In the morning of June 25, the ECCK hosted a tax seminar with KPMG Korea at Lotte Hotel Seoul. The seminar was led by KPMG Korea tax partners Tai-Joon Kim, Tae-Joo Kim and Yu-Jin Suh and they covered the most recent tax audit trends in the areas of tax, transfer pricing and customs with special …
On June 24, the ECCK hosted a seminar on polymer registration and exemption with the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic). The seminar was divided into three parts: In part one, Cynthia Mitchell from ExxonMobil informed the participants ‘how to identify polymers and harmonized polymer registration consistent with international trends. In part two, Willi Muenninghoff from …
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On June 20, the ECCK organized an HR Forum on ‘2019 Regulatory Developments’ at WeWork Seomyeon for its Busan members. During the forum, Mr. Jungwoo Lee, partner from Bae, Kim & Lee shared his observation into regulatory development, including reduction of working hours, minimum wage increase and harassment in workplace. A particular focus was placed …
On June 20, the ECCK President Christoph Heider met with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Secretary General Henri Gétaz to discuss the EFTA-Korea free trade relations and the perspective of the Korean economy. The EFTA is the intergovernmental organisation of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. It was set up in 1960 by its then …
The European Business Organisation (EBO) Worldwide Network met in Brussels from June 17 to 19, 2019 for its annual meeting, hosted by European Commission’s Directorate General GROW. The EBOs met with various representatives from the European Commission and the European Parliament from whom they received up-dates on most recent initiatives; in return the EBOs, including …