EUROCHAM Malaysia had a productive meeting with CMA CGM today. We thank Mr. Ravindra Sahu, Managing Director for welcoming and accommodating the EUROCHAM Malaysia team, led by Mr. Sven Schneider, EUROCHAM Malaysia CEO to your office for an extensive discussion on shipping logistics, future collaborations, and engagements together with your esteemed organisation.

EUROCHAM looks forward to more collaborative efforts, exploring opportunities as well as developing strategic plans and future engagement with CMA CGM through an array of promotion and advocacy programmes as well as campaigns and events.

EUROCHAM Malaysia will be hosting our upcoming BizTalks Webinar together with Crowe Malaysia on the topic of Expatriate Tax Filing Requirements in Malaysia this month!

The webinar will be touching on the different income tax treatments that different countries have on individual/personal income tax. Malaysia adopts a territorial scope of taxation and the Malaysian Inland Revenue Board (“MIRB”) has introduced the self-assessment system with effect from the Year of Assessment (“YA”) 2004. Under the self-assessment system, an assessment is deemed to be made by the tax authorities on the day the return is submitted.

Connecting and building relationships is the name of the game – networking is the key to success and we couldn’t agree more!

EUROCHAM Malaysia is delighted to start the second quarter of the year with another anticipated networking session! Where there will be some light refreshments, drinks, and a whole lot of fun – we want to take this time to connect and further build our relationship with our fellow members and colleagues from our EU bilateral chambers.

We welcome our fellow members to join us at our networking event together with KSK Land

Greece has paid off its entire debt from the financial crisis to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), two years ahead of schedule.

Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said the repayment "closes the chapter" that was opened in May 2010.

"[This is] “a very positive development,” Staikouras stated, adding that the country could save around €230 million in interest.

Greece’s European Union bailout lenders gave the formal go-ahead last week for the early repayment of the outstanding loans worth €1.86 billion.

Another great milestone for EUROCHAM Malaysia to start the second quarter of the year!

EUROCHAM Malaysia welcomes the Polish Investment and Trade Agency as part of our ever-growing network – with a ceremony to commemorate this strategic collaboration. Today the ceremony was held at the Polish Investment and Trade Agency office, to officiate the agency’s membership with EUROCHAM and the Memorandum of Understand (MoU) that was signed last year.

This collaboration will see and explore opportunities and potential strategic promotional programmes that will assist in providing developmental support regarding advocacy-related matters to the relevant government agencies and ministries. As well as to support the Polish business community who are operating and/or exploring the Malaysian markets.

The European Union has accepted Malaysia's Covid-19 vaccine certificates effective today.

In a report, European Commission president Ursula Von Der Leyen said the EU had accepted Malaysia's vaccine certificates in equivalence with the EU's Digital Covid-19 Certificate.

"Covid-19 vaccination and test certificates issued by Malaysia in accordance with the 'Vaccine Management System' shall, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, be considered as equivalent to those issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953.

"Malaysia shall be connected to the EU Digital Covid Certificate trust framework established by Regulation (EU) 2021/953.

"This decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union," she said in the report published today (April 4).