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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- Korea, Republic of - Amending the Enforcement Decree of the Foreign Investment Promotion Act
Korea, Republic of
Amending the Enforcement Decree of the Foreign Investment Promotion Act
05 Aug 2020On 5 August 2020, amendments to the Enforcement Decree of the Foreign Investment Promotion Act entered into force. One of the changes has made it possible for the competent Minister or the heads of the relevant agencies to request a review to the Foreign Investment Committee of a foreign investment where there is a “high” possibility of leakage of core national technologies, as defined by the Act on the Prevention of Divulgence and Protection of Industrial Technology, and where a foreigner’s acquisition of de facto control over the management of an existing domestic company by acquiring its stocks, etc. may threaten national security.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Approval and admission)
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Sources:
- National Law Information Center, Enforcement Decree of the Foreign Investment Promotion Act as Amended by the Presidential Decree No. 30918, https://www.law.go.kr/%EB%B2%95%EB%A0%B9/%EC%99%B8%EA%B5%AD%EC%9D%B8%ED%88%AC%EC%9E%90%EC%B4%89%EC%A7%84%EB%B2%95%EC%8B%9C%ED%96%89%EB%A0%B9, 05 Aug 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.
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