On 18 January 2017, EU Regulation n°655/2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order ("EAPO") procedure became fully applicable in all Member States, with the exception of Denmark and the United Kingdom. |
Not every sale of a unit of production in an insolvency proceeding is free of VAT
Central Economic-Administrative Tribunal decision of March 21, 2018
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Introduction of senior non-preferred debt in the Netherlands
3 April 2018
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
A new EU Directive adopted in December 2017 will enable EU banks, large investments firms and relevant group companies (e.g. holding companies) to issue so-called 'senior non-preferred' debt instruments.
Such senior non-preferred debt will rank senior to regulatory capital instruments (CET1, AT1 and Tier 2) and other subordinated debt, but junior to the institution's senior debt (such as deposits and ordinary creditors).
Germany needs more professional insolvency courts: this is the opinion of more than 90 per cent of the experts surveyed in the insolvency law analysis “InsO Survey 2018” which has now been presented by the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company and the law firm Noerr.
EU Regulation No 655/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters, in force since 18 January 2017.
It has been over a year now since the European Account Preservation Order (EAPO) came into force. However, a great number of people are still not aware of its purpose and benefits. Thus, this article shall serve as a short reminder.
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