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  28.11.2023

  Romania

  Romania offers mineral resources licences via new public tender

  On 21 November, Romania’s Official Gazette published the Order of the President of the Romanian National Agency for Mineral Resources (NAMR) for approving the list of perimeters for the concession of exploration activities through public tender – Round No. 101/2023 for various mineral resources such as (poly)metallic ores, copper, gold and silver ores, geothermal, therapeutical and mineral waters, coal, iron and manganese minerals, etc.  On this Round, 20 perimeters have been offered for concession.The deadline for the submission of the offers is 17 January 2024 at 4.30 pm.The...

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  28.11.2023

  Turkiye

  Future of Short-Term Renting Systems in Türkiye

  Law No. 7464 on Leasing of Properties for Tourism Purposes and Amendments to Certain Laws (the “Law”), published in the Official Gazette of 2 November 2023 and numbered 32357, regulates the procedures and principles of leasing of properties used for tourism purposes to real and legal persons. Today, leasing for tourism purposes has the potential to be an important source of income for property owners. The law that has come into force in Türkiye to regulate activities in this field includes a number of regulations for property-owners and the tourism sector.The main purpose of the...

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  28.11.2023

  United Kingdom

  UK hydrogen production – further updates to LCHA terms

  Introduction On 21 November 2023, the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (“DESNZ”) shared an updated full-form front end agreement (the “Front End Agreement”) and Standard Terms and Conditions (the “Standard Terms and Conditions”) for the Low Carbon Hydrogen Agreement (together the “LCHA”) to members of the Hydrogen Production Business Model Stakeholder Forum.This article outlines the key updates made to the LCHA since the last draft update in August 2023. DESNZ notes that the revisions are in response to feedback from the stakeholder...

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  28.11.2023

  England and Wales

  Residential leasehold reform – draft legislation published

  SummaryJust weeks after we reported on the housing proposals referred to in the King’s Speech (Reforming the Housing Market: A word from the King (cms-lawnow.com)), the Government on 27 November 2023 introduced the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (the “Bill”) to Parliament, the next step in its long-promised programme of reform to ‘improve home ownership for millions of leaseholders in England and Wales’.Whilst the Bill and many of its inclusions come as no surprise, there are some newly introduced provisions. It is focused on residential property and has wide-reaching...

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  28.11.2023

  United Kingdom

  A warning to those reporting on diagnostic imaging - KJY v University College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  With the UK Government announcing at the end of October 2023 that 160 community diagnostic centres will be open by March 2024, it is a burgeoning time for those working in diagnostics. Medical malpractice claims arising from the misreporting of radiology can, however, be costly. Whilst we do not have the data for non-NHS claims, NHS Resolution’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023 showed that radiology claims made up 4% of the clinical claims received in 2022/23 (402 claims out of a total of 10,062) and cost 2% of the total value of clinical claims received in 2022/23 (£118,144,000...

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  28.11.2023

  Belgium

  De la double imposition des dividendes de source française. La Cour de cassation met un terme à la saga !

  La Cour de cassation vient de rendre un arrêt qui devrait mettre un point final au dernier épisode de la saga de la « quotité forfaitaire d’impôt étranger » (« QFIE »), controverse bien connue en matière de dividendes d’origine française perçus par des résidents belges. En donnant tort à l’administration, malheureusement suivie par certaines juridictions de fond, la Cour a suivi notre argumentaire en admettant que le crédit d’impôt que constitue la QFIE puisse être...

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