Real Estate Denmark
Intercountry Transfer of the Proceeds of an Estate
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Intercountry Transfer of the Proceeds of an Estate
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Intercountry Transfer of the Proceeds of an Estate
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Norway (10/04)
Work force* (2003, 2.33 million): Government, social, personal services--37.6%; wholesale and retail trade, hotels, restaurants--17.5%; manufacturing and mining--12.7%; transport and communications--7.4%; financing, insurance, real estate, business services--12%; agriculture, forestry, fishing--3.9%; construction--6.7%; oil extraction--1.4%. ... The special High Court of the Realm hears impeachment cases; the regular courts include the Supreme Court (17 permanent judges and a president), courts of appeal, city and county courts, the labor court, and conciliation councils. Judges attached to regular courts are appointed by the king in council after nomination by the Ministry of Justice. ... [Read More]
USIA, Economic Perspectives, November 1998 -- View fromStuart Eizenstat
Sixth, commercial law reform to create appropriate regulation todeal with securities, shareholders' rights, real estate,intellectual property, bankruptcy, anti-trust, and theenvironment. The effort here is not only to create new laws butto develop appropriate institutions to administer them. ... The Clinton administration has a real sense of optimism about therule of law and anticorruption efforts. There has been a seachange in this area, with governments around the worldrecognizing the importance of having law-based systems andwilling to discuss and address in meaningful ways issues ofcorruption. ... [Read More]
Maldives (02/05)
Development has been centered upon the tourism industry and its complementary service sectors, transport, distribution, real estate, construction, and government. Taxes on the tourist industry have been plowed into infrastructure and used to improve technology in the agricultural sector. ... Percentages of GDP (2002): Tourism--31%; distribution--14%; government--12%; manufacturing--9%; real estate--8%. fishing--7%; construction--3%; agriculture--3%; other--13%. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Financial Body Revises Anti-Money Laundering Recommendations
The recommendations include more monitoring of high risk bank customers and transactions, extending anti-money laundering measures to non-financial businesses and professions such as casinos, real estate agents, dealers of precious stones and metals, accountants, lawyers, notaries and trust company providers, and improving transparency requirements, according to a June 20 OECD press release. ... -- the extension of anti-money laundering measures to designated non-financial businesses and professions (casinos; real estate agents; dealers of precious metals/stones; accountants; lawyers, notaries and independent legal professions; trust and company service providers); ... [Read More]
Austria
The Austrian legal system protects secured interests in property, both movable and real. Mortgages are recognized, if they are registered in the land register and the underlying contracts are valid. The law recognizes mortgages, if they are registered in the land register and the underlying contracts are valid. The land register provides a reliable system for recording interests in property. For any real estate agreement to be effective, the agreement must be entered with the land register. This requires approval of the land transfer commission or the office of the provincial governor. Any interested party has access to the land register. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Researcher Contends Environment Is Getting Better, Not Worse
Lomborg also contests the claims of major environmental groups. For example, the Worldwatch Institute said in its 1998 "State of the World" report that the world's forest estate "has declined significantly in both area and quality in recent decades." But Lomborg said that the longest data series of annual figures available from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization shows that global forest cover has in fact increased, from 30.04 percent of global land cover in 1950 to 30.89 percent in 1994. ... [Read More]
Ethiopia - Investment Climate Statement 2002
43. Of the total approved foreign investment projects, the manufacturing sector ranksfirst with a 41 percent share, followed by agriculture (20 percent), real estate (16.8percent), construction (8.7 percent) and education (less than 4 percent). FDI projectsthat have commenced operation constitute about 26 percent of the total approved FDIprojects, with an estimated capital of USD 470 million, or about 7 percent of Ethiopia'sGDP. ... 2. In June 1996, the Ethiopian Government issued a revised Investment Code whichprovides incentives for development-related investments, reduces capital entryrequirements for joint ventures and technical consultancy services, creates incentives inthe education and health sectors, permits the duty free entry of capital goods (exceptcomputers and vehicles), opens the real estate sector to expatriate investors, extends thelosses carried forward provision, cuts the capital gains tax from 40 to 10 percent, andgives priority to investors in obtaining land for lease. ... [Read More]
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