Freedom of Investment Process INVENTORY OF INVESTMENT MEASURES TAKEN BETWEEN 16 FEBRUARY 2010 AND 15 SEPTEMBER 2010 5 October 2010 The ―Freedom of Investment" (FOI) process hosted by the OECD Investment Committee has stepped up monitoring of investment policy developments in the 50 economies that participate in the process. This report was prepared for the 13th Roundtable on Freedom of Investment held in October 2010. It follows on from an earlier report submitted for consideration at the Freedom of Investment Roundtable 12 in March 2010 that covered investment measures taken between 1 September 2009 and 15 February 2010. Information presented in this report has also been used for two joint reports by WTO, OECD and UNCTAD, released on 14 June and 4 November 2010, respectively, in response to the G20 Leaders' request of 2 April 2009 for quarterly public reporting on their adherence to their trade and investment policy commitments. More information about the FOI process is available at www.oecd.org/daf/investment/foi. Investment Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2 rue André-Pascal, Paris 75116, France www.oecd.org/daf/investment/ TABLE OF CONTENTS Inventory of Investment measures taken between 16 February 2010 and 15 September 2010.............. 4 Summary of findings ..................................................................................................................................... 4 (1) Investment-specific measures 6 (2) Investment measures related to national security 7 (3) Emergency and related measures with potential impacts on international investment 7 Reports on individual economies: Recent investment policy measures (16 February 2010 – 15 September 2010) .......................................................................................................................... 11 Argentina ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 Australia ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 Austria ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 Belgium ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Brazil ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Canada ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 Chile .............................................................................................................................................................. 15 P.R. China ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 Czech Republic .............................................................................................................................................. 16 Denmark ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 Egypt ............................................................................................................................................................. 17 Estonia ........................................................................................................................................................... 17 Finland ........................................................................................................................................................... 17 France ............................................................................................................................................................ 18 Germany ........................................................................................................................................................ 21 Greece ............................................................................................................................................................ 23 Hungary ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Iceland ........................................................................................................................................................... 25 India ............................................................................................................................................................... 26 Indonesia ....................................................................................................................................................... 28 Ireland ............................................................................................................................................................ 28 Israel .............................................................................................................................................................. 30 Italy ................................................................................................................................................................ 30 Japan .............................................................................................................................................................. 31 Korea ............................................................................................................................................................. 32 Latvia ............................................................................................................................................................. 33 Lithuania ........................................................................................................................................................ 34 Luxembourg .................................................................................................................................................. 35 Malaysia ........................................................................................................................................................ 35 Mexico ........................................................................................................................................................... 36 Morocco ......................................................................................................................................................... 36 Netherlands .................................................................................................................................................... 37 New Zealand .................................................................................................................................................. 38 Norway .......................................................................................................................................................... 38 Peru ................................................................................................................................................................ 38 Poland ............................................................................................................................................................ 39 Portugal ......................................................................................................................................................... 39 2 Romania ......................................................................................................................................................... 40 Russian Federation ........................................................................................................................................ 41 Saudi Arabia .................................................................................................................................................. 41 Slovak Republic ............................................................................................................................................ 42 Slovenia ......................................................................................................................................................... 43 South Africa .................................................................................................................................................. 43 Spain .............................................................................................................................................................. 44 Sweden .......................................................................................................................................................... 45 Switzerland .................................................................................................................................................... 45 Turkey ..........................................................................................................................................................