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Assistant lawyer Natālija Ķīse compiled the material. Data protection Commission opens formal proceedings against AliExpress under the Digital Services Act Official press release: 14 March 2024 The Commission has initiated formal procedures to evaluate whether AliExpress violated the Digital Services Act (DSA) in relation to risk management and mitigation, content moderation, internal complaint […]
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Thomas Hoppe is a head of indirect taxation at Schwarz Group (Lidl/Kaufland). He is a co-host of TaxPunk podcast where he talks about makers and users of tax tech tools. Listen to the podcast here! In the podcast we discussed: triathlon; the book recommendation – Taxtopia by an anonymous Rebel Accountant; TaxPunk video-podcast (in German) – with people who […]
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Assistant lawyer Nikola Cīparsone compiled the material. ESG Directive empowering consumers for the green transition and circular economy Adopted: 20 February 2024 The Council has adopted a directive aimed at empowering consumers to facilitate the shift towards sustainability. This new directive seeks to strengthen consumer rights by amending the unfair commercial practices directive (UCPD) and […]
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Legislative news and ESG initiatives in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Status of the corporate sustainability reporting directive’s transposition into local laws In Estonia, the draft law transposing the CSRD was published on 23 February 2024 and is currently waiting for approval from ministries. It is expected to come into force on 6 July 2024. The draft […]
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Philip Baker is a barrister (37 y), King’s Counsel, lecturer at the University of Oxford, LLM, PhD, MBA, an author of a book on Double Taxation Conventions “A guru on treaty and and cross-border tax”. Listen to the podcast here! In the podcast we discussed: his Order of the British Empire – for helping political refugees […]
