REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Tabled by João Oliveira

(35) Removed: To ensure a consistent approach to the screening of investments across the Union, it is essential that the standards and criteria used to assess likely risks to security and public order are those set at Union level in this Regulation. Those should include Added: The screening to be carried out by the Member States should take account of criteria such as: the impact on the security, integrity and functioning of critical Removed: infrastructure, Added: infrastructure; the availability of critical technologies (including key enabling technologies) and the continued … in one or more Member States or on the Union as a Removed: whole. Added: whole; the social impact with regard to labour market disruption, job losses or deterioration of working conditions in the Member States in question or another Member State as a result of the foreign investment; the environmental risks in the Member States in question or in another Member State owing to the foreign investment; the safeguarding of the public interest in the production of goods and provision of essential services, the public interest in the production of commodities and the provision of essential services, public control in strategically important sectors, such as energy, telecommunications, banking or insurance, and in essential public services, such as health, education or social security systems; consumer protection. In that regard, Member States and the Commission should also take into …

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE772.549