Contact points for the purposes of cooperation with national authorities under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General for Competition Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs DG COMP A - Policy and Strategy, Unit A5 International Relations DG GROW C – Investment, Unit C2 Public Procurement Brussels, 11 July 2023 Competition and Internal Market Attaches Permanent Representations of Member States to the European Union Subject: Contact points for the purposes of cooperation with national authorities under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation Dear colleagues, Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of the European Parliament and of the Council on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (“Foreign Subsidies Regulation”, FSR) was adopted on 14 December 2022 and will start to apply as of 12 July 2023. The Foreign Subsidy Regulation provides for different forms of cooperation between Member States and the Commission in the context of its enforcement. For example, in accordance with Article 10(3)(c) FSR, where the Commission, based on the preliminary review it has conducted, has sufficient indications that an undertaking has been granted a foreign subsidy that distorts the internal market, it shall inform Member States of the opening of an in-depth investigation on the case. Another example: in accordance with Article 14(6) FSR, the Commission may request a Member State to assist the Commission services when conducting an inspection on its territory. These different forms of cooperation are in addition to the role Member States play in the context of the Foreign Subsidies Advisory Committee, within the meaning of Article 48(1) FSR. For the purposes of communication related to these additional forms of cooperation between the Commission and Member States, we hereby invite you to provide us with the following details: 1. For communication between DG COMP and Member States: - Name of the national authority, which is designated as responsible for communication in the context of concentration and ex officio cases, outside public procurement under the Foreign Subsidy Regulation; - Name, position, and email address of one person (and one back-up) from this authority, who will assume the role of a main contact point.  - Please provide this information to COMP-FOREIGN- [email protected]. - For any further information, you may contact Iveta Stoyanova, Directorate- General COMPETITION, tel. +32 (0)229-64073, e-mail: [email protected] 2. For communication between DG GROW and Member States: - Name of the national authority, which is designated as responsible for communication in the context of public procurement and ex officio cases related to public procurement (different from the contracting authority or contracting entity in charge of the relevant public procurement procedure), under the Foreign Subsidy Regulation; - Name, position, and email address of one person (and one back-up) from this authority, who will assume the role of a main contact point. - Please provide this information to GROW-FSR-PP- [email protected]. - For any further information, you may contact: Caspar Ebrecht, Directorate- General GROW, tel. +32 (0)229-89069, e-mail: [email protected] We kindly request that your Member State provide the requested information by 30 August 2023. Yours sincerely, (e-signed) (e-signed) Eddy DE SMIJTER Jean-Yves MUYLLE DG COMP, Head of Unit A5 DG GROW, Head of Unit C2 Saatja: Webdesktop <[email protected]> Saadetud: 13.07.2023 08:55 Adressaat: <"MKM info"> Koopia: <"[email protected]"> Teema: Webdesktop: Contact points for the purposes of cooperation with national authorities under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation Manused: 638.pdf; 638.msg Tere Edastame info Reg. number: 14-4/638 Reg. kuupäev: 12.07.2023 Sisu: Contact points for the purposes of cooperation with national authorities under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation Parimat Raili Lillemets Sekretär Eesti alaline esindus Euroopa Liidu juures Saatja: [email protected] <[email protected]> Saaja: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Esindus EL juures üldaadress, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, STOYANOVA Iveta, EBRECHT Caspar, [email protected] Teema: Contact points for the purposes of cooperation with national authorities under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation Dear Sir/Madam, Please find attached a letter addressed to the Competition and Internal Market Attaches of the Permanent Representations of Member States to the European Union. Best regards, Directorate-General for Competition International relations Task force foreign subsidies