Foreign investment screening and export controls play a crucial role in protecting security and public order in Europe. This is the result of two reports adopted by the European Commission: the Report on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Verification and the Report on the Export Control Regulation.
In 2021, the Commission analysed more than 400 foreign direct investments in the Union to ensure that none of them threaten the security or public order of EU countries. All but two EU Member States now have or are in the process of establishing such review mechanisms.
Under the EU's export control regimes, Member States examined around 40,000 requests for exports of goods with potential military use to third countries worth €38.4 billion during 2021. In just over 550 cases, the corresponding exports were blocked.
The concrete results of the reports can be found in an EU press release.
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EU investment screening and export control rules effectively safeguard EU security
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