Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

JASTA-procedure against European banks

One of the specialisms of the U.S. is to create extraterritorial legislation that enable procedures against non-U.S. parties by non-U.S. plaintiffs. In 2016 the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) was adopted (read introductory blogs in Dutch 1, 2). … Lees verder

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European consultation regarding BRIS until today | trade registers in the EU

Today is the last day that citizens can comment on European plans in regard of the Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS), more information on the consultation page and in the document it refers to, the ‘Inception impact assessment’. I gave … Lees verder

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Is the digital euro the final end of privacy of payments? | ECB

In July the European Central Bank (ECB) announced it launches a project to prepare for possibly issuing a digital euro: (THREAD) We have decided to launch a project to prepare for possibly issuing a digital euro. We will look at … Lees verder

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European FATCA petition against discrimination by financial institutions

A group of people residing in the European Union, with (also) the American nationality, in July has started a European petition against discrimination by financial institutions: The aim of this petition To ask the European Parliament and the Council as … Lees verder

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EU consultation on EU rules on public-private partnerships (PPPs) in AML/CFT

The European Commission started an internet consultation on EU rules on public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the area of the prevention of money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing (CFT). The subject of the consultation is described as follows: The objective of … Lees verder

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Not-for-profit organisations and civic society threatened by governments | ECNL

Recent articles by the European Center for Not-for-profit Law (ECNL) show  the threats to not-for-profit organisations and civic society caused by legislation intended to combat crime (including anti-money laundering, ‘AML’, and combatting terrorist financing, ‘CFT): Moneyval should open up formalised … Lees verder

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Transparency of donors in the Netherlands | ECNL, AML / CFT

Legislative intentions regarding transparency of donors to not-for-profit organizations has caught the attention of the European Center for Not-for-profit Law (ECNL). On 29 June ECNL published the article New proposed changes to the Dutch Transparency Act, an update on the … Lees verder

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Preparations for a European asset registry have started | AML, CFT

The Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA) has opened a European tender regarding  a European asset registry in addition to all registers there are in Europe, like the land registers (in the Netherlands: kadaster). … Lees verder

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Should Overseas Americans Be Required to Buy Their Freedom? | FATCA

If you are looking for information on the difficult position of the FATCA-victims, read ‘Should Overseas Americans Be Required to Buy Their Freedom?‘ by Laura Snyder, Karen Alpert, and John Richardson, published in TaxNotes and also to be found on … Lees verder

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The ‘facilitator’ frame has reached the offices of the OECD | AML, CFT

In marketing of the concepts of anti-money laundering (AML) and countering terrorist financing (CFT) governmental agencies and political journalist use interesting types of framing. The facilitator-frame Financial and legal service providers, like lawyers and auditors, are framed by governmental authorities … Lees verder

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