Log in or register
Share on LinkedInShare on LinkedIn

ARTICLE · 10 JANUARY 2011

Ireland Performs Strongly in Global Comparison of Foreign Direct Investment Regulation

Eversheds O'Donnell Sweeney
Explore more from Eversheds O'Donnell Sweeney

Ireland’s economy received a welcome endorsement recently when its status as a leading location for foreign direct investment (FDI) was confirmed by The World Bank in its Investing Across Borders 2010 survey.

IrelandEnvironment
Peppe Santoro
Peppe Santoro
Dermot McEvoy
Dermot McEvoy
Michael Neary
Michael Neary

Ireland's economy received a welcome endorsement recently when its status as a leading location for foreign direct investment (FDI) was confirmed by The World Bank in its Investing Across Borders 2010 survey.

Investing Across Borders (IAB) is a new World Bank Group initiative comparing regulation of foreign direct investment around the world. It presents quantitative indicators on economies' laws, regulations, and practices affecting how foreign companies invest across sectors, start businesses, access industrial land, and arbitrate commercial disputes.

Investing Across Sectors

Ireland was noted among high-income OECD countries for restricting foreign ownership of companies to the transportation sector only. This restriction was shared by all high-income OECD countries but only Ireland, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic limit restrictions on foreign equity ownership to this one sector.

We operate a free-to-view policy, asking only that you register in order to read all of our content. Please login or register to view the rest of this article.

Register for freeORLog in

Related Articles

Legal Intelligence Newsletters: sign up for the latest legal and regulatory news on your chosen topics

Read more about

Related Comparative Guides

See more popular content from

Article

Greenwashing Enforcement Has Arrived: What The EU's New Fast Fashion Rules Signal For All Consumer-Facing Businesses

The EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation has banned the destruction of unsold apparel and footwear from July 2026, forcing retailers to pivot from recycling and disposal to donation, resale and reuse strategies. With mandatory public reporting on unsold stock disposal and stricter policing of environmental marketing claims now in force, consumer-facing businesses across Ireland and the EU face a fundamental shift in how they manage inventory, report waste, and communicate sustainability creden
IrelandEnvironment
RDJ LLP
RDJ LLP
Article

Data Centres: New Regulation On Rating Scheme And Consultation On Minimum Performance Standards

The European Commission has published its final Delegated Regulation establishing a common rating scheme for data centres, introducing electronic sustainability labels for facilities with at least 500 kW of IT power demand. The regulation incorporates significant changes from the draft version, particularly around nuclear energy consumption indicators, and will require data centre operators to understand complex conditionality requirements for energy procurement arrangements.
IrelandEnvironment
Arthur Cox
Arthur Cox