Friday, 18 September 2026
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Sanctions & Export ControlsLatviaLatvijas Vēstnesis4 weeks ago
Latvia’s Foreign Ministry publishes changes made on 18 August 2026 under the ISIL and Al-Qaida sanctions framework. These amend existing entries.
Banking Regulation & Prudential RulesDenmarkRetsinformation4 weeks ago
The withdrawal identifies Guidance 9172 on boards’ collective suitability at banks and mortgage institutions. It does not itself amend the financial-business legislation discussed in that guidance.
Capital Markets Law & Securities RegulationNorwayAltinn4 weeks ago
The later Altinn guidance names Regnskapsfører med signeringsrettighet rather than the two auditor packages previously listed.
Insurance RegulationNorwayAltinn4 weeks ago
Insurance and reinsurance brokers should check the auditor’s access before the two-stage client-money declaration is submitted.
AML / KYC RulesLithuaniaLietuvos auditorių rūmai1 month ago14 documents
The adopted policy links inspection intensity to risk and expects firms to flag problems early, while keeping responsibility for compliance with their management.
Insurance RegulationEstoniaFinantsinspektsioon1 month ago2 documents
Finantsinspektsioon focuses on the transaction’s economic substance: compensating a customer’s uncertain loss differs from providing the supplier’s own services.
Investment Funds & Asset Management RegulationNorwayAltinn1 month ago
The signing requirement concerns the first-half auditor declaration; Norwegian branches are expressly excluded from that declaration.
AML / KYC RulesUnited KingdomGOV.UK1 month ago
The fit-and-proper assessment continues after registration, and Companies House weighs both the seriousness of concerns and evidence that they have been resolved.
Banking Regulation & Prudential RulesEstoniaFinantsinspektsioon1 month ago
Banks should review activity classifications and the 50% principal-activity test. Finantsinspektsioon lists 10 August 2026; the EBA guidelines themselves apply from 4 May 2026.
Sanctions & Export ControlsLatviaValsts ieņēmumu dienests1 month ago2 documents
A ruling on Kuwaiti-origin jet fuel rejects the argument that retaining non-Union customs status removes the Russian-transit prohibition.
AML / KYC RulesUnited KingdomGOV.UK1 month ago
Art-market firms should follow HMRC’s Part 1 where the 2026 amendments conflict with BAMF guidance, while replacement sector guidance awaits ministerial approval.
AML / KYC RulesNorwayRevisorforeningen1 month ago
The draft covers auditors, accountants and tax advisers. Responses are due 27 September 2026; the proposed methodology would apply from 31 December 2028.
Beneficial Ownership & UBO RegistersDenmarkErhvervsstyrelsen1 month ago
Companies using Erhvervsstyrelsen’s ownership-book tool must maintain both the book and legal-owner registrations in Virk. The optional tool no longer transfers those entries.
Foreign Exchange & Currency ControlsSwedenSkatteverket2 months ago3 documents
Skatteverket’s new entries distinguish the 31 July balance-sheet rate, the annual income-statement average and the July reporting-period average.
AML / KYC RulesLatviaValsts ieņēmumu dienests2 months ago2 documents
VID lists Star Bright Media S.R.L, Next Global Era Limited and RUNITUP LTD under decisions of 28 July 2026. Payment-service duties are tied to receipt of the relevant decision.
AML / KYC RulesFranceLégifrance2 months ago2 documents
The new professional-trader test applies regardless of payment method; other goods traders retain a separate cash or electronic-money test.
