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 quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 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 growth and development.
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Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. 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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Italy
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government strengthens its special powers in strategic sectors
06 Apr 2020On 6 June 2020, the Law 5 June 2020, n.40 entered into effect. It converts the Decreto Legge 8 Aprile 2020, n.23, into law. The Decree-Law adopted by the Italian Cabinet expands the special power regime in strategic sectors that require prior approval for any foreign investment. The scope of the FDI screening now covers, inter alia, the financial, credit and insurance sectors, infrastructure and critical technologies, including energy, transport, water and health, food security, access to sensitive information (personal data), artificial intelligence, robotics, semiconductors, cyber-security, nanotechnology and biotechnology. The regime shall apply to acquisitions exceeding 10% of the share capital and a threshold of EUR 1 million has been introduced. Furthermore, the review also concerns acquisitions of Italian companies by entities from other EU member states. Additionally, the government is now entitled to intervene on its own motion without a necessity of a prior notification being filed.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Approval and admission)
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Industry:
- Primary (Agriculture, forestry and fishing)
- Manufacturing (Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products, Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations, Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, and electrical equipment, Manufacture of transport equipment)
- Services (Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities, Transportation and storage, Telecommunications, Computer programming, consultancy and related activities, Financial and insurance activities, Scientific research and development, Other professional, scientific and technical activities, Human health activities)
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Sources:
- Gazzetta Ufficiale, LEGGE 5 giugno 2020, n. 40 , https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2020/06/06/20G00060/sg, 05 Jun 2020
- Gazzetta Ufficiale, DECRETO-LEGGE 8 aprile 2020, n. 23, https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/atto/serie_generale/caricaDettaglioAtto/originario?atto.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=2020-04-08&atto.codiceRedazionale=20G00043&elenco30giorni=true, 08 Apr 2020
- Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Comunicato stampa del Consiglio dei Ministri n. 39, http://www.governo.it/node/14417, 06 Apr 2020
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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 quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 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 growth and development.
-
Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. 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.