Mar 2021

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The Central Bank of Ireland has delivered an illuminating outline of the supervision and enforcement priorities for 2021. These priorities inform regulated firms on what to expect from their supervisory engagements in the year to come.

Mar 2021

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Recent years have seen the rapid global emergence of the "Gig Economy". This change in the labour market has led to a flurry of judgments, which have addressed the employment status of gig economy workers.

Mar 2021

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January 2021 saw the long advertised overhaul of the UK’s points-based immigration system, with the old Tier 2 (General) visa replaced by the Skilled Worker visa.

Feb 2021

Article

SFDR, PRIIPs KID, ESG ratings, CBDF, ELTIFs

Feb 2021

Article

Differentiated share classes, DAoFI, CSA on UCITS costs and fees, beneficial ownership, CBI markets updates, Ireland for Finance Action Plan 2021, CBI consultation on stakeholder engagement

Feb 2021

Article

Q&A of the month. What are the CBI's supervisory priorities for 2021?

Feb 2021

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The EU Commission looks set to adopt two adequacy decisions in favour of the UK, which will allow businesses to continue to freely transfer personal data from the EU/EEA to the UK.

Feb 2021

Article

EU Member States have reached an agreement on the negotiating mandate for the draft ePrivacy Regulation (ePR). The ePR will repeal and replace the ePrivacy Directive (ePD) and all member state laws that implement it.

Feb 2021

publication

A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement Group has published its report on merger control by Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in 2020. 

Feb 2021

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Businesses have had to adapt to a broad spectrum of challenges since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and so too have the Revenue Commissioners, who have been proactively engaging with taxpayers to address the extraordinary operating environment for businesses.