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POLICY PUSH TO BOOST EU FRAUD CONTROLS, AS EPPO SECURES FIRST CONVICTION
Political pressure is mounting on the European Union (EU) to work harder and spent more on fighting fraud, with a European Parliament (EP) motion stressing that investments into fighting fraud saves more money than is lost to fraud and corruption when controls are too weak.…
EX-YUGOSLAVIA TOBACCO SECTORS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL IN GLOBALISED INDUSTRY
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine prompting memories of the violence marring the break-up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the war is a warning that economic trends can and do flow regardless of political turmoil – and the tobacco industy is not an exception this rule.…
EU ROUND UP – OLAF AND EPPO STRIKE COOPERATION DEAL OVER FRAUD PROBES
The European anti-fraud office (OLAF) and European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) have struck a cooperation agreement to ensure their future work dovetails. They have agreed to exchange information; set guidelines on reporting and transferring potential cases; and deciding how to mutually support each other’s investigations.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP - CAOBISCO APPEALS TO BRUSSELS AND WASHINGTON TO END FOOD TARIFF WAR OVER AVIATION SUBSIDIES
EUROPE’S confectionery and sweet bakery association CAOBISCO has been pressuring the European Union (EU) to resolve a long-running trade dispute with the USA over aircraft manufacturing subsidies causing Washington to impose tariffs on European food exports. These include 25% duties on exports from the EU (including the UK) of raspberry, strawberry, apricot, peach and other jams; cherries and peaches; sweet biscuits from Germany; waffles and wafers from Britain and Germany; and an additional 25% on these jams when exported from Germany and France.…
EU DAIRY SECTOR FIGHTS THROUGH COVID-19, BUT GATHERING POLITICAL STORM CLOUDS THREATEN INDUSTRY HEALTH
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) dairy sector has been riding out the Covid-19 crisis, despite weak raw milk prices, although looming political challenges regarding the EU budget and Brexit makes its future uncertain.
Pekka Pesonen, secretary general for EU farmers’ federation Copa-Cogeca, warned: “Producer prices have not yet seen an upward trend.”…
UKRAINE TOBACCO SECTOR IN TIME OF UNCERTAINTY AS GOVERNMENT REFORMS TAX SYSTEM AND TAKES ON SMUGGLING
With low labour costs and stable local demand, Ukraine has long been one of the favoured bases for major tobacco companies. However, even without taking into account before the disruption caused by the Covid-19 crisis, the market has been in flux in recent months as the new Ukrainian government has made efforts to change tobacco taxation while ramping up its fight against tobacco smuggling.…
EASTERN EUROPEAN PAINT AND COATINGS MARKET SHOW SOLID STABILITY AS ECONOMIES GROW STEADILY
FAR from being the zone of volatility of the 1990s, eastern and central Europe’s economies and hence their paint and coatings markets, are enjoying stability and steady growth. In Croatia, for instance, according to market researcher Euromonitor International data, the paint and coating industry posted revenues of USD147 million, USD 2 million more than in 2017.…
EU APPROVES CROATIAN GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY FOR NEW LNG TERMINAL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved Croatian government plans to fund the construction and operation of a floating liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal at Krk island, in the northern Adriatic Sea. The European Union (EU) executive said a direct EUR100 million subsidy from the Croatian government complied with EU state aid rules.…
ADDITIONAL BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION
In Croatia, an ultimate beneficial owners register has been established, operated by the Croatian Financial Agency (FINA – Financijska Agencija). Persons demonstrating a legitimate interest in data will be able to obtain limited BO information, including companies and persons undertaking legally required due diligence.…
MALTA’S FAILINGS ON MONEY LAUNDERING UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT
The murder of graft-busting journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta on October 16 focused the world’s attention on the tiny Mediterranean tax haven and its failure to combat money laundering and corruption.
But even before the murder, Malta was under fire for its shortcomings in tackling money laundering.…