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Recommendation 7

Investor compliance with the laws and regulations in the home countries of their investments should be part of their regulators' due diligence process. They, in turn, should be treated equitably in the home country of their investments especially in respect to their rights to shareholder benefits and concessionary arrangements under double tax agreements.

1.	Do domestic regulators monitor the procedures in place at their locally based cross-border custodians to assure compliance with the laws and regulations of the home countries of their investments?	The CSD carefully monitors foreign laws and procedures before a link to a foreign custodian is established. Participants, mainly Austrian banks, are informed accordingly.
2.	What are the areas (e.g. benefits, investor compensation) where foreign investors are not treated in the same way as local investors?	Foreign investors are not treated differently (no special rules, no restrictions).
3.	Can sales proceeds and income be repatriated without any restrictions?	Yes, no restrictions.
4.	Are double tax agreements simple to apply, and do foreign investors receive promptly their full entitlement to dividends and interest payments?	In transfers between banks, no tax is withheld on interest payments. A simple reclaiming procedure for dividend payments is in place.