A new Greek foreign investment law has established a mandatory, suspensory regime.

In last month's Antitrust in focus, we reported that the European Parliament had reached its negotiating position on revisions to the EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Regulation.

Last year, Greece made progress in this sector and these situations have been eliminated. According to the United Nations, a state, in order to reduce inequality, needs to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and invest more in health, education, and social protection

Our Foreign Direct Investment Briefing analyses Ministerial Decision 64260/2025 on the activation of Greece's FDI screening mechanism.

Economic growth in emerging markets has recorded very high acceleration from 1995 onwards and more particularly so since the outset of the millennium. Not only has economic growth in these markets acquired unprecedented buoyancy, but also the variation in the rates of growth across most emerging markets has exhibited a tendency to narrow considerably. Nevertheless some differences still prevail in the patterns of structural reform between various emerging markets at more or less advanced stages

On May 22, 2025, the Hellenic Parliament passed long-expected legislation to establish Greece's first national mechanism for the screening of foreign direct investments (FDI) on grounds of national security and public order.

The country's deal market is thriving and expected to maintain momentum in 2026, but investors should remain mindful of Greece's FDI screening framework...

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With the enactment of Law 5202/2025 (Government Gazette A' 84/23.05.2025), entered into force on 23 May 2025, Greece introduced a regulatory framework for the screening of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI)...

Greece introduced a mandatory and suspensory foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regime in May 2025.

On the 22nd of May 2025, the Greek Parliament enacted Law 5202/2025 (the Law), establishing a national foreign direct investments (FDIs) screening regime, aligning Greece's approach with Regulation (EU) 2019/452.

The place over the passage, Piraeus, is the Southern gate of Europe. An ancient port city located 8 km outside of Athens.

On 26 June 2026, new Regulation (EU) 2026/1386 on the screening of foreign investments into the Union was published (the New EU FDI Regulation). The New EU FDI Regulation will apply from 17 January 2028, and the current FDI Regulation 2019/452 will be repealed with effect from the same date.

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