Foreign Direct Investment

• Taxation in Kazakhstan

  Vsevolod Markov and Nataliya Shapovalova McGuire [email protected], [email protected] Kazakhstan, all taxes and main fees and…

  November 10, 2008

• Ministry of Commerce, Circular on Delegating Matters Concerning the Examination and Approval of Foreign-invested Commercial Enterprises

  商务部关于下放外商投资商业企业审批事项的通知

  Approval procedures for commercial FIEs streamlined.

  November 10, 2008

• Mergers and Acquisitions in Ukraine

  Maksym CherkasenkoArzinger & [email protected] overviewIn many countries where M&A transactions have been carried out for many…

  November 10, 2008

• China Insurance Regulatory Commission, Reply on the Issue of Delimiting the Scope of Affiliated Transactions of Foreign-invested Insurance Companies

  中国保险监督管理委员会关于外资保险公司关联交易范围界定问题的复函

  Affiliated transactions of insurance FIEs defined.

  November 10, 2008

• State Administration for Industry and Commerce and Ministry of Commerce, Provisions for the Administration of Foreign-invested Advertising Enterprises

  国家工商行政管理总局、商务部外商投资广告企业管理规定

  Government relaxes foreign investment in advertising enterprises.

  November 10, 2008

• Ministry of Commerce, Circular on Delegating Matters Concerning the Changes to, and Examination and Approval of, Foreign-invested Companies Limited by Shares and Enterprises

  商务部关于下放外商投资股份公司、企业变更、审批事项的通知

  MOFCOM delegates its FIE approval power to lower level departments.

  November 10, 2008

• Circular on Delegating Matters Concerning the Examination and Approval of Foreign-invested Commercial Enterprises

  关于下放外商投资商业企业审批事项的通知

  The Circular states that, with certain exceptions, the investment in and establishment of commercial enterprises by foreign investors shall be subject to the examination of the provincial-level departments in charge of commerce.

  November 10, 2008

• RULES ISSUED TO ENCOURAGE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN COMPANIES

  Government loosens approval process for foreign-invested advertising enterprises

  November 10, 2008

• Provisions for the Administration of Foreign-invested Advertising Enterprises

  外商投资广告企业管理规定

  The revised Provisions delegate some of the approval power concerning the establishment of foreign-invested advertising enterprises to provincial-level government departments.

  November 10, 2008

• Foreign investment welcome in China's new advertising landscape

  The Provisions for the Administration of Foreign-invested Advertising Enterprises (the Provisions) were promulgated by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) and took effect on October 1. The Provisions replaced the Regulation of Administration of Foreign Invested Advertising Entities and reflects a liberalisation trend that encourages foreign investment in this specialised business sector. By Richard Wageman, DLA Piper, Beijing.

  November 10, 2008