6 Amendments of Reinhard BÜTIKOFER related to 2017/0224(COD)
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) A mechanism which enables Member States maintaining screening mechanisms to cooperate and assist each other where a foreign direct investment in one Member State may affect the security or public order of other Member States should be set up. Member States should be able to provide comments to a Member State in which the investment is planned or has been completed, irrespective of whether the Member States providing comments or the Commission on investments undergoing screening in other Member States in which the investment is planned or has been completed maintain a screening mechanism . The Commission should then for ware screening the investment. Thed all comments ofto the Member States should also be forwarded to the Commission where the investment is planned. The Commission should also have the possibility, where appropriate, to issue an opinion to the Member State in which the investment is planned or has been completed, irrespective of whether this Member State maintains a screening mechanism or is screening the investment and irrespective of whether other Member States have provided comments. Based on the comments received, the Commission may request to discuss planned investments in the framework of the Investment Screening Coordination Group.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may screen foreign direct investments that are likely to affect projectgrammes or programmejects of Union interest on the grounds of security or public order.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission considers that a foreign direct investment is likely to affect security or public order in one or more Member States, it may issue an opinion addressed to the Member State in which the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed. The Commission may issue an opinion irrespective of whether other Member States have provided any comments.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The Member States where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed shallshall in their final decision give due consideration to the comments of the other Member States referred to in paragraph 2 and to the opinion of the Commission referred to in paragraph 3 as well as to comments expressed within the framework of the Investment Screening Coordination group referred to in paragraph 4.
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12a Investment Screening Coordination Group 1. An Investment Screening Coordination Group chaired by a representative of the Commission shall be set up. Each Member State shall appoint a representative/expert to this group. 2. The group may exchange views and information on any foreign direct investment that is undergoing screening within the framework of Member States’ screening mechanisms and for which a cooperation mechanism has been activated under Article 8 or 9. 3. At the request of Member States the Commission may put on the agenda investments planned in Member States that do not maintain a screening mechanism. 4. The Commission shall submit an annual report in writing to the European Parliament on the activities, examinations and exchange of views of the Investment Screening Coordination Group.
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
This Regulation shall enter into force six mon the twentieth day following that of after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.