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”).
The Government has said that Roy Clinton’s statements in Parliament that he should be treated in a ‘special way’ and not like a normal member of the public are “extraordinary”. Number Six says that despite the fact that the information Mr Clinton requests on the Gibraltar International Bank will be available to members of the public at Companies House, “Mr Clinton demands that he is given his own private copy!”
The proposal to convert the 7th floor car parking level of the ICC into seven apartments was turned down by members of the Development and Planning Commission at a meeting earlier today.
Over the course of the last two days, the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (‘GFSC’) hosted a visit from the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (‘EIOPA’).