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The objective of this study is to support the preparation of a proposal on a new initiative on investment protection and facilitation in the EU. It does so by providing input for the Impact Assessment (IA) for the relevant European Commission services - DG FISMA to accompany such proposal. The main objective of this this study is to collect data and evidence on the problems related to cross-border investments in the EU and on the impacts of options that can be considered to tackle such problems. The scope of this study covers investors of all sizes (large and SMEs) and sectors (e.g. financial institutions and real economy sectors), and all types of investment with specific emphasis on direct investment. The geographical scope covers the EU as a whole and a balanced representation of Member States exporting and receiving capital was ensured to the extent possible). Data was collected for all Member States. One of the findings of this exercise is that while the problems related to cross-border investments in the EU can concern any MS, they do so to different degrees and frequencies.