.freshfields.com/post/102fl0e/pacte-law-the-latest-step-in-the-strengthening-of-the-french-states-control-ove, 29 May 2019
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the Investment Policy Monitors and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2024, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2012 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for sustainable development.
-
The UNCTAD's Investment Policy Monitor database include official measures affecting FDI adopted by United Nations Member States. These encompass measures explicitly targeting FDI (FDI-specific), as well as general investment measures with a clear impact on foreign investment (FDI-related). The measures are either reported directly to UNCTAD by Member States through annual surveys or identified by UNCTAD researchers through publicly accessible sources (such as government websites and specialized policy databases). The classification of measures as more or less favourable is based solely on their potential impact on investors.
Note: Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.