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No more tax breaks for offshoring?
Comment Under the current VAT rules, where cross-border services are provided by one business to another, the basic place of supply rule for VAT purposes is to treat the supply as taking place in the country where the supplier... [11 Nov 2009]
'Cross-border shopping must be made easier'
News The EC has called for cross-border online shopping to be simplified, following research that found six out of 10 shoppers attempting cross-country purchases had their transactions blocked. In a strategy outlined by last... [26 Oct 2009]
Polish Police Force: Gaining Seamless Access to Data Throughout the EU
White Paper To meet EU free-travel Schengen Zone requirements, Poland needed an infrastructure that could provide police with mobile access to border crossing and visa systems, as well as government databases. For... [01 Oct 2009]
Border Security Systems: The Hungarian Case Study
White Paper Over the past ten years, Hungary has re-organized the structure of its Border Guard, changing it from a military organization with staff that is enrolled, into a police organization with solely professional staff. [31 Jul 2009]
Legal Eye: Ecommerce held back by outdated laws
Comment However, while ecommerce is taking off at national level, this trend is not mirrored in cross-border trade. Only seven per cent of consumers buy their goods online from a seller based in another member state - and the... [15 Apr 2009]
SEB Meets New Trading Requirements and Achieves Cross Border Compliance With ZL Unified Archive
White Paper To complicate things further, SEB is required to meet US and EU compliance regulations. In an active investment banking division at a large financial institution, the Chief Compliance Officer's duties have increased... [01 Apr 2009]
EU: No common protection scheme for ID card data
News While the first UK ID cards have been issued, currently no police stations, border-entry points or job centres have any way of reading the information stored on them. European Union members lack a co-ordinated strategy... [06 Feb 2009]
Legal Eye: Does Home Office online surveillance go too far?
Comment What is perhaps most controversial, however, is the potential cross-border application of these powers. Key issues: Protection vs prosecution: The balancing act between individual right to privacy and common need to... [21 Jan 2009]
Full steam ahead for police plans to hack home PCs
News The plan, to be implemented within the next five years, raises the possibility of cross-border co-operation on cyber investigations. We fully support work to develop an understanding of the scale and impact of electronic... [05 Jan 2009]
Sepa adoption 'could take five years'
News He told silicon.com that although Sepa has become politically important to the notion of a single European market, the economic climate has caused national banking industries to become more focused on home markets at the expense of the... [18 Nov 2008]
Banks, business suffering Sepa confusion
News Despite a year having passed since the launch of the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa), banks and businesses are still waiting for the new EU processes concerning cross-border payments to get off the ground. [16 Sep 2008]
Fibre era fraught with roadblocks: EC
News The European Commission first proposed reforming the EU Telecoms rules, which have been in place since 2003, in November last year with a view to reinforcing competition and investment as well as creating a single... [04 Sep 2008]
Gov't battles EU to use passenger data
News The Home Office claims that the names and travel plans it collects are crucial to control cross-border movements.silicon.com Retail & Leisure The government is battling European Union (EU) proposals to... [08 Aug 2008]
Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo The machine, seen in action here, is made by BAE Systems and is being trialled by UK Border Agency to reduce the heavy demands that searching the underside of vehicles for stowaways and smuggled materials places on staff. [24 Jul 2008]
Admit to security breaches, companies told
News The member states should undertake concerted efforts to reduce the imbalances in security levels, with more cross-border co-operation. The EU's online security body is calling for laws to force companies... [27 May 2008]
