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Cambodian Society of Comparative Law Annual Conference 2013

Date ＆Time
Mar. 1, 2013～Mar. 2, 2013　
Venue
National University of Management, Phnom Penh

Legislative Fine-Tuning in Financial and Credit Marketization and Taxation

Legal reform for marketization in Cambodia has entered into a new phase of legalization and legislative development. Commercial transactions in the hitherto unfamiliar financial and credit markets are becoming possible as a result of the increasing number of legislative projects and newly established regulatory institutions. However, there remain several incidents of technical gaps between the ongoing pace of legislative development and the anticipated process of financial/credit marketization and taxation. Mending these gaps will most likely enable a fuller realization of the benefits of taxation and potential development of the surging financial and credit markets.

The CSCL Conference this year will be aimed at three main objectives: (1) to review the current state of legislative development in financial and credit marketization and taxation, (2) to identify any existing or potential technical gaps between the ongoing legislative efforts and the anticipated process of financial/credit marketization and taxation; and (3) to deliberate and debate on any issues of possible fine-tuning to help mend the existing or potential technical gaps and to learn from the experience of other countries in the Asian region.

PROGRAM

Day 1 (Friday, March 1, 2013)

Opening Ceremony (09:00 – 10:00)

Section 1 (10:00 – 12:00): Insurance Law (Chair: TBC)

  • Development of the Insurance Law and Market in Cambodia, Bou Chanthirou, (Deputy Director, Financial Industry Department, Ministry of Finance and Economy)
  • Life Insurance in Cambodia – Challenges and Opportunity, Prou Sythan, (Director, Legal and Compliance Section, Manulife, Cambodia)
  • Legislating the Insurance Market – The Cases of Japan, Ogushi Junko (Attorney-at-law and Senior Partner, Atsumi and Sakai, Tokyo, Japan)

Section 2 (14:00 – 17:30): Round-Table Discussions

General discussions (14:40 – 15:30)

Part II – Comparing Lawyers’ Profession in Japan and Cambodia (15:50 – 17:30)

Day 2 (Saturday, March 2, 2013)

Section 3 (09:00 – 11:30): Tax Law (Chair: Kong Phallack, Dean Panhasastra University of Cambodia)

  • Tax Administration in Cambodia – History and Current Development, Eng Ratana
  • Introducing the Personal Income Tax – Possibilities and challenges, Song Kosal
  • Tax Administration in Japan, Imai Takako (JICA Legal Advisor, Tax Department, Cambodia)

Section 4 (14:00 – 16:00): Civil Code – Secured Transaction (Chair: TBC)

  • Current Challenges of Secured Transaction in Cambodia, Heng Chhay, (Lawyer, Sok and Heng) + Phin Sovath (Associate Dean, Panhasastra University of Cambodia)
  • Practices of Secured Transaction in Japan, Sawayama Seigo, (Lawyer Allens Pte Ltd, Hanoi Office).

Closing ceremony (16:00 – 16:30)

Wrapping up: Kuong Teilee, Associate Professor, Nagoya University

Closing remarks (Sato Yasunobu, Professor, University of Tokyo)

Contact：
Nagoya University Center for Asian Legal Exchange (CALE)
e-mail：cale-jimu@law.nagoya-u.ac.jp