Spain: New Scenario in the Defence of Tax Crimes – Recent Developments in Tax...
Certain high profile cases involving negotiations and court-based agreements have recently brought to the fore a new court scenario in the defence of tax...
Spain: What brings the new Royal Decree on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing?
On 6 May 2014, the Spanish Official State Gazette published Royal Decree 304/2014 passing the Regulation of Act 10/2010 on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist...
Only Four Countries Actively Enforce OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
On 23 October 2014, Transparency International published a report which analyzed the enforcement of the the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Anti Bribery...
EU: New time limits for contractually agreed payment terms
On July 29, 2014 the law on combating late payment in commercial transactions came into force. It serves to implement the Directive 2011/7/EU of...
Mandated Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: Coming Soon to a Country Regulating You
Disclosure of environmental, human rights and social risks is moving from its home between the glossy pages of voluntary reports into the hard-nosed realm of mandatory legal requirements, as evidenced by recent developments in the European Union and India.
Economy Ministry of Spain is developing database to monitor Spanish bank accounts
According to an article published by Spanish newspaper El País on May 12, 2014 the Spanish government is to create an extensive database monitoring...