BES LAW DEVELOPMENTS
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES)
Within a couple of years, the BES Islands, as public entities, will be part of the country of the Netherlands in the framework of the political restructuring in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The US dollar will be introduced as the new currency in the BES Islands. Curacao and St. Maarten will each become a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and have their own legislation and regulations.
The starting point of the political restructuring is that Dutch legislation will be introduced only gradually into the BES Islands. It has been established that …
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THE DUTCH SUPERVISION ON TRUST COMPANIES (II)
Regulatory framework aims at sound operational management
Section 10 (1) of the Dutch Act on the Supervision of Trust Offices (the ‘ASTO’) states that rules may be issued for trust offices, pursuant to an order in council, i.e. a governmental decree, with the intention of ensuring sound operational management. Such rules were issued in the Order on Sound Operational Management Relating to The ASTO (‘Regeling integere bedrijfsvoering Wet toezicht trustkantoren’; the ‘Order’). The Order is in effect from 1st March 2004.
According to Article 2 (c) of the Order, sound operational management means:
“the management of the organization of the …
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