November 2017 On 27 October the Treasury Committee published a report on the Solvency II Directive and its impact on the UK insurance industry. The report is critical of the extent of disagreement between the PRA and the industry. It makes a number of recommendations, the majority of which are aimed at the PRA. Some of these recommendations were preempted by the PRA’s announcement on 25 October of a series of improvements it is intending to make to implementation of Solvency II and its publication of a consultation paper on the matching adjustment.

Une ordonnance, n° 2017-1519 du 2 novembre 2017, porte adaptation du droit français au nouveau règlement européen relatif aux procédures d'insolvabilité (Règlement (UE) n° 2015/848 du 20 mai 2015).

Le nouveau Règlement, révisant le règlement (CE) n° 1346/2000 du Conseil du 29 mai 2000, est entré en vigueur dans les États membres le 26 juin 2017.

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Council Regulation (EC) 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings (the “Regulation”), entered into force on 31 May 2002 and was originally enacted to harmonize rules in relation to cross-border insolvency proceedings within the European Union, save for Denmark.

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October 2017

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This month's roundup of developments affecting the insurance industry sees ECON calling on the European Commission to postpone the application date of the IDD, EIOPA issuing final guidelines on complex insurance-based investment products under the IDD and the European Commission releasing a report on consumers' decision-making process in insurance services.

General Update

A common experience of most European insolvency law systems is the legislators‘ constant swinging backwards and forwards in their attempts to find a balance between the interests of the creditors (which inspired the legislator when insolvency laws were enacted for the first time in1942 in Italy) with those of the debtor and its owners, as well as the need to protect jobs and rescue viable businesses for the benefit of the economy as a whole. The first Italian insolvency law was enacted in 1942, and was modelled on the German Konkursordnung.

De belastingplichtige houdt indirect aandelen in een BV. De BV heeft een schuld aan de bank in verband waarmee de belastingplichtige zich tot een bedrag van € 150.000 borg heeft gesteld. Nadat de BV in 2010 failliet gaat, vormt de belastingplichtige een voorziening van € 150.000 in verband met de borgstelling. In 2011 betaalt de belastingplichtige uiteindelijk, tegen finale kwijting, € 30.000 aan de bank. Volgens de inspecteur valt € 120.000 van de gevormde voorziening belast vrij in 2011.
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