During the traditional Spring Ball of the Chamber, which took place on 8 April, the Chamber recognised with the medals of honour persons who have played an important role in forming Estonian business environment.

The new amendment package of the Aliens Act entered into force on 17 and 18 January 2017.

The meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee that took place on 21 March discussed the amendments to the guard time regulation.

The Chamber together with the Estonian Food Producers Association and Estonian Traders Association turned to the government of the Republic of Estonia in relation to the tax policy planned by the coalition parties.

Taxing loans and financing transactions inside a group with a 20% income tax or the so called security income tax is detrimental to the Estonian business environment, without solving the actual problem,

A while ago, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication proposed establishing a road tax on Estonian and foreign vehicles that weigh over 12 tons.

The Chamber is against the proposal of the trade unions to allow for establishing more flexible guard time conditions (time, payment) with only extended collective agreements.

The Chamber does not support the state’s plan to impose for entrepreneurs the packaging excise duty on bringing to the market because in the Chamber’s opinion,