Nearly three years after the FSR became fully operational, the European Commission has published its first Review Report, offering valuable insight into how the regime has operated in practice and, more importantly, where enforcement is heading next.
The message is clear: while targeted procedural simplification may lie ahead, the Commission has no intention of reducing the scope or intensity of FSR enforcement. For businesses, this means that FSR assessments should increasingly form part of routine transaction planning and public procurement strategy, alongside merger control and foreign direct investment screening.
In the latest Competition & Antitrust newsletter prepared by our member firm Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm, the firm examines the Commission’s key findings, the emerging enforcement trends and their practical implications for companies active in the EU.