ESG Tax Sustainability
Companies are facing new challenges. A flood of new tax ESG legislation has been introduced as a means of influencing how people and companies act. Meijburg’s ESG Tax Sustainability team is part of the global KPMG ESG network and therefore has the worldwide expertise to help organizations with their sustainability process.
EU Green Bond Regulation formally adopted
After extensive negotiations, the European Parliament (the EP) and the Council of the EU (the Council) adopted the European Green Bond Regulation (the Regulation) on 5 October 2023 and 23 October 2023, respectively. The Regulation has been adopted after the European Commission (the EC) submitted a legislative proposal for the introduction of a European Green Bond Standard (EUGBS) on 6 July 2021 and after the Council and the EP announced that a provisional agreement had been reached on an EU green bonds framework on 28 February 2023.
District Court on insurance premium tax place of risk and transport exemption
Although the case concerns highly specialized satellite insurance policies, the interpretation of the definition of establishment and the transport exemption is of wider importance for the Dutch and European insurance markets.