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    18/03/2024
    Germany

    The DGA is expected to spur on data altruism

    Voluntary data donations are intended to make data widely usable. The DGA wants to build trust in data altruism organisations.The range of applications in which the use of data and information is playing an ever-increasing role is extremely broad: From the healthcare sector to the automotive industry, data can yield considerable benefits to any company or research institution. In addition, artificial intelligence (AI) requires large amounts of data to be analysed in order to be useful. However, data can only be used to benefit the general public if they have been collected and made available to...
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    18/03/2024
    Sweden

    New legislation on foreign direct investment screening in Sweden applies from 1 December 2023 – main features and challenges

    The new Foreign Direct Investment Screening Act (Sw: lag (2023:560) om granskning av utländska direktinvesteringar) applies in Sweden from 1 December 2023. The act covers a broad range of businesses and investments and thus needs to be taken into account before executing transactions relating to Swedish businesses.What are the main features of the new legislation?The FDI Act requires a specific screening procedure to be carried out prior to investments in certain protected activities (below Protected Activities). Given the wording of the act, Protected Activities is a rather broad concept...
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    18/03/2024
    Sweden

    Nya regler om tillsyn över offentliga upphandlingar

    Den 30 november 2023 beslutade riksdagen att anta regeringens proposition 2023/24:3 om en effektivare upphandlingstillsyn. Ändringarna kommer att börja gälla den 1 januari 2024. Regeringens förslag avser att stärka Konkurrensverkets roll i övervakningen av offentlig upphandling.De nya reglerna innebär bland annat att Konkurrensverket ges utökade befogenheter vid beslut om upphandlingsskadeavgifter, en förlängd tidsfrist för att fatta beslut om upphandlingsskadeavgifter samt en fördubbling av det maximala beloppet för upphandlingsavgifter...
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    18/03/2024
    Sweden

    Cyber- och in­form­a­tionssäker­het - Uppdatering av NIS-direktivet (NIS 2)

    Det så kallade NIS-direktivet  1 Direktivet (EU) 2016/1148 om åtgärder för en hög gemensam nivå på säkerhet i nätverks- och informationssystem i hela unionen.  har uppdaterats genom NIS2-direktivet som ska börja tillämpas senast den 18 oktober 2024. Uppdateringen syftar till att öka EU:s övergripande cybersäkerhetsnivå och innebär skärpta krav för aktörer inom såväl privat som offentlig sektor.NIS-direktivet berör aktörer...
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    18/03/2024
    Sweden

    The Swedish government proposes increased excise tax on gambling from 18 to 22 percent

    In connection with the introduction of a license system for certain gambling services in Sweden in the Gambling Act (2018:1138) on 1 January 2019, the Act on Gambling Tax (2018:1139) was introduced. Pursuant to the Act on Gambling Tax, gambling tax must be paid to the Swedish state for such licensed gambling that is provided by a license holder under the Gambling Act.The gambling tax that must be paid by a license holder amounts to 18 percent of the balance for one taxation period, i.e. one calendar month. The balance for a taxation period is calculated as the difference between the total stakes...
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    18/03/2024
    Sweden

    Contract for gambling services found void by Swedish court due to gambler’s gambling problems, leading to a repayment of net losses

    The Swedish Patent and Market Court of Appeal has found an agreement for the provision of gambling services between a gambler and a gambling operator invalid due to the gambler’s gambling problems and the gambling operator’s intrusive marketing toward the gambler. The gambling operator was imposed to repay net losses of EUR 527,395 and pay damages for mental suffering of SEK 10,000 to the gambler.BackgroundOn 21 February 2019, a Swedish consumer sued the Maltese gambling operator BML Group Ltd in the Patent and Market Court of Sweden and claimed that the gambling operator should be...
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