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2020-06-21 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
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New protections for UK businesses key to national security and fight against coronavirusNew protections will be introduced to further safeguard the national security and resilience of the UK. ![]()
Changes to the Enterprise Act 2002, being laid before Parliament on Monday 22 June 2020, will allow the government to scrutinise certain foreign takeovers to ensure they do not threaten the UK’s ability to combat a public health emergency such as coronavirus. The economic disruption caused by the pandemic may mean that some businesses with critical capabilities are more susceptible to takeovers – either from outwardly hostile approaches, or financially distressed companies being sold to malicious parties. These new powers will enable the government to intervene if a business that is directly involved in a pandemic response, for example, a vaccine research company or personal protective equipment manufacturer – finds itself the target of a takeover. In addition, these changes will expand powers to scrutinise and intervene in mergers in 3 sectors of the economy central to national security - artificial intelligence, cryptographic authentication technology and advanced materials - by lowering the thresholds that must be met before such scrutiny can take place. This follows the introduction of powers in 2018 allowing the government to intervene in military products and technologies normally used for civilian purposes but which may have military applications, computing hardware, and quantum technology. Secretary of State for Business, Alok Sharma commented:
These latest changes to the Enterprise Act are intended to mitigate risks in the short term ahead of more comprehensive powers in the forthcoming National Security and Investment (NS&I) Bill. Notes to editors
Published 21 June 2020
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来源平台 | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/276948 |
专题 | 气候变化 资源环境科学 |
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