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
Temporary measure to lower the control threshold triggering the FDI screening regime extended for another year
22 Dec 2021On 22 December 2021, the Decree No.2021-1758 was adopted. It extends for a further year the measure to lower from 25% to 10% the threshold for the acquisition of voting rights in French companies carrying out activities sensitive to public security, public order and national defense that require prior governmental review. The measure was initially introduced by Decree no. 2020-892 of 22 July 2020 and the temporary regime was supposed to end on 31 December 2021.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Approval and admission)
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Industry:
- Not industry specific
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Sources:
- Official legal database - Legifrance, Décret n° 2021-1758 du 22 décembre 2021 prorogeant l'abaissement temporaire du seuil de contrôle des investissements étrangers dans les sociétés françaises dont les actions sont admises aux négociatio, https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000044553697, 24 Dec 2021
- Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Recovery, Bruno Le Maire et Franck Riester annoncent la prolongation d’un an de l’abaissement exceptionnel du seuil de contrôle des investissements étrangers en France de 25 à 10%, https://www.tresor.economie.gouv.fr/Articles/2021/11/30/bruno-le-maire-et-franck-riester-annoncent-la-prolongation-d-un-an-de-l-abaissement-exceptionnel-du-seuil-de-controle-des-investissements-etrangers-en-france-de-25-a-10, 30 Nov 2021
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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.