France: International Trade & Investment

France's Office for Foreign Investment (IEF) has released its 2025 guidance on foreign direct investment screening, revealing key procedural changes and clarifications on sector-specific requirements. With the EU's Revised FDI Screening Regulation set to take effect in 2027, investors face new timelines, expanded mandatory screening sectors, and stricter compliance obligations that will fundamentally reshape cross-border transaction planning.

French President Macron has announced the seizure of the tanker Tagor in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 400 nautical miles west of France. The vessel, which was en route from Murmansk and suspected of sailing under a false flag, was intercepted in international waters with support from the British Royal Navy.

French authorities have arrested the captain of the shadow fleet tanker Tagor following the vessel's seizure, marking a significant enforcement action against sanctions evasion.

Lundi 16 octobre dernier, les commissions du marché intérieur et du commerce international du Parlement européen ont pris position au sujet du futur règlement relatif...

In this episode of French Insider, Reid Whitten, Managing Partner of Sheppard Mullin's London office, joins host Sarah Ben-Moussa to discuss the U.S.-China trade war...

Le conflit et les sanctions qui en découlent ont déjà un impact important sur l'inflation des denrées agricoles, la disponibilité des produits de base et les chaînes d'approvisionnement.

Actuellement en première lecture à l'Assemblée Nationale, le projet de loi pour l'équilibre des relations commerciales dans le secteur agricole et alimentaire et une alimentation saine et durable...

On March 6, 2018, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment stating that the UNCITRAL arbitration clause ...

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