Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

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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Failing AML/CFT-concepts exposed in FATF-publication on Cross-Border Payments

Though the title of the publication suggests a limited scope, the FATF-publication on Cross-Border Payments [*] shows the general inadequacy of the AML/CFT legislation as adopted by FATF. The only subject that is typical for cross-border payments, is the correspondent … Lees verder →

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Meijers Committee regarding proposed extensive data processing powers for Europol: adverse effects on the fundamental rights to be expected, lacking independent oversight

The Meijers Committee, Standing Committee of Experts on International Migration, Refugee and Criminal Law on 26 October 2021 published its comment on proposed extensive data processing powers for Europol, on their site they introduce the comment as follows: In December … Lees verder →

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EDPS’ opinion on connecting bank account registers in Europe | AML, CFT

European data protection supervisor EDPS in September commented on the European plans on connecting bank account registers. In its newsletter EDPS wrote: Connecting bank account registers  On 6 September 2021, the EDPS published his Formal Comments on the access of EU Member … Lees verder →

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Covid certificate discrimination

The ‘Digital Green Certificate‘ (COVID certificate) that the European Commission introduced was supposed to make travelling in the EU easier for European citizens [*]. Currently this pass and national covid-passes in many countries are obligatory to enter certain areas that … Lees verder →

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