Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Treatment of citizens’ petitions by the EU institutions: discussion with experts

Today the Committee on Petitions (PETI) of the European Parliament will discuss with representative of other EU institutions and experts how to respond better to people’s concerns raised via citizens’ petitions. The meeting is from 9:00-12:00.   More information: Press … Lees verder →

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Increased Information Reporting | FATCA II is coming

This month the Department of the Treasury of the U.S. announced new plans under the friendly name ‘The American Families Plan Tax Compliance Agenda‘ (pdf) (the propaganda section did a good job). Apparently these plans are going to create a … Lees verder →

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Data protection and FATCA: the Schrems II resolution of the European Parliament

Yesterday the European Parliament adopted a resolution on data protection that also refers to the data transfers to the United States based on the FATCA-treaties (‘IGAs’): 24. Recalls that the Member States continue to exchange personal data with the United … Lees verder →

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EBA consults on European AML/CFT database

On 6 May the European Banking Authority (EBA) announced its consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on a central database on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) in the EU (consultation paper, DPIA summary). The interpretation … Lees verder →

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Presumption of innocence: why only in criminal law?

In criminal law, European legal systems have the basic presumption of innocence. The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) in its latest newsletter paid attention to the Presumption of Innocence Report that was published in March by … Lees verder →

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Modernisation of European Company Law | book

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) was involved with the book “Modernisation of European Company Law” that includes presentations made during the CCBE conference “Modernisation of European Company Law” on 27 November 2019. Topics: letterbox companies … Lees verder →

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Access to legal assistance, the position of lawyers and endangered lawyers | CCBE

It is not self-evident that citizens have access to legal assistance from a lawyer and in some countries lawyers are in great danger. Endangered lawyers The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) in March and April 2021 … Lees verder →

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CCBE on digitalisation of justice, e-Justice, e-CODEX, DSA and DMA

In its latest newsletter the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) is reporting on several interesting matters regarding European initiatives on digitalisation of justice and related matters. Communication by the European Commission on the digitalisation of justice. … Lees verder →

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Europe and non-profit organisations, a study for the European Parliament

One of the topics of the meeting of 11 May of the Legal Affairs commission (JURI) of the European Parliament is the study ‘A statute for European cross-border associations and non-profit organisations – European added value assessment‘, prepared by Klaus … Lees verder →

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The dark side of international exchange of tax information | FATCA, Accidental Americans

Political journalists, like OCCRP, close their eyes for the shadow side of international exchange of tax information. One of the topics that does not interest them is that exchanging tax information may have harmful consequences for decent citizens when illegal … Lees verder →

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