The Central Bank of Cyprus proposes new definition on shell companies.
The Central of Cyprus (CBC) informed last week the commercial banks of the island that it will amend the Anti Money Laundering Directive to include a new definition of shell companies....
Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing Compliance Manual seminar by UCLan.
The School of Law of UClan Cyprus organised a very interesting AML Seminar last Saturday 19/05/2018. The seminar entitled “How to Structure an Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing Compliance Manual” was presented by the experts...
Our publication on Cyprus Employment Law published by JURIS.
The international publishing house Juris Publishing Ltd recently released the “International Employment Law” encyclopedia. International Employment Law describes the employment laws in 35 countries, with information on the laws affecting compensation, hours of work,...
Minority rights and derivative actions under Cyprus company law.
It is a general principle of company law that an individual shareholder cannot sue for wrongs done to a company or complain of any internal irregularities. This principle is widely...
Companies that own or trade in shares need to get an LEI code as of the 3rd of January 2018.
According to EU Regulation no. 600/2014, banking and financial institutions must present to their supervising authorities reports containing complete and accurate details of executed transactions. This starts from the 3rd of January 2018....
VAT introduced on the supply of building land and business.
VAT introduced on the supply of building land and business. On 3 November 2017, the Cyprus Parliament voted the amendments in the Cyprus VAT legislation fulfilling its obligation to the...
Notice to all companies to settle annual levy for past years.
The Registrar of Companies has resently sent out notices to all private companies that have not paid the annual levy in any year starting from 2012, 2013, 2014 or 2015, to...
Transparency changes in Belize company law.
Belize has recently introduced changes in its company law (the Belize IBC Amendment Act (2017) , to address certain OECD requirements while at the same time minimizing their impact on...
Can an employer monitor employee communications?
The employer may monitor the employee’s communications at the workplace under certain conditions. This was decided by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in case of BĂRBULESCU v....
Registration of Yachts and other pleasure vessels in Cyprus.
Cyprus’ geographic location is possibly one of the most strategically important locations in the world, as it lies at the gateway of Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Therefore,...
