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In March 2018, the fourth EU Money Laundering Directive was implemented. Known as MLD4, the Directive came into force in June 2018, and saw Bulgaria adopt new anti-money laundering measures.

The Albanian government approved a series of changes to gambling laws on October 25 2018, which are effective from January 1 2019. This will have wide-reaching effects considering the gambling industry is the second largest employer in Albania after the energy sector.

Bosnia's Brčko District Assembly adopted amendments to the Law on Cash Registers on October 17 2018, narrowing the list of persons who are obliged to register invoices using cash registers. The new amendments now grant exemptions to a number of taxpayer categories including: farmers not registered for VAT, farmers and craftsmen selling their own goods, small companies (as per the Law on Personal Income Tax), municipal public companies, banks, insurance companies, insurance funds, postal companies, religious institutions, educational institutions, libraries, museums, and gambling and betting related activities.