The Companies (Amendment) Act recently entered into force and aims to decriminalise minor, technical and procedural non-compliance based on the nature and gravity of such offences, thereby facilitating and promoting the ease of doing business and further facilitating the ease of living for law-abiding corporates in India.
On 28 December 2020 the National Notes entered into force. The National Notes are the official interpretation instrument of the General Import and Export Tariff Code (TIGIE) of the new General Import and Export Duties Law (LIGIE) (for further details please see Are you ready for the new General Import and Export Duties Law? ). Their application is mandatory to determine the tariff classification of goods entering and leaving Mexico.
The National Notes contain specifications and criteria for the tariff classification of goods. They must be used to interpret the TIGIE and apply it in a uniform way in accordance with the new LIGIE.
Re Chinacast Education Corp,
(1) the High Court allowed a defendant s application for the release to him of a sum of money paid into court by the plaintiffs in order to fortify an asset freezing injunction that the plaintiffs had obtained against (among others) the defendant. The plaintiffs claims ultimately failed and the injunction was discharged. The defendant, in turn, obtained a monetary judgment against the plaintiffs. In allowing the defendant s application, the High Court had to decide whether the money paid into court had been advanced to the first plaintiff by the plaintiffs funders for a specific purpose such that it was subject to a trust claim and could be used only for that purpose, or whether the money could be used to satisfy the amount owed to the defendant.
Pursuant to three presidential decrees recently published in the <i>Official Gazette</i>, the termination ban and unilateral unpaid leave, which were due to expire by 17 January 2021, have been extended until 17 March 2021. Further, the short-time working allowance granted to workplaces which had applied until 31 December 2020 has been extended until 28 February 2021. Similarly, the application deadline for the short-time working allowance has been extended until 31 January 2021.
Rome Fiumicino Airport is the first Italian airport, and one of the first worldwide, to have implemented a protocol to operate COVID-19-tested flights. Pursuant to the applicable ministerial decree, in order to be exempt from mandatory quarantine on arrival in Italy, passengers must show a certificate proving a negative molecular COVID-19 test or an antigen rapid test, carried out within 48 hours before the flight. Otherwise, they must undergo an antigen rapid test at the departure airport directly before boarding.