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How to enforce your claim outside the court: try a notarial deed
Slovak law provides a wide range of options for creditors to secure their claims. In particular, guarantee, pledge/mortgage or contractual penalty are frequently applied. Given the long-lasting nature of lawsuits, creditors tend to secure their financial claims, such as loans, by applying the concept of acknowledging the debtor’s obligation before
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Register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs): slowly but surely
The UBO register in Lithuania is due to start functioning in 2019 and it is now time to make the necessary arrangements. Following implementation of EU Directive No. 2017/1371, as of 1 January 2019 every legal entity established in Lithuania must “acquire, update and store” information about its UBOs and file it with the
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Significant changes in the statute of limitations of claims
Poland: Shorter limitation periods from 2018 As of 9 July 2018, the rules on limitation of claims in Polish law, which have been in place for many years, change. They apply to agreements between Polish contracting parties and also in international transactions when the parties subject the agreement to Polish
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Fight against money laundering forces banks to take drastic measures
Banks focused on the non-resident market must close accounts of shell companies to ensure compliance with the AML law. Banks in Latvia have been on a rocky road as of late. The anti-money laundering (AML) law has thus been amended, and now explicitly prohibits banks, payment institutions, investment firms, and
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Reimbursement of Medical Devices
A colourful bouquet of systems in CEE countries Many regulatory issues in the field of Medical Devices (MDs) are unified throughout the EU and will become even more harmonized after the entry into force of the MD Regulation. However, analysing the reimbursement systems in our CEE countries, a fascinating bouquet