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The Italian government has just introduced new legislation which is intended to regulate the tax regime of indirect bond issuances, including those made by a foreign affiliate of an Italian non-listed company and guaranteed by that Italian company. The new legislation...

In January 2010 Petrolimex was granted approval for a partial initial public offering (IPO) as part of Vietnam's renewed equitisation programme. This was followed in December 2010 by the company submitting an equitisation plan for government approval and on 21...

The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is facing the prospect of a new wave of regulation as the European Commission looks to clamp down on potential vulnerabilities that could expose the carbon market to further fraud and theft. The Commission unveiled the draft...

A new Regulation on Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) will impose for the first time EU-wide rules on insider dealing and market manipulation for wholesale electricity and natural gas markets (including derivatives), based on the existing Market...

Water scarcity is increasingly becoming an issue for large corporate users of freshwater. It is also beginning to receive mainstream public and media attention as never before. Driven by two converging phenomena: growing freshwater use and depletion of usable...

In revised "FAQs" published on 5 July 2011, HMRC confirmed its view on what will and will not constitute "earmarking" under the "disguised remuneration" (DR) legislation in the context of hedging arrangements for employee share plans...

Überblick über die Beschlüsse des Bundestages vom 30. Juni 2011

DECC's new Electricity Reform White Paper marks a milestone in the Government's complex plans to guarantee security of electricity supply, increase renewable electricity generation, whilst keeping electricity affordable. There is still a lot of work to be done...