RoschierRaidla NEWS (September - October 2009)

The RoschierRaidla News is a bimonthly e-newsletter jointly published by Roschier in Finland and 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 September – October 2009 newsletters are the following:

ESTONIA
•    Value Added Tax Act and Act Regulating Excise Duties Amended'
•    Other Recent Legislative Developments

•    Act Adopted to Alleviate Impact of Rapid VAT Rate Increase
•    New Land Tax Act Provisions
•    Traffic Act Amendments Specify Drivers' Working Time
•    Regulation for Transferring State Assets Adopted
•    Amendment to the Aliens Act
•    Amendments to the Building Act
•    Liability of the Management Board Member

LATVIA
•    Law on State and Municipal Shares and Capital Companies Amended
•    Criminal Liability for Substantial Breach of Personal Data Protection Rules Established
•    Law on Corporate Income Tax Amended
•    Draft Amendments to the Criminal Law - decriminalization of certain offences related to insolvency process and violation of certain intellectual property rights

LITHUANIA
•    New Definition of Dominant Position
•    Parliament Introduced the Draft Law on Services
•    Value Added Tax Rate Increased and Further Amendments Proposed
•    Amendments to the Law on Markets in Financial Instruments and the Law on Securities Introduced

FINLAND
•    Government Bills Implementing the Payment Services Directive Published in Finland
 
SWEDEN
•    Reduced Bonus and Pension Benefits due to Parental Leave

• September – October 2009 news click HERE
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