RoschierRaidla NEWS

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 topics covered in November - December 2009 newsletter are the following:

ESTONIA

• Reorganization Also to Apply to Tax Claims
• Other Recent Legislative Developments:
  • State Export Guarantees Act
  • State Assets Act
  • New Commercial Code Provisions
  • Value Added Tax Act Amended
  • Income Tax Act Amended
  • Accounting Act Amended
  • Supervisory Board Members to Start Receiving Compensation for Business Use of Private Automobile

LATVIA

• Latvian Data Inspectorate Issues a Recommendation on Personal Data Transfers to the Third Countries
• Other Recent Legislative Developments:
  • Amendments to the Law on Personal Income Tax
  • Amendments to the Law on Real Property Tax
  • Amendments to the Law on Excise Tax
  • Number of the Competition Council Members Shall Be Reduced
  • Amendments to the Criminal Law
  • Ratification of the Patent Law Treaty

LITHUANIA

• Draft Law on Amendment of the Law on Companies
• The Ministry of Finance Prepared a New Version of the Draft Law on Amendment of the Law on Property and Business Evaluation Outline
• Definition and Guidelines for Reasoning of Abnormally Low Tenders

FINLAND and SWEDEN

• Recent Trends on the Nordic Markets - Increasing IPO Activity

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• November - December News 2009 news click HERE
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