EU FDI SCREENING AUTHORITIES DATASET (INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN)
README.txt

1. DATASET OVERVIEW
Title:
EU FDI Screening Authorities Dataset (Institutional Design)

Short description:
This dataset maps the institutional design of EU Member States' foreign direct investment (FDI) screening mechanisms in the sense of Regulation (EU) 2019/452. It focuses on competent authorities, institutional model, final decision level, and selected design features relevant for comparative institutional analysis.

Keywords:
FDI screening; Regulation (EU) 2019/452; institutional design; competent authorities; EU Member States; investment control; national security; public order.

Language:
English

Unit of analysis and coverage:
- Unit of analysis: EU Member State.
- Geographic coverage: EU-27.
- If a Member State maintains legally distinct parallel screening regimes, an additional row may be used to document the parallel regime.
- Cut-off date: 2026-02-08.

Version:
v1.0.0

Release date (ISO 8601):
2026-02-08

Update schedule:
Ad hoc
 
2. CREATORS AND CONTACT
Data creators:
1) Mazaraki, Nataliia
   State University of Trade and Economics (Kyiv, Ukraine)
   Email: n.mazaraki@knute.edu.ua

2) Kucheryavenko, Serhii
   State University of Trade and Economics (Kyiv, Ukraine)
   Email: s.kucheryavenko@knute.edu.ua

Funding:
N/A

3. IDENTIFIERS AND REPOSITORY INFORMATION
Internal identifier:
FDI-AUTH-EU27-v1

Repository record (DSpace:
https://ur.knute.edu.ua/handle/123456789/13768

Persistent identifier (Handle):
123456789/13768

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31617/rd.knute.2026(01)

4. FILE INVENTORY AND FORMATS
Files included:
- FDI_screening_authorities_dataset.xlsx (master dataset)
- README.txt (this documentation)
- Optional for reuse: FDI_screening_authorities_dataset.csv (CSV export)

File formats:
XLSX; CSV; TXT

Required software:
Any spreadsheet tool supporting XLSX/CSV (e.g., Microsoft Excel, LibreOffice). Any text viewer for README.

5. METHOD AND SOURCES
Method:
Manual legal-institutional coding of EU Member States' FDI screening mechanisms in the context of Regulation (EU) 2019/452, based on primary legal acts and official government sources. Variable definitions and coding rules are provided in Section 7 (Codebook).

Processing:
Column-name harmonisation, consistency checks, and controlled use of blanks. No statistical transformations were applied.

Sources:
Primary legal acts and official government sources.

6. ACCESS, LICENCE, AND REUSE
Rights / licence:
CC BY 4.0

Access information:
Publicly available via the DSpace repository record; files can be downloaded directly from the record page.

FAIR alignment note:
This documentation is provided together with the dataset to support identification, understanding, and reuse, in line with the FAIR Guiding Principles and Ukrainian RDM guidance (MESU Methodological Recommendations on Research Data Management, 2024).

7. CONTENT DESCRIPTION (VARIABLES)
List of variables (columns):
- Country
- Competent authority
- Institutional model
- FDI screening committee
- Newly established body (Yes/No)
- Final decision level
- Domain
- Dedicated screening office (name; if identifiable)
- Parallel screening regimes (Yes/No)

Codes, abbreviations and conventions:
- Blank cells indicate that the value was not identifiable from the sources used and/or the entry is pending validation (when applicable).
- Institutional model and final decision level categories are defined below.

8. CODEBOOK (VARIABLE DEFINITIONS AND CODING RULES)

8.1 Country
Definition:
EU Member State.

8.2 Competent authority
Definition:
Short label for the main competent authority used in the dataset (may be the screening body or final decision-maker depending on institutional design).

8.3 Institutional model
Type:
Categorical variable.

Allowed values:
- single_lead
  One ministry/agency runs the screening process end-to-end.
- lead_plus_committee
  Lead authority plus an interagency committee/commission (advisory/coordination).
- dedicated_unit_or_agency
  Specialised screening authority/unit/agency (including statutory commissions).
- decentralised_sectoral_authorities
  Competence distributed across sector authorities.

8.4 FDI screening committee
Definition:
Official name of the committee/commission if established by law or government act. Blank if none.

8.5 Newly established body (Yes/No)
Definition:
Yes if the screening body/committee/office is newly created by the screening framework (including a new statutory commission).
No if the framework assigns tasks to pre-existing institutions.
Blank indicates unknown/not identifiable and/or pending validation.

8.6 Final decision level
Type:
Categorical variable.

Allowed values:
- administrative_ministerial
- administrative_agency
- cabinet_government
- hybrid_admin_plus_political

8.7 Domain
Definition:
Functional home of the lead authority (e.g., economy_industry_trade; cabinet_central_government; finance_treasury; foreign_affairs_security).

8.8 Dedicated screening office (name; if identified)
Definition:
Name of a dedicated screening office/unit/secretariat (e.g., an FDI office within a ministry).
This is not a yes/no variable. Blank means that no dedicated office/unit was identifiable from the sources used and/or the entry is pending validation.

8.9 Parallel screening regimes (Yes/No)
Definition:
Binary indicator capturing whether, in addition to the main national FDI screening framework, a Member State maintains separate screening-type regimes (security/public order) in other legal instruments (typically sector-specific regimes).
This excludes merger control, general licensing, and standard prudential approvals.
Blank indicates unknown/not identifiable and/or pending validation.

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