ROSCHIERRAIDLA NEWS 1/2010

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 January - February 2010 newsletter are the following:

ESTONIA

• Conciliation Act
• Other Recent Legislative Developments

* Payment Institutions and Electronic Money Institutions Act
* Family Law Act
* Aliens Act
* Bailiffs Act
* Rate Cut Stopped by Income Tax Act Amendments
* Law Change Increases Excise Duties
* New Land Tax Act Provisions
* Money Laundering And Terrorist Financing Prevention Act Amended
* Provisions of Alcohol Act Specified

LATVIA

• Law on Patients Rights Adopted
• Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism has been Ratified
• Draft amendments to the Commercial Law
• Draft amendments to the Law on Protection of Consumer Rights

LITHUANIA

• Civil Code Amendments Regarding Registration and Liquidation of Legal Entities
• Ministry of Economy Submitted a Draft Law on the Prohibition of Acts of Unfair Competition of Retail Companies
• Significant Amendments in Taxation in Belarus

FINLAND and SWEDEN
Finnish Market Court Annuls Finnish Competition Authority’s Decision Based on Insufficient Reasoning
Arbitration in Stockholm – More Popular than Ever

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