Current state of play

1. Introducción

Introduction

Welcome  to  the  September  2015  Newsletters:    Highlights  this month include:

1.  Art. 1(1)(c) of the Regulation. Appraisal

1. El artículo 1.1C del reglamento. Valoración

This briefing sets out a high level review of issues relevant to secured lending in Ireland.

LENDING IN IRELAND

Commercial lending is generally not a regulated activity in Ireland, although lending to natural person ‘consumers’ may trigger a licencing requirement. Banks licensed in other EU Member States may be compelled to use their passport to carry on a lending activity in Ireland that would otherwise be unregulated.

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The European Commission has published the VAT gap report for 2013 for 26 member states (Cyprus and Croatia are not included). The VAT gap is an estimate of VAT lost due to fraud and evasion, avoidance, bankruptcies/insolvencies and miscalculations. According to the report, VAT revenue collection in 2013 failed to show significant improvement across member states compared with 2012.

Análisis GA&P | Julio 2015 1 N. de la C.: En las citas literales se ha rectificado en lo posible —sin afectar al sentido— la grafía de ciertos elementos (acentos, mayúsculas, símbolos, abreviaturas, cursivas...) para adecuarlos a las normas tipográficas utilizadas en el resto del texto. 1. La empresa (los grupos) y su posible viabilidad económica como referencia regulatoria 1.1.

1.  The characterisation of art. 1(1) ERIP and role of the Annex