by Editor | Jun 27, 2017 | National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai On 15 March 2017, The Chinese GeneraI Provisions of CiviI Law (the General Provisions) were formally adopted at the 5th Session of the 12th National People Congress of the People’s Republic of China. The General Provisions...
by Editor | Jun 15, 2017 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Jean-Michel Moriniere, UAE jm@moriniere.org On 5 June 2017, three of the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (“GCC”), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”), the Federation of the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) and the Kingdom of Bahrain (“Bahrain”) have decided to...
by Editor | Jun 10, 2017 | National Issues
Robert Vogel, Switzerland rvogel@swisslegal.ch In Switzerland it is common to provide employees who rely on a car for business uses a company car. As a fringe benefit, the company car can often also be used for private purposes. The concrete arrangement concerning the...
by Editor | May 29, 2017 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Richard Gluck, USA rgluck@gsblaw.com In line with PRC’s 13th Five-Year-Plan and “Internet+” initiative, the Ministry of Transport launched the Non-Truck-Owning-Carrier program as a one-year pilot beginning December 2016. The goal of the program is to introduce...
by Editor | May 24, 2017 | Customs Issues, National Issues
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) published Customs Notice 17-15 yesterday, which delays the mandatory implementation date for the e-Manifest program indefinitely. This expected announcement replaces Notice 16-23, under which e-Manifest would have been...
by Editor | May 14, 2017 | National Issues, Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai China has for the longest time been known for adopting one of the most restrictive reciprocity systems in the world. A view widely accepted by even Chinese scholars, this approach has made it almost impossible to recognise foreign...
