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EUROPEAN DIRECTOR TRAINING VITAL TO SERVE ON A ‘FOREIGN’ BOARD



Significant European Union (EU) company law changes are set to add to the training challenge for non-executive directors who are working on boards outside their home country. The difficulties are compounded where flexibility for member states or companies to implement directives, regulations and recommendations adds local nuances to the know-how required to serve on a board in a jurisdiction with which a director is not previously familiar.…

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BOARDS GET INCREASED ROLE IN COMPANY AUDITS UNDER EU REFORMS



Board members on company audit committees within the European Union (EU) will see their role grow in importance under revamped EU audit rules that came into force on June 17, experts have advised. A joint European Confederation of Directors Associations (ecoDa) – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) conference on ‘Audit committees at the heart of the Audit Reform’, staged in Brussels, heard how.…

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NEW AUDIT RULES COULD DRIVE SMALL ACCOUNTING FIRMS OUT



Small accounting firms could be driven out of Europe’s auditing market by new European Union (EU) audit rules that came into force on June 17 experts warned a joint European Confederation of Directors Associations (ecoDa) – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) conference. Entitled ‘Audit committees at the heart of the Audit Reform’, the Brussels meeting examined the impact of EU directive 2014/56/EU on statutory audits – the law is designed to prevent conflicts of interest between auditors and their clients.…

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BUSINESS CALLS TO KEEP “SOFT LAW” ON EXECUTIVE PAY IN FRANCE



France should maintain its “soft law” approach, used in most corporate governance [company management] to decisions over pay, key director and management organisations in the country have told Board Agenda. These include the Financial Markets Authority (AMF – Autorité des marchés financiers): French Institute of Directors (IFA – Institut Français des Administrateurs), and business network MEDEF (Mouvement des entreprises de France), despite the government coming under increasing pressure to legislate in this area.…

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FRANCE COMPANY BOARDS TO SECURE MORE INDEPENDENCE FOLLOWING UPCOMING LABOUR REFORM



FRANCE is in the midst of reforming its often tough labour laws, in the teeth of opposition of unions who are usually backers of the country’s socialist government. The reform, commonly called the ‘El Khomri law‘ after the French labour minister Myriam El Khomri, will receive be debated and voted upon (and probably amended) at the National Assembly between July 5-8.…

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EUROPEAN DIRECTOR TRAINING VITAL TO SERVE ON A ‘FOREIGN’ BOARD



Significant European Union (EU) company law changes are set to add to the training challenge for non-executive directors who are working on boards outside their home country. The difficulties are compounded where flexibility for member states or companies to implement directives, regulations and recommendations adds local nuances to the know-how required to serve on a board in a jurisdiction with which a director is not previously familiar.…

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DEALING WITH DIGITAL ESSENTIAL TO BOOST COSMETICS SALES, CONFERENCE HEARS



Delivering products that are present in everyday life to unknown markets across the globe, online sales are essential to boost the already booming EUR77 billion European cosmetics market, Cosmetics Europe director general John Chave told last week’s ‘Personal care in a changing world’ conference in Brussels (June 13-17).…

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COLOMBIA COSMETICS SECTOR FACES END OF BOOM YEARS



A decline in exports has ended the boom years for the Colombian cosmetics sector, but the country still holds high hopes of establishing itself as a major regional player.

Colombia’s cosmetics and personal care sector has been thriving for well over a decade, as economic growth has fuelled a strong domestic market and the country established itself as an export hub for the north of South America.…

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SPANISH COSMETICS SECTOR PULLS PUT OF LONG RECESSION



MIRRORING how Spain is crawling out of its long recession, the country’s personal care product market is recovering. UK-based market researchers Euromonitor released a report last month concluding: “After years of decline in value terms, beauty and personal care finally saw a positive performance in Spain in 2015.”…

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PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT COMPANIES EMPLOY CLARITY AND ORIGINAL ART WORK TO MAXIMISE DESIGN DIFFERENTIATION



COSMETICS and personal care product labelling and decoration continues to play a key role in differentiating brands on the shelf and creating an experience for the consumer. While many companies are moving towards more simple, clean looks, other higher-end brands still prefer eye-catching, metallic designs.…

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