The Government says it notes, “with disappointment”, the European Parliament’s objection, today, to the entry into force of the European Commission’s decision to remove certain jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, from the EU’s list of ‘high-risk’ third-countries with strategic deficiencies as regards anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”).
Following the entry into force in Gibraltar of the OECD and Council of Europe Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters earlier this year, the Government can confirm that Gibraltar now has in place a total of 135 tax information exchange arrangements with 80 countries. Particulars of these are shown in the attached schedule.
The GSD has announced a series of detailed proposals to reform and improve Gibraltar’s education system. At a press conference this morning at the party’s HQ in College Lane, GSD members said that, if elected, the proposed changes would take the education and training of Gibraltar’s youth “to another level.”
The inaugural call of the Celebrity Silhouette cruise ship to the port of Gibraltar took place recently, as part of Celebrity Cruises’ programme of scheduled visits to the Rock.