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ENGLISH-TAUGHT SHORT HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES ON THE RISE IN GREECE
The Greece higher education sector is sharply increasing the number of English-taught short-term higher education (HE) courses that operate in collaboration with foreign universities. According to Christos Michalakelis, co-founder and president of Study in Greece (SiG), the official organisation promoting internationalisation within Greek HE, short-term courses yielding student academic credits, is a stepping stone “towards internationalising Greek universities”.…
TEXTILE PRODUCTION IN RUSSIA DECLINES, LARGER COMPANIES HAVE BEST CHANCE OF SURVIVAL
The Russian textile sector has been struggling to cope with the international sanctions from the US, European Union (EU), UK, Japan and others and the disruption caused by the exit of international companies from Russia, following its invasion of Ukraine.
Russia’s GDP declined 4% in the second quarter and will shrink by 7.8% throughout 2022, predicts the ministry of economic development.…
EU ROUND UP – EU TIGHTENS CONTROLS ON PERSISANT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
Paint and coatings manufacturers and importers within the European Union (EU) will come under additional pressure to restrict the use additives and ingredients made from certain chemicals that can become persistent organic pollutants after disposal.
The EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament have struck agreement on reforms to the EU’s persistent organic pollutant regulation, which will cut the maximum presence in waste of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS); hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD); polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE); and short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCP).…
BREXIT COMPOUNDS STRESS FOR UK PAINT SECTOR DEALING WITH COVID AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES – BUT EU EXPORTS CONTINUE
THE BRITISH Coatings Federation (BCF) has continued to press the UK government to mitigate the problems caused by Britain’s Brexit withdrawal from the European Union (EU), as the country’s industry fights to preserve its income.
Both imports of raw materials and packaging supplies, as well as exports of finished products to and from the EU have been hindered by the red tape imposed on trade under the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) that underpinned Brexit, says the BCF.…
EU COUNTRIES LAGGING ON BUILDING PUBLIC UBO REGISTERS
European Union (EU) member states are lagging in compliance with a requirement in the fifth anti-money laundering directive (5 AMLD) (1) to create public ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) registers by January 10, 2020. A European Commission webpage (2) on 5AMLD compliance last updated June 2 (2022) shows 12 governments are facing infringement proceedings either because they have not adopted legislation writing the directive fully into national law or because they have implemented it incorrectly.…
EU UBO REGISTER IMPLEMENTATION TABLE
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PUBLIC UBO REGISTERS IN THE EU MEMBER STATES |
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EU member state |
Public UBO Register Y/N |
Name and link |
Access |
Fees |
Infringement proceedings* Y/N |
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Austria |
Y |
Registration |
EUR3 per statement paid in advance using Mastercard, Visa or EPS online payments |
Y |
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Belgium |
Y |
Digital Registration Only nationals and EU citizen |
EUR1.50 per request |
N |
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Bulgaria |
Y |
Open and available in English as well as Bulgarian |
No |
N |
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Croatia |
Y |
Registration Only nationals and EU citizen |
No |
N |
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Cyprus |
Not really – Since June 1, 2022 possible to submit written application for information but no direct public access
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Written application including name and registration number of the company for emailed response |
EUR3.50
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N |
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Czech Republic |
N |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Y |
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Denmark |
Y |
Denmark Central Business Register (Centrale Virksomhedsregister [CVR]) |
Public |
No |
Y |
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Estonia |
Y |
Public |
EUR1 |
Y |
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Finland |
N |
N/A |
Journalists, but not general public |
EUR7 per statement & EUR12 delivery and invoice costs. |
CENTRAL AMERICAN AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CLOTHING EXPORTS PRESS USA TO RETAIN CHINA TARIFFS AS THEY GROW CAPACITY
The central American and Dominican Republic clothing and textile sectors are lobbying against the United States scrapping the China 301 tariffs on finished apparel imports following a possible entente with Beijing, saying that the duties are helping encourage investments in their countries.…
EU SIXTH SANCTIONS PACKAGE RIDDLED WITH HOLES, OFFICIAL JOURNAL PUBLICATION SHOWS
The publication in its official journal of the European Union’s (EU) sixth sanctions package against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine has shown the EU bent over backwards to secure unanimity in its agreed restrictions of Russian oil imports.
Not only have all pipeline imports of crude oil from Russia been excluded from sanctions for the time being, Bulgaria was excluded from an otherwise unanimous block on tankered crude oil imports, which in any case will be phased out over six months.…
CRYPTO ML CASES GROW WORLDWIDE, PROMPTING REGULATORY RESPONSE
A spate of recent high-profile investigations into suspected money laundering through cryptocurrency and a failure to prevent it have drawn attention to the capacity of law enforcement to tackle AML/CFT activity in the crypto sphere.
In July 2021, the UK’s Metropolitan Police force in London said it had seized a record GBP180 million (USD219 million) worth of cryptocurrency linked to international money laundering.…
EU SIXTH SANCTIONS PACKAGE RIDDLED WITH HOLES, OFFICIAL JOURNAL PUBLICATION SHOWS
The publication in its official journal of the European Union’s (EU) sixth sanctions package against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine has shown the EU bent over backwards to secure unanimity in its agreed restrictions of Russian oil imports.
Not only have all pipeline imports of crude oil from Russia been excluded from sanctions for the time being, Bulgaria was excluded from an otherwise unanimous block on tankered crude oil imports, which in any case will be phased out over six months.…