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 January – February 2009 newsletter are the following:

ESTONIA

• Recent Tax Updates
• Other Recent Legislative Developments

• Equal Treatment Act
• Machinery Safety Act
• Reorganization Act
• Commercial Code Amended
• Use of Digital Stamps Introduced by Law
• Excise Duty Acts Amended

LATVIA

• Voting Requirements for Joint Stock Companies Relaxed
• New Regulation of Commercial Transactions
• Bank Take-Over Law and its Implementing Regulations Passed

LITHUANIA

• Recent Tax Updates
• Other Recent Legislative Developments

• The Civil Procedure Code Amended
• The Civil Code Amended
• The Law on Lottery and Gaming Amended
• The Law on Excise Duty Amended
• Labor Code Amended
• Law on the Establishment of the Ministry of Energetic Passed

FINLAND

• Working Group Report on the Revision of the Finnish Competition Act

SWEDEN

• The European Commission Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry – Preliminary Report