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
The new 2009 edition of Linklaters’ Data Protected, the most comprehensive summary of European data protection legislation, is now available online. Raidla Lejins & Norcous has contributed to the Estonian chapter of the overview.
The new report contains a fully updated review of data protection legislation in each European Member State together with the European Economic Area States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) as well as Switzerland and Russia.
It features:
General | Directive 95/46/EC
1. National Legislation
2. National Regulatory Authority
3. Personal Data
4. Sensitive Personal Data
5. Scope of Application
6. Rights of Data Subjects
7. Security
8. Transfer of Personal Data to Countries Outside of the EEA
9. Enforcement
Raidla Lejins & Norcous has launched a new Belarus Newsflash which this time focuses on real estate and construction issues. The main issues covered are the following:
- Benefits for New Investors
- Construction in Parallel with Preparation of Design Documentation Permitted
- Limitations for Design and Construction of Infrastructure in Residential Areas Lifted
- New Rules on Compensation for Damage Caused by Expropriation of Land for State Needs in Minsk
- Extension of the List of Banks Entitled to Enter into Mortgage Agreements
- Other Legal Changes to Fulfil Government’s Liberalisation Commitments
* The newsletter can be found HERE
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