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Clean industry law shouldn't be used as economic security tool, Dutch paper says

By Cynthia Kroet ( March 4, 2026, 07:11 GMT | Insight) -- The Netherlands has warned against integrating economic security elements into the upcoming European Commission’s clean industry proposal – the Industrial Accelerator Act – which is set to come out Wednesday, MLex has learned. Any references to economic security blur the purpose and scope of the IAA and mix this file with the separate Foreign Direct Investment Screening Regulation, and this needs to be avoided, the paper warns. The Netherlands warns against integrating economic security elements into the upcoming European Commission’s clean industry proposal – the Industrial Accelerator Act – which is set to come out Wednesday, according to a paper seen by MLex....

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