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EU foreign-subsidy checks on tenders below €250m threshold to be stepped up

By Oscar Pandiello ( September 26, 2025, 13:12 GMT | Insight) -- Non-EU companies bidding in EU public tenders below €250 million will face increased scrutiny under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, a senior European Commission official has said. The regulator plans to make greater use of its ex officio powers to probe smaller tenders where distortive subsidies are suspected. The aim is to prevent companies from circumventing the rules by targeting contracts below the threshold set in the FSR.Non-EU companies bidding in EU public tenders below €250 million will face increased scrutiny under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, a senior European Commission official has said....

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