Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency
This section details initiatives to make government a competitive advantage. It includes analysis and reports of government initiatives, as well as data on accountability and performance measures.
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An alternative approach to resolving a potential competition law issue
The Office for the Protection of Competition (Office) recently applied an alternative solution to a potential competition issue related to vertical resale price agreements and customer restriction agreements. Although the Office discovered the existence of the agreements, it did not initiate administrative proceedings.
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Planned changes to VAT on e-commerce in 2021
In the amendment to the VAT Act scheduled to take effect from 1 July 2021, changes should be made to the application of value added tax (VAT) to electronic commerce (i.e. e-commerce). These changes concern the rules for determining the Member State of taxation and will affect in particular sellers of goods who sell goods to other EU Member States to end customers, for example via e-shops.
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