EU's FSR notification threshold could rise to €600m, official says
By Andrew Boyce ( July 14, 2026, 16:53 GMT | Insight) -- The threshold for notifying deals for review under the EU's Foreign Subsidies Regulation could be raised by 20 percent to €600 million given that very few deals have merited in-depth scrutiny so far, a senior official said. He added that the European Commission would also propose introducing a new “short form” under which companies could notify deals deemed unlikely to raise concerns.The EU's foreign-subsidy regulator is proposing to raise the threshold under which dealmakers must notify mergers and acquisitions for review by 20 percent to €600 million ($680 million), a senior official said....
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