Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Tomorrow: AML developments discussed in a working group of LIBE | European Parliament

Those interested in finding out what the future surveillance society in Europe will look like, should follow the developments regarding anti-money laundering (AML). For them tomorrow there is an interesting event, organised by the Democracy, Rule of law and Fundamental … Lees verder

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General and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data relating to electronic communications is permitted only in the event of a serious threat to national security | opinion ECJ

On 18 november an opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona on retention of traffic and location data for the Court of Justice of the European Union was published. In this opinion he reiterates that the general and indiscriminate retention of … Lees verder

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Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA): ‘Counter terrorism but respect fundamental rights’

The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) in a press release of 18 November (html , pdf) asks for better anti-terorrism legislation that respects fundamental rights. It refers to a FRA-report. From the press-release: The report examines the EU’s main criminal … Lees verder

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Cristian Terheş and other MEPs campaigning against European discriminatory corona-measures

Cristian Terheş, member of the European Parliament (MEP), together with other MEPs still is campaigning against the European covid-19 measures. In an earlier post I mentioned the press conferences of 20 and 28 October 2021. On 25 November 2021 Terheş … Lees verder

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Italian discriminatory corona-measures in the Committee on Petitions | PETI

From the EU not much is to be expected in relation to preventing discriminatory and unnecessary measures taken by the national governments. E.g.: the European Parliament gave a bad example by introducing the discriminatory covid-19 pass to enter the parliamentary … Lees verder

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Second FATF consultation regarding the beneficial ownership recommendation | AML, CFT

In June I wrote about a FATF consultation regarding Recommendation 24. On 21 October FATF started a second consultation on the same Recommendation: Revisions to Recommendation 24 and its Interpretive Note – Public Consultation. A pdf file and a Word … Lees verder

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AAA is invited by the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens to explain their arguments | FATCA, GDPR

The European organisation for accidental Americans, l’Association des Américains Accidentels (AAA) has been invited by the Dutch GDPR supervisor to explain their arguments. On linkedin their president Fabien Lehagre writes: Following the complaint filed by the Association des Américains Accidentels … Lees verder

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AML-CFT proposals of the European Commission endanger the independence of the legal profession | AML package

In the October newsletter CCBE wrote two articles on AML/CFT subjects and voiced its concern about the consequences of legislative proposals for the independence of the legal profession: The CCBE voices concerns on the Anti-Money Laundering package On 8 October, … Lees verder

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FATCA in the UK: event on 7 December 2021 by Jenny’s lawyers

On 7 December the lawyers of a UK victim of U.S. law (including FATCA) and the UK-U.S. FATCA treaty – Jenny – discuss the lessons learnt from recent court cases. More information on the event page. Jenny’s lawyers write on … Lees verder

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President of the General Court rejects request for interim measures against EU covid-19 certificate

Today the order of the President of the General Court of 29 October in a covid-19 certificate case was published. I have not yet heard on European level there was a decision in such a case before. The order was … Lees verder

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