A lot to digest, and more to come!

Abstract

On 6 February 2023 the European Commission released a draft notification form as part of the draft Implementation Regulation to the FSR (EU Regulation 2022/2560 of 14 December 2022 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market). This reminded Merit Olthoff and Thomas Lübbig of lines from a famous German poem: “Spirits that I’ve cited – my commands ignore.“ – These lines from a famous poem will certainly be well known to German-speaking readers of this blog. And the fortunate translation provided by Edwin Zeydel is just as poignant as Goethe’s original. Why are we reminded of this when looking at the draft notification form released by the European Commission on 6 February 2023 as part of the draft Implementation Regulation to the FSR?