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Annual General Meeting of AmCham Azerbaijan 24.02.2010

Tuesday, March 02, 2010
AmCham held its Annual General Assembly at the February Member’s Luncheon. Four out of ten members of 2010-2011 AmCham Board of Directors were elected by AmCham members, with voting taking place during the luncheon and election results were announced immediately afterwards. We would like to congratulate Alum Bati, Wicklow Corporate Services, Dan Matthews, Baker & McKenzie,  and Movlan Pashayev, Pricewaterhouse Coopers Azerbaijan with their re-election and Teyba Gouliyeva, Societe Generale on board!

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Agreement reached with the State Migration Service

Monday, March 01, 2010
The American Chamber of Commerce in Azerbaijan has reached the agreement with the State Migration Service. We have received final confirmation from SMS that the companies listed below will be allowed to submit application forms on behalf of their clients provided that both companies are members of AmCham Azerbaijan:

The latest list of approved companies:

AIT – HRG Azerbaijan
MGB LAW OFFICES LIMITED
Q.B.S. Qafqaz Biznes Servisləri
EXPERT-SM LTD
BAKER & McKENZIE
KERMUR Specialized Bureau of Advocates
CENTRAL ASIA BUSINESS CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED
ERNST & YOUNG HOLDINGS (CIS) B.V.
WICKLOW CORPORATE SERVICES
SALANS
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Projects

Consumer Price Index, January 2010

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Over the last year (the base is 100 at 31 December 2008) the AAIP rose by 6.71 percent for Azerbaijani consumers and 7.13 for Expatriate consumers. In the 4th quarter of 2009 the AAIP rose by 2.42 percent for Azerbaijani consumers and 2.83 for Expatriate consumers. The largest upward effect on the AAIP rate came from Fruits & Vegetables where Index of Prices rose by 25.77 percent.
 
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committee highlights

ICT Committee Meeting 23.02.2010

Friday, February 26, 2010
The AmCham ICT Committee meeting took place on February 23rd, 2010. During the meeting presentation on topic “The real cost of illegal software” was made by the representative of Microsoft Azerbaijan Mr. Eldar Djangirov. As it was noted software piracy is the mislicensing, unauthorized reproduction and illegal distribution of software, whether for business or personal use.
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Tax and Customs Committee Meeting 09.02.2010

Thursday, February 18, 2010
The AmCham Tax and Customs Committee members gathered together on the 9th of February, 2010. The topic of the meeting was a discussion of the new agenda/plan for 2010. 
 
The meeting started with a 15 min presentation by Baker & McKenzie. Aykhan Asadov made a presentation on New Tax Treaties. The meeting went on by a presentation on New Tax Code by Arzu Hajiyeva, Ernst & Young. The last presentation was on Audit by SSF, where Zaur Kasumov, British-American Tobacco, spoke to members about their company experience.
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