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SERBIA DOMESTIC DAIRY SECTOR SHRINKS AMIDST DECLINING MARGINS AND INCREASING COSTSSERBIA DOMESTIC DAIRY SECTOR SHRINKS AMIDST DECLINING MARGINS AND INCREASING COSTS
In early September (2022), Serbia faced a serious domestic milk crisis, with empty or half-empty store shelves, with consumers relying significantly on imports of foreign milk from Poland and the Czech Republic. The domestic supply squeeze was not a surprise for Serbia’s dairy farmers, however.…
UKRAINE’S BELEAGUERED ACCOUNTING SECTOR SOLDIERS ON IN FACE OF RUSSIAN ATTACK
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has touched the lives of all Ukrainians, destroying businesses, livelihoods and families, with accountants and practices not escaping the burden of the war. While some accountants have fled, and even abandoned the profession, those who remain must contend with a complicated landscape of jurisdictional, tax and staffing woes.…
CONCERN RISES IN TOBACCO SECTOR ABOUT TIGHTENING EU RULES ON HEATED TOBACCO AND VAPES
Concern about rapid increases in consumption in heated tobacco and the European Union’s (EU) stated ambition to reduce all tobacco use by 2040 so that less than 5% of the 27 member countries’ 447 million people is pushing EU policymakers towards tightening vaping and e-cigarette controls.…
EU REGULATORY ROUND UP – HUNGARY THREATENED WITH LOSS OF EUR7.5 BILLION EU FUNDS OVER GRAFT CLAIMS
The European Commission has bitten the bullet and for the first time has imposed a major financial penalty on a European Union (EU) member state that it considers so corrupt, its handling of EU funds cannot be trusted. That country is Hungary, run by the populist right-wing government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, where the EU executive on September 19 proposed suspending EUR7.5 billion in EU funding.…
NEW GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRALIA – BUT WILL ROBUST AML/CFT REFORM FOLLOW?
Australia’s commitment to strengthen its anti-money laundering legislation is now an eight-year-old promise that has yet to be fulfilled. However, with a change in government in May 2022, with the Labor Party taking power after nine years of government by the right-centre Liberal-National Coalition, there is renewed hope that reform could finally be delivered.…
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. |
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.…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BOOSTS CUSTOMISATION
INTRODUCTION
Customisation is a key trend for a clothing and textile industry that looking to harness new technology to deliver consumer choice and flexibility over supply chains, including reshoring. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, in addition to widespread automation of processes throughout the garment supply chain, has been hailed as a game changer.…
ITALY’S PAINTS SECTOR PULLS FROM COVID SLUMP, AIDED BY GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES
As the Italian economy recovers from the particularly hard two-year coronavirus pandemic, Italy’s paints and varnishes sector is among the few to have weathered the storm well. “Our sector has probably never seen such a jump in growth like that of the past two years,” said Gianni Martinetti, president of the Paints and Varnishes Group of AVISA (1), which is part of Italy’s national chemicals industry association, Federchimica. …