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All of France’s oil refineries shut down due to strikes
May 24th, 2016
France’s oil refineries are on strike Tuesday, union officials said, with all eight of the country’s refineries out of action. A CGT (General Confederation of Labor) union official confirmed the closures to various media. The union had not responded ...
France to Publicize Beneficial Ownership Information
May 17th, 2016
France intends to put in place “as soon as possible” a central registry of information on the beneficial owners of companies and trusts, which will be open to the public. The pledge was made by the French Government as ...
France May Accelerate Corporate Tax Cut
May 17th, 2016
The French Government is reportedly considering cutting the rate of corporate tax further than already planned as part of changes to the Responsibility and Solidarity Pact under consideration by the Government, although the reports were later denied by Finance ...
France wants a new Blacklist of jurisdictions failing to meet international tax transparency standards
April 14th, 2016
The French Government wants the G-20 to draw up a new blacklist of jurisdictions failing to meet international tax transparency standards. The French Ministry of Finance has proposed that the blacklist would be based on the country evaluations of ...
AMF France warns against the activities of Binary Options Trading websites that are not authorised
March 28th, 2016
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the financial regulatory authority of France, has issued a press release to inform investors and public for Binary Options Websites offering their services in France without the necessary authorisation by AMF. Below is ...
France fines Google for breaking ‘right to be forgotten’ law
March 28th, 2016
The nation can’t control what people access outside its borders, Google says. Europe’s “right to be forgotten” law is a boon to privacy, helping individuals hide embarrassing Facebook posts and other “out-of-date and irrelevant” results from search engines. However, ...
VW: Prosecutors in Germany and France widen probes
March 9th, 2016
Prosecutors in Germany and France have broadened their investigations into the emissions scandal at Volkswagen. Authorities in Paris have opened a formal probe into “aggravated fraud” over the use of diesel engine devices that gave misleading emissions results. And ...
France launches probe into UBS subsidiary over fraud case
March 3rd, 2016
France on Wednesday launched an official investigation into the French subsidiary of Swiss banking giant USB for alleged witness intimidation, a source close to the case told AFP. UBS France is suspected of trying to silence a whistle-blower who ...
Iran-France oil contract to take effect Feb 16
February 9th, 2016
France’s energy giant Total will start importing 160,000 barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil from Iran later this month, Iran’s petroleum minister says. Bijan Zangeneh said an agreement, signed last month in Paris between National Iranian Oil Company ...
UK tax avoidance: Google looks ‘to pay three times more tax’ in France than in UK
January 26th, 2016
Google is said to be negotiating a tax settlement with France worth three times more than it paid the British Exchequer even though it employs thousands more staff in the UK. The UK arm generates about three times as ...
