Verfahrensrechtliche Anforderungen an die Investitionskontrolle

Investment screening law faces the challenge of maintaining a balance between appropriate regulation and general openness. To achieve this, it must ensure a certain degree of transparency. The paper therefore asks how investment screening and the review process can be made more transparent. After explaining the essential basics, it focuses on the process before the Federal Ministry of Economics. It then elaborates on what transparency means, what functions it fulfills, and where its limits lie. Finally, concrete suggestions for improvement are developed, including a comparison with other regulatory instruments.