Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Hague Convention - Apostilled documents
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) is a unique forum where the governments of 30
market democracies work together to address the economic,
social and governance challenges of globalisation as
well as to exploit its opportunities. The Centre for
Tax Policy and Administration examines all aspects of
taxation, including international and domestic tax issues,
direct and indirect taxes and tax policy and administration,
as well as delivering a significant part of the OECD
co-operation programme with non-OECD economies. This
programme includes work on negotiating, applying, and
interpreting tax treaties, transfer pricing and effective
exchange of information. 33 Jurisdictions have made
commitments to transparency and effective exchange of
information and are considered co-operative jurisdictions
by the OECD's Committee on Fiscal Affairs.
Although a small number of jurisdictions identified
as tax havens in June 2000 have not yet made commitments,
the OECD would welcome continued dialogue with these
jurisdictions and the prospect of their future commitment
to transparency and effective exchange of information.
The Republic of Marshall Islands has refused to make
commitments to transparency and exchange information
in order to preserve information confidentiality,
which has been identified by the OECD's Committee
on Fiscal Affairs as unco-operative tax havens (also
including Andorra, Liberia, the Principality of Liechtenstein
and the Principality of Monaco)
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
According to the current mandate of the FATF,
which began in July 1998, the Task Force focuses on
the following major tasks:
- Spreading the anti-money laundering message to all
regions of the globe;
- Monitoring the implementation of the Forty Recommendations
in FATF members;
- Reviewing money laundering trends and countermeasures
During the bank account opening process, the Hong
Kong banker(s) may require the documents be certified
true by the manager of a banker, a practising CPA
firm or a practising law firm from below jurisdiction
member(s).
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Argentina
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Australia
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Austria
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Belgium
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Brazil
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Canada
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Denmark
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Finland
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France
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Greece
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Germany
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Hong Kong (China
SAR)
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Iceland
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Ireland
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Italy
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Japan
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Luxembourg
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Mexico
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Norway
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Portugal
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Russian Federation
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Singapore
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South Africa
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Turkey
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United Kingdom
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United States
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European
Commission
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Gulf
Co-operation Council
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European Commission
- member list as below
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Austria
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Belgium
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Cyprus
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Czech Republic
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Denmark
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Estonia
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Finland
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France
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Germany
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Greece
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Hungary
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Ireland
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Italy
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Malta
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Netherlands
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Poland
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Portugal
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Slovak Republic
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Slovenia
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Spain
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Sweden
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United Kingdom
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Gulf Co-operation
Council - member list as below
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Bahrain
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Kuwait
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Oman
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Qatar
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Saudi Arabia
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United Arab
Emirates
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The Hague Apostille Convention
On October 5, 1961, several nations joined to create
a simplified method of "legalizing" documents
for universal recognition. This group of nations is
known as the Hague Convention. They adopted a document
referred to as an Apostille that is internationally
recognized by all member nations. The member countries
include the followings:-
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Albania
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Andorra
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Antigua and
Barbuda
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Argentina
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Armenia
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Australia
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Austria
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Azerbaijan
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Bahamas
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Barbados
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Belarus
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Belgium
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Belize
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Bosnia and
Herzegovina
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Botswana
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Brunei Darussalam
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Bulgaria
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Hong Kong (China
SAR)
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China (Macao)
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Colombia
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Cook Islands
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Croatia
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Cyprus
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Czech Republic
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Dominica
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Ecuador
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El Salvador
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Estonia
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Fiji
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Finland
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France
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FYR of Macedonia
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Germany
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Greece
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Grenada
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Honduras
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Hungary
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Iceland
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India
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Ireland
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Israel
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Italy
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Japan
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Kazakhstan
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Latvia
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Lesotho
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Liberia
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Liechtenstein
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Malawi
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Malta
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Marshall Islands
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Mauritius
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Mexico
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Monaco
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Namibia
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Niue
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Norway
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Panama
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Poland
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Portugal
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Romania
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Russian Federation
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St Kitts and
Nevis
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Saint Lucia
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St Vincent
& Grenadines
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Samoa
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San Marino
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Serbia &
Montenegro
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Seychelles
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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South Africa
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Spain
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Suriname
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Swaziland
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Tonga
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Trinidad &
Tobago Turkey
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Ukraine
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United Kingdom
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USA
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Venezuela
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