IRELAND: Ireland fails to implement three EU directives

Ireland has failed to implement three EU directives, prompting the European Commission to issue it with a letter of formal notice.

It has not implemented on the VAT fraud directive, the Emissions Trading System Directive nor the Common Charger Directive.

There are 26 member states which have not yet notified full transposition measures for 11 EU directives in the fields of justice, internal market and SMEs, taxation and customs, health, climate, home affairs, and financial services.

Member states concerned now have two months to reply to the letters of formal notice and complete their transposition, or the Commission may decide to issue an opinion.

6 December 2024

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11 March 2024

FAMILY OFFICES: Family offices have tripled since 2019, creating a new gold rush on Wall Street

The number of family offices in the world has tripled since 2019, setting off a new race among private equity firms, hedge funds and venture capital firms to attract their investments. According to

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22 November 2024

GREECE: €1.8B Gain from Tax Evasion Crackdown Fuels Tax Cut Hopes

The new Greek budget, submitted to the Parliament on Wednesday, Nov. 20, revealed that the government’s efforts to combat tax evasion have boosted tax revenues in the current budget by 1.8 billion

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6 December 2024

US: Bitcoin soars to record high as Donald Trump appoints former Paypal CEO as US ‘crypto czar’

United States president-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he was appointing former PayPal chief operating officer David Sacks as his “White House AI and Crypto Czar,” another step towards

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