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Don’t dismiss gold and silver…
January 21st, 2021
There is worrying evidence that 2021 will see the end of fiat currencies, led by the US dollar. US dollar money supply has accelerated at an extraordinary rate, a process that will continue. Signals from the markets that ...
Waiving VAT and customs duties on vital medical equipment
November 18th, 2020
The European Commission waives customs duties and VAT on the import of medical equipment from non-EU countries. The European Commission had already in April 2020 published a decision helping Member States affected by the coronavirus pandemic to temporarily suspend ...
EU Commission published an evaluation report on the GDPR
July 13th, 2020
Just over two years after its entry into application, the European Commission published an evaluation report on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The report shows the GDPR has met most of its objectives, in particular by offering citizens ...
Europe embarks on economic revolution with landmark climate law
March 5th, 2020
Europe wants to make it illegal by 2050 to emit more greenhouse gases than can be removed from the atmosphere. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a draft law on Wednesday that would commit the region to ...
Parliament keeps up pressure to tax digital economy more fairly
December 20th, 2019
MEPs press EU to engage fully in international efforts to tax the digital economy, while still being prepared to act at EU level if global plans fail. As international talks at OECD level on taxation systems for the digital ...
The euro held near a 10-day low on Monday
November 25th, 2019
The euro held near a 10-day low on Monday after posting a weekly loss as investors remained cautious about the outlook for the euro zone economy in the near term. Though latest data showed business morale in Germany, Europe’s ...
Euro at one-month low vs dollar; yuan set for worst month since 1994
August 30th, 2019
The euro plunged to a one-month low against the dollar on Friday, as investors looked for aggressive easing by the European Central Bank and ignored doubts by some policymakers about the need for more stimulus. Poor euro zone economic ...
Dutch Beneficial Ownership Register effective 2020
April 25th, 2019
The Dutch Government has confirmed that a registry of ultimate beneficial owners of companies will enter into force in the Netherlands from January 2020. Legislation to implement the UBO register was submitted to the lower house of parliament on ...
Contingent liabilities and non-performing loans in the EU Member States
January 31st, 2019
Data on contingent liabilities and non-performing loans of EU governments for the year 2017 have been published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This publication includes data on government guarantees, liabilities related to public-private partnerships recorded off-balance ...
Decision making on EU Tax Policy
January 16th, 2019
How is EU law on taxation adopted? The European Commission proposes new EU law or amendments to existing EU tax law. Currently, EU tax law is adopted through a special legislative procedure with the Council of the European Union ...
