26/06/2026 (Agence Europe) – The European Union published the updated rules on screening foreign investments in the Official Journal of the European Union on Friday 26 June. They will enter into force in mid-July. The revised regulation requires Member States to put in place screening mechanisms covering a common minimum scope of sensitive sectors, technologies and infrastructure, such as dual-use items, critical raw materials and artificial intelligence (see EUROPE 13883/32). This new framework “constitutes a significant new step in the EU’s efforts to further strengthen our toolbox of measures on economic security”, said European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič. Countries that do not yet have a screening mechanism in force (see EUROPE 13771/20) will have to have a system in place within 18 months of the regulation’s adoption. (JV)