Foreign Direct Investment as an Exclusion Criterion: The New UBO Transparency
Facing mandatory screening mechanisms and tightened beneficial ownership standards under Regulation (EU) 2025/1106 and the revised FDI framework.
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About this report
The strategic landscape of European industrial defense in 2026 is defined by a rigorous decoupling from non-allied influence, primarily through the enforcement of the revised Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening regulation and the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument.
Under Regulation (EU) 2025/1106 , the European Union has established a borrowing and lending capacity of up to €150 billion to accelerate defense readiness and ensure the timely availability of strategic products. Central to this framework is the absolute prohibition of control by third-country entities over any contractors or subcontractors involved in common procurement actions.
Key questions this report answers
- How does the revised FDI screening regulation deploy ultimate-beneficial-owner (UBO) transparency as an exclusion criterion?
- What does the absolute prohibition of third-country control over contractors and subcontractors mean for defence supply chains?
- How does the up-to-150-billion-euro SAFE borrowing and lending capacity under Regulation (EU) 2025/1106 tie eligibility to non-allied decoupling?
- What compliance steps must firms take to prove they are free of disqualifying third-country control in common procurement actions?
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