New rules for exchange of VAT payment data

The growth of electronic commerce, e-commerce, facilitates the cross-border sale of goods and services to final consumers in the Member States. In that context, cross-border e-commerce refers to supplies upon which the VAT is due in a Member State, but the supplier is established in another Member State, in a third territory or in a third country. However, fraudulent businesses exploit e-commerce opportunities in order to gain unfair market advantages by evading their VAT obligations. Where the principle of taxation at destination applies, since consumers have no accounting obligations, the Member States of consumption need appropriate tools to detect and control such fraudulent businesses. It is important to combat cross-border VAT fraud caused by the fraudulent behaviour of some businesses in the area of cross-border e-commerce.

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Decisions on monetary policy

According to the press release of National Bank of Romania, in its meeting of 7 February 2020, the Board of the National Bank of Romania decided the following: to keep the monetary policy rate at 2.50 percent per annum; to leave unchanged the deposit facility rate at 1.50 percent per annum and the lending facility rate at 3.50 percent per annum; to cut the minimum reserve requirement ratio on foreign currency-denominated liabilities of credit institutions to 6 percent from 8 percent starting with the 24 February – 23 March 2020 maintenance period and to maintain the minimum reserve requirement ratio on leu-denominated liabilities at 8 percent.

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New EU Visa Rules

The EU has issues new rules on short-stay visas to simplify the process for travelers to apply for a visa. These visas will aid visitors seeking to visit Europe for tourism, trade, and business while also providing tools for countering security risks and irregular migration. The new rules apply to citizens from all countries which already need visas for travel to the EU. This includes people from 105 non-EU countries; for those from countries with visa-free travel, there will be no change.

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January 2020 euro area bank lending survey

According to the press released of the European Central Bank on euro area bank lending survey, dated January 21st, credit standards remained broadly unchanged for both loans to enterprises and housing loans; demand for loans to enterprises declined, while demand for housing loans increased further; Euro area banks use TLTRO-III liquidity largely for granting loans.

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European Union’s derivatives markets

The European Securities and Markets Authority the EU’s securities regulator, published on 9th of December its second Annual Statistical Report analysing the European Union’s derivatives markets.  The Report, based on data submitted under the European Markets and Infrastructure Regulation, provides a comprehensive market-level view of the EU’s derivatives markets in 2018, which had a total size of €735tn gross notional amount outstanding, an increase of 11% on 2017.

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EUR 200 million loan fund to support lending to micro-enterprises and social enterprises

The European Union, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have launched a EUR 200 million loan fund to support lending to micro-enterprises and social enterprises under the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) as shown in the press release of the European Investment Bank.

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