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Summaries of
Doing Business reforms in 2018/19
Croatia
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Starting a business
Croatia made starting a business easier by abolishing the requirements to
reserve the company name and obtain director
signatures for company reg-
istration, and by reducing the paid-in minimum capital requirement.
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Dealing with construction permits
Croatia made dealing with construction permits
less costly by reducing the
water contribution for building a warehouse.
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Registering property
Croatia made it easier to transfer property by
decreasing the real estate
transfer tax and by reducing the time to register property title transfers.
× Getting credit
Croatia made accessing credit information more difficult by ending the dis-
tribution of individual credit data.
Cyprus
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Starting a business
Cyprus made starting a business less expensive by reducing the cost to reg-
ister a company.
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Paying taxes
Cyprus made paying taxes easier by implementing
an online system for
filing and paying mandatory labor contributions.
Denmark
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Dealing with construction permits
Denmark made dealing with construction permits cheaper by eliminating
fees for building permits.
Djibouti
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Getting credit
Djibouti strengthened access to credit by implementing
a functional secured
transactions system and a unified notice-based collateral registry.
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Protecting minority investors
Djibouti strengthened minority investor protections by increasing corpo-
rate transparency.
