Law in the metaverse

Code is one of few forces to have challenged the dominance of law in regulating human behaviour. The confrontation between…

Will Blockchain technology shape new laws or adhere to existing ones?

Towards a European Monetary Fund — consolidating the democratic deficit?

A plethora of voices are promoting the idea of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) transforming into a European Monetary Fund, with a view to eliminate the need to involve the International Monetary…

Are big data and algorithms next on the European Commission’s competition agenda?

Bridging the divide between code and law in distributed ledger ecosystems

Cyprus enacts national legislation supplementing the GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ensures a consistent level of protection for natural persons throughout the EU in a manner which provides legal certainty and transparency. EU Member States are enacting legislation…

Passporting in the EU for banking, financial services and insurance undertakings

Access to the EU’s Single Market is increasingly becoming a priority for non-EU credit institutions, financial services providers and insurance undertakings. Structuring an EU presence entails…

State aid control over tax rulings of EU member states — should multinationals be revisiting their tax rulings?

Cartels and Leniency under Cyprus law

The primary competition legislation in Cyprus is the Protection of Competition Law 13(I)/2008, as amended by Law 41(I)/2014 (the ‘Competition Law’). The Commission for the Protection of Competition (the ‘CPC’) is the competent implementing authority.

Companies outside the EU may have data protection compliance obligations under the GDPR