Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

LEI’s Eligibility for General Government Entities | GLEIF

LEI is the abbreviation of ‘Legal Entity Identifier’, the identifier of legal entities like the ‘besloten vennootschap’ in the Netherlands. The Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) is the organisation behind LEI. GLEIF has a Legal Entity Identifier Regulatory Oversight Committee … Lees verder

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Mind the gap! Why the EU law enforcement gap is growing and what we can do to close it? | webinar 7 January 2021

Those interested in EU law enforcement can learn more in a webinar on 7 January, 1:00 PM. Among the speakers are Alex Brenninkmeijer, member of the European Court of Auditors and Mira Scholten, Utrecht University. One of the moderators is … Lees verder

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“Streamlining public procurement within the EU for more efficient public spending”

The Council of the EU in a press release of 25 November 2020 (html, pdf) announced its intention to amend the rules on public procurement (Europese aanbesteding): Streamlining public procurement within the EU for more efficient public spending The Council … Lees verder

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Surveillance firm Palantir is creeping into Europe [2]

In October this year I wrote an article on Palantir in Europe. It has turned out that this shady company is involved with the European cloud project Gaia X. Read the questions by MEP Sophie in’t Veld on this disturbing … Lees verder

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Tax compliance and data privacy | EDPS opinion

In its latest newsletter the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) points out that data privacy principles apply to tax compliance. EDPS in the newsletter says the following: Tax compliance and data privacy On 28 October 2020, the EDPS issued an Opinion on … Lees verder

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Remote working tools for lawyers | CCBE guidance

Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) published guidance on the use of remote working tools by lawyers and remote court proceedings. CCBE in its December newsletter: In this document, the CCBE analyses the main risks and challenges … Lees verder

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Procedures against FATCA data transfers by Belgium and Luxemburg

French and Belgian anti-FATCA organisations announced their new actions against FATCA-data transfers by EU member states Belgium and Luxemburg. A short announcement is to be found in this video.     Read also: Les “Américains accidentels” demandent la fin du … Lees verder

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FBAR delinquents and the provision of personal data of third parties to the US government | FATCA

If you are a US citizen living in the EU, you may be a FBAR-delinquent if you don’t file financial information; if you do file you may be violating fundamental rights of third parties. This is explained here. Extraterritorial US … Lees verder

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Waiting for answers | FATCA-questions by the European Parliament

In September questions were asked regarding the data transfer of personal information of European citizens to the U.S. after the Privacy Shield judgment of the European Court (‘Schrems II’ judgment). The questions by Sophie in’t Veld, member of the European … Lees verder

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Data protection applies to AML-/CFT-legislation, EDPB warns | Action Plan EC

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in a statement of 15 December 2020 warns the European Commission that data protection principles apply to legislation in regard of the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. EDPB considers the legislation regarding … Lees verder

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