REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union

Version initale

1. 'foreign direct investment' means investments of any kindby a foreign investor aiming to establish or to maintain lasting and direct links between the foreign investor and the entrepreneur to whom or the undertaking to which the capital is made available in order to carry on an economic activity in a Member State, including investments which enable effective participation in the management or control of a company carrying out an economic activity;

Amendement

(1) ‘foreign direct investment’ means an investment of any kind, irrespective of its volume or participation threshold by a foreign investor whether or not such investor is the ultimate investor, aiming to establish or to maintain lasting direct or indirect links between the foreign investor and the entrepreneur to whom or the undertaking to which the capital is made available in order to carry on an economic activity in the territory of a Member State, in its Exclusive Economic Zone declared pursuant to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), or continental shelf, including investments which enable effective participation in the management or direct or indirect control of a company carrying out an economic activity;