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Legal Foundations of EU Economic Security: Shaping the Imaginable Cover

Legal Foundations of EU Economic Security: Shaping the Imaginable

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Open Access
|May 2026

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Promote pillar legal instruments, based on European Commission (n 1).

LEGISLATIONLEGAL BASIS
Chips Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/1781)Arts 114 and 173(3) TFEU
Critical Raw Materials Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1252)Art 114 TFEU
Net-Zero Industry Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1735)Art 114 TFEU
STEP(Regulation (EU) 2024/795)Arts 164, 173, 175(3), 176, 177, 178, 182(1), 183 and 188 TFEU
Single Market Emergency Instrument (Regulation (EU) 2024/2747)Arts 21, 46 and 114 TFEU
Table 2

Protect pillar legal instruments, based on European Commission (n 1).

LEGISLATIONLEGAL BASIS
Trade Defence Instruments
(Regulation (EU) 2018/825 and Regulation (EU) 2016/1037)
Art 207(2) TFEU
FDI Screening Regulation
(Regulation (EU) 2019/452)
Art 207(2) TFEU
Anti-Coercion Instrument
(Regulation (EU) 2023/2675)
Art 207(2) TFEU
Foreign Subsidies Regulation
(Regulation (EU) 2022/2560)
Arts 114 and 207 TFEU
Dual-Use Export Control Regulation
(Regulation (EU) 2021/821)
Art 207(2) TFEU
Directive on Resilience of Critical Entities
(Directive (EU) 2022/2557)
Art 114 TFEU
NIS2 Directive
(Directive (EU) 2022/2555)
Art 114 TFEU
Cyber Resilience Act
(Regulation (EU) 2024/2847)
Art 114 TFEU
Cyber Solidarity Act
(Regulation (EU) 2025/38)
Arts 173(3) and 322(1)(a) TFEU
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36633/ulr.1180 | Journal eISSN: 1871-515X
Language: English
Page range: 63 - 81
Published on: May 19, 2026
Published by: Utrecht University School of Law
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Lukas Schaupp, published by Utrecht University School of Law
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