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The CJUE ruled against Portugal in process C‑388/19 regarding discriminatory taxation of capital gains on the sale of real estate property. In 2017, a French resident realized a capital gain on [...]

The European Commission approved the creation of a new Portuguese State Owned Bank – the Banco Português de Fomento (BPF). The BPF will be Portugal’s new national development bank, focused on [...]

The European Commission is proposing a ban on all non-essential travel from and to the Schengen Area, in an attempt to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus. EU countries not belonging to the [...]

The European Union’s list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions has been amended. On February 18, 2020, the Council adopted revised conclusions on the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for [...]

Since October 2018, the European Travel Information Authorization System (“ETIAS”) has been developed and has a target launch date of January 2021. Travelers from visa exempt countries will have [...]