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Recent updates on the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from our members in Europe

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Germany: Foreign Investments in Life Science Companies Subject to Mandatory Notification

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany has widened the scope of its investment control to include numerous life science companies. The amendments to the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance were published on May 20, 2020 and will enter into force in the coming days.

Greece: Yanos Gramatidis Talks to CEE Legal Matters About Latest Developments

“I believe that Greece has become an example of how early response to COVID-19 works,“ says Yanos Gramatidis, Partner at Bahas, Gramatidis & Partners. “In particular, Greece’s response helped to stem the crisis of public health and has allowed the Government to undertake a minor digital revolution.”

South Africa: COVID-19 Legal Update

COVID-19-related updates on banking and finance, corporate, dispute resolution, intellectual property, mine and occupational health and safety, personal advisory, tax, technology, media, data protection and business continuity.

France: COVID-19 and Contact Tracing

While France is entering the first phase of its end-of-lockdown plan, the Government’s strategy to combat a resumption of the epidemic is now based on monitoring “contact tracing”.

Sweden: Postponement of the Medical Devices Regulation 

For the past three years, operators have been preparing for the implementation of new EU regulations on medical devices. The COVID-19 pandemic has now led to a postponement of their implementation.

Italy: Measures Adopted by the Competition Authority

The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has called for unprecedented measures in relation to the enforcement of competition law.

Slovenia: Short-term Intervention Measures 

Short-term intervention measures in response to the COVID-19 epidemic with a focus on moratorium of loans, enforcement and insolvency proceedings.

Portugal: Coronavirus: Startups Relief Measures

On April 21, the Ministry of Economy and Digital Transition announced a set of relief measures specifically addressed to Portugal’s more than 2500 startups, to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the national entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Norway: COVID-19 Economic Programs and the Effects on Contracts

The COVID-19 pandemic was for the general public and commercial players in the TMT sector an event that was not reasonably foreseen and has had a wide variety of unavoidable negative effects.

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