RoschierRaidla News

The RoschierRaidla News is a bimonthly e-newsletter jointly published by Roschier in Finland and in Sweden and Raidla Lejins & Norcous in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania covering the latest legal developments in the five jurisdictions.

Please read the legal updates from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden HERE

The main themes covered in November-December 2008 newsletter are the following:

ESTONIA

• Guidelines of the Financial Supervision Authority
• The Supreme Court Ruling on Managing a Private Limited Company
• Other Recent Legislative Developments
• New Gambling Act
• Excise Duty Acts Specified
• Road Transport Act Amended
• Funded Pensions and Investments Subject to New Rules
• Earth’s Crust Act Supplemented

• Competition Law Amended
• Value Added Tax Rate and Scope of VAT Taxable Transactions Changed
• Amendments to the Law on Individual’s Income Tax
• Amendments to the Law on Corporate Income Tax

• Amendment of the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania
• Law on Implementation of European Union and International Legal Acts Regulating Civil Procedure

• The Revised Finnish Corporate Governance Code Increases Transparency

• New Discrimination Act in Sweden