20 Jun
Member News

IPTI | Update on U.S. & EU Property Tax Issues: June 2022

The EACC, in partnership with the International Property Tax Institute (IPTI), wants to keep its members up to date with the latest developments in property taxes in the USA and Europe. IPTI has put together below a selection of articles from IPTI Xtracts; more articles can be found on its website (www.ipti.org). United States Texas: Property value protests set new record Property owners left dazed and confused after getting their Notices of Appraised Values in the mail this year reacted predictably. They...

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17 Jun
Brexit News, Member News

Vulcan Insight | EU launches retaliatory action as UK publishes NI Protocol Bill

As expected, on Monday evening the UK Government published its Northern Ireland Protocol Bill aimed at allowing UK Ministers to circumvent a broad swath of the Brexit Agreement’s Northern Ireland Protocol.  The Bill proposes to the introduction of so-called “green” and “red” lanes for British goods destined for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland respectively. Under the proposal, only goods going through the red lane would have to undergo customs checks and paperwork upon entering Northern Irish ports. A new dual regulatory system...

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17 Jun
Member News

EIB | A green transition

With a focus on climate, the just transition is an opportunity to create clean, green jobs and halt global warming Just transition is a commonly used concept in today’s climate discussions. But what does it mean? And can it be accomplished? There is no single definition of just transition. Broadly speaking, it encompasses the wide range of activities we must carry out to make sure workers and societies can prosper in the transition to a net-zero carbon economy. In this shift,...

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17 Jun
Chapter News

IMF | How Crypto and CBDCs Can Use Less Energy Than Existing Payment Systems

Environmentally conscious design can make a major difference in the energy efficiency of digital currencies. Most of the world’s central banks have already agreed they should help fight climate change, a critical challenge that necessitates reductions in both energy consumption, which is our focus here, and the carbon emissions associated with the energy consumed. To meet these aims, it’s important to pay attention to the energy used by the payment systems that central banks regulate and oversee. Monetary authorities now have...

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16 Jun
Chapter News

ECB Speech | Bringing European payments to the next stage: a public-private endeavour

Keynote speech by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the European Payments Council’s 20th anniversary conference | Frankfurt am Main, 16 June 2022 | Let me warmly congratulate you on the 20-year anniversary of the European Payments Council (EPC). Your organisation has been key to the transformation of Europe’s payment system into one of the most efficient in the world, seizing the opportunities offered by the Single Market and the introduction of the euro. Estimates...

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16 Jun
Member News

GDLSK | Forced Labor Rebuttable Presumption takes effect on June 21, 2022 – are you ready?

Under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (“UFLPA”), effective June 21, 2022, a rebuttable presumption of “forced labor” will apply to goods that are produced, wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (“XUAR”) of China or by an entity identified as being associated with XUAR labor. GDLSK’s summary of the UFLPA can be accessed here. Also by June 21st, a multi-agency Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force is to develop an enforcement strategy and provide guidance to importers...

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16 Jun
Member News

Mason Hayes & Curran | Fintech and Intellectual Property Protection

Fintech continues to expand in Ireland and internationally. As fintechs rely heavily on technologies such as AI and blockchain, a number of specific IP issues arise, as well as more general IP issues. The Central Bank of Ireland, in its Innovation Hub 2021 Update noted a number of key trends in innovation. These include the continued growth of institutional interest in digital assets as well as a shift to e-money and a focus on instant payments. Clearly the growth of fintechs...

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16 Jun
Member News

Pirelli | Life with an e-bike

The electric motor is all the rage these days – powered mobility without a hint of tailpipe emissions – and the e-bike in particular is becoming ubiquitous on city roads and beyond. But what is it actually like to use one, day in, day out? There was a time when electric bikes were – let’s face it – a bit of a joke. Heavy, expensive, not very nice to look at and with very little range in the battery. While...

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15 Jun
Chapter News

Survey on Business Travel to the U.S. – Share your Experience with us!

After more than a year of Pandemic-related travel restrictions and US embassy closures, international travel has resumed. However, members across the EACC network share that business travel into the United States remains fraught. In certain cases, ESTA applications are being denied and visa applicants must sometimes wait for more than a year for an appointment at a US Consulate. Please take a moment to answer the below questions about your and/or your company’s experience in attempting to gain entry into...

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15 Jun
Member News

CILcare | Making Hearing a Priority: Quarterly Newsletter, June 2022

Hearing loss in chronic diseases: an overlooked comorbidity The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention define chronic diseases as "conditions that last 1 year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both". They also estimate that six in ten adults in the US have a chronic disease, and that four in ten have two or more. With 8.5% of adults aged 18 and older affected, diabetes is one of the most widspread chronic diseases,...

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