(Tax News Reporter - Week ended 10 December 1996)

The Service for Currency and Export Control has become a "Federal Service" with ministerial status, and is now on the same level as the tax police. This may imply that compliance with currency regulation will be monitored much more closely in the future.
Presidential Decree of 29 November 1996 No. 1611

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