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Comment: Balancing test for EU foreign subsidies rules has too many question marks attached

By Tono Gil
  • 20 Jun 2022 15:45
  • 20 Jun 2022 15:45
Planned EU rules to police foreign subsidies contain a last-gasp provision for companies that find themselves staring at a possible ban on mergers or tenders: a "balancing" test to weigh the pros and cons of their case.
But exactly how that test would work in practice is shrouded in mystery,

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Tono Gil

Regulatory Reporter


Tono is a competition reporter for MLex in Brussels. Prior to joining MLex, he worked as a trainee in the European Parliament and as a correspondent in Valencia and Buenos Aires for the Spanish news agency EFE. Tono holds a degree in Journalism from the University of Valencia and a master in Transmedia Journalism.

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