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  • Rules on set-up and administration of joint venture securities companies

    China 15.05.2002
    Regulations have recently been issued to permit sino-foreign joint venture securities companies. Two pieces of new regulations During the last several months, the China Securities Regulatory Commission...
  • New Map For Foreign Venture Capital Investments in China

    China 11.05.2002
    The past few months have seen the Chinese Government release of a wide range of new regulations favouring foreign investment in China. These new regulations are designed to respond to China's accession...
  • The new trust law in China

    China 07.05.2002
    The peoples congress of the Peoples Republic of China (the "PRC") recently passed a law on trusts (the "Law") which will come into force later this year. This is noteworthy for several reasons. Firstly,...
  • New report reveals that the changes in the EU's anti-dumping laws towards China are not working

    China 03.05.2002
    A report written by Dr Robert MacLean, a former partner in our Brussels office specialising in international trade law, reveals that the European Union is still continuing to discriminate when carrying...
  • New residency permit scheme in Shanghai

    China 02.05.2002
    Shanghai is reportedly to enhance residency rights for such applicants as it believes can boost the city's development. Under the new scheme, a Residency Permit will be issued to individuals who hold a...
  • Precedent case of on-line copyright infringement in the PRC 2

    China 02.05.2002
    The Shanghai People's Court in February this year made the first ruling on copyright infringement on the Internet. Shanghai Meiwang Technology Co. Ltd. ("Meiwang") and Lex Information Service Co. Ltd....
  • What WTO accessions means

    China 29.04.2002
    On Monday 11 November, China formally signed an accord to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) thereby bringing the world's sixth biggest economy into the global trading body. This agreement became...
  • Beer - Russian State Duma asks 'is it good for you?'

    RussiaUnited Kingdom 23.04.2002
    On 15 April 2002, the Russian State Duma approved a first draft of various amendments to be made to the advertising legislation. The principal focus of these amendments is to toughen the rules relating...
  • The Government Green Book on E-commerce

    Czech Republic 19.04.2002
    "A mountain gave birth to a mouse," said Vladimir Smejkal, an authority on IT-law in the Czech Republic, with irony when referring to a draft of the Government Green Book on E-commerce ("GGB"). GGB is...
  • New rules on the use of Hungarian language in advertisements and other publications

    Hungary 18.04.2002
    General rules Act No. XCVI of 2001 on the Publication of Advertisements and Shop Signs and Public Announcements (the "Act") entered into force on 17 February 2002. Advertisements, signs and notices which...