Complia · cross-border compliance service

Compliance, handled across borders.

International Group OÜ is an Estonian company that keeps internationally operating businesses compliant when two rulebooks apply at once. Complia reads both sets of laws together, cites the exact provision behind every obligation, and stops when the sources do not confirm an answer.

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Primary sources only Every obligation cited Human review before delivery

Complia · Estonia ↔ Italy Sourced

Illustrative client scenario Client company registered in Estonia · two founders, one of them living in Italy

Applicable social-security legislation
Board-member remuneration paid from Estonia
Reg. (EC) 883/2004, Art. 13
Foreign shareholding to be declared in Italy
Annual monitoring return, quadro RW
D.L. 167/1990, art. 4
Retained profit · Italian CFC test
Estonian deferral meets Italian attribution rules
TUIR art. 167 · TuMS § 50

1 question withheld — no confirming source found. Routed to a human reviewer.

Reads primary sources Riigi Teataja Normattiva EUR-Lex Gazzetta Ufficiale

The problem

One company. Two rulebooks. One gap.

A company registered in one EU member state with an owner or director resident in another answers to two sets of rules at the same time: the law of the state where it is registered, and the law of the state where its people live and pay tax.

Each local adviser knows their own rulebook well. Neither is paid to read the other one. The obligations created by the interaction between the two, such as reporting a foreign shareholding, deciding which social-security system applies, or testing retained profit against controlled-foreign-company rules, sit in the gap between them. That gap is where deadlines get missed and penalties begin.

Complia closes the gap. It reads both rulebooks together and maps every obligation that arises from their interaction to the provision it comes from.

Complia

Built to read two legal systems at once.

Complia is a compliance service, not a chatbot. Every obligation it reports follows four rules, and a person reviews every report before it reaches you.

Reads primary legal sources

Complia works from the official publications, not from summaries: Riigi Teataja for Estonian law, Normattiva and the Gazzetta Ufficiale for Italian law, EUR-Lex for EU regulations and directives.

Sees the interaction

It reads the two rulebooks together and identifies the obligations that exist only because both apply at once: where one state's exemption meets the other state's reporting duty.

Always cites the exact provision

Every obligation in a Complia report points to the article, section or paragraph it comes from, so your accountant or lawyer can verify it in minutes instead of taking it on trust.

Knows when to stop

When no confirming source exists, Complia does not guess. The question is withheld, flagged, and passed to a person for review. Human-in-the-loop by design, not as an afterthought.

Estonia ↔ Italy

What the gap looks like in practice.

Three situations we see in client structures spanning Estonia and Italy — a company in one country with a founder or director living in the other. Each rule is unremarkable on its own. Read together, they create work.

Case 01

Retained profit vs. Italian CFC rules

Estonia

Corporate profit is taxed only when it is distributed. Profit kept in the company is not taxed at company level until then.

Italy

The controlled-foreign-company regime can attribute a foreign company's undistributed income to its Italian-resident controlling shareholder when the effective-taxation and income-composition tests are met.

Keeping profit inside the Estonian company is the default, and often sensible. For an Italian-resident owner it also triggers a test that has to be run every year, and possibly a filing, even though no cash has moved.

Tulumaksuseadus § 50TUIR art. 167 (D.P.R. 917/1986)

Case 02

Director's remuneration and social security

Estonia

Remuneration paid to a board member is, by default, subject to Estonian social tax, withheld and paid by the company.

Italy

An Italian resident is subject to Italian social security unless EU coordination rules assign them to another member state's system.

Under Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 only one member state's social-security legislation applies at a time, and it is not always Estonia's. The applicable legislation has to be determined and evidenced with an A1 certificate before contributions are paid in the right country, not after.

Reg. (EC) 883/2004, Art. 11–13Reg. (EC) 987/2009, Art. 19 (A1)Sotsiaalmaksuseadus § 2

Case 03

Declaring the shareholding in Italy

Estonia

The shareholder is recorded in the Estonian commercial register when the company is founded. The information is public.

Italy

An Italian resident must report foreign financial assets, including a share in a foreign company, in section RW (quadro RW) of the annual tax return, and may owe IVAFE on their value.

The shareholding is fully public in Estonia and still has to be declared separately in Italy, every year, even if the company never pays a dividend. Missing it is a monitoring offence with its own penalty regime.

D.L. 167/1990, art. 4Äriseadustik (Commercial Code)

These examples are illustrative and simplified. They are not tax or legal advice. Every Complia report is checked against the current text of the sources it cites before it is delivered.

Services

One partner in the EU for the whole picture.

For US LLCs, UK Ltds and EU companies whose owners live somewhere else, and who need one contact inside the EU for compliance and corporate administration.

One contact inside the EU, coordinating every counterpart.

Complia compliance monitoring

Continuous mapping of the obligations your jurisdictions create in combination, each tied to its legal source, with a maintained calendar of deadlines and reminders.

Corporate administration

Board and shareholder resolutions, registry filings, annual-report coordination and document management for your Estonian and EU entities, kept in order and on time.

Cross-border coordination (EU & US)

We sit between your accountants, registries and advisers in each country so that filings and answers line up. A single point of contact for structures spanning the EU, the UK and the US.

Research-driven tooling (EMTAK 72101)

International Group OÜ is registered under EMTAK 72101, research in technology. Complia is developed in-house, and every engagement feeds back into it: what we learn on one cross-border case becomes a checked, sourced rule for the next.

Pricing

Clear packages. No surprises.

Choose a one-off review or an ongoing service. The scope is agreed in writing before any work begins.

Essential

A one-off cross-border review of your structure.

€500one-off

Cross-border compliance review
Obligations mapped with sources
Written report
One follow-up call

Request Essential

Recommended

Business

Ongoing compliance and administration, quarter by quarter.

€1,200per quarter

Everything in Essential, quarterly
Maintained compliance calendar with reminders
Corporate administration & documents
Coordination with accountant and registries
Priority e-mail support

Request Business

Complete

A full year of compliance, administration and coordination.

€2,500per year

Everything in Business for a full year
Structuring & onboarding support
Full EU & US coordination
Dedicated contact
Status reports

Request Complete

Each package is invoiced by International Group OÜ and payable by bank transfer or secure payment link within 14 days. Prices are in EUR, plus VAT where applicable.

Company

An Estonian company built for international clients.

International Group OÜ is a private limited company registered in Jõhvi, Estonia, founded in December 2023 and represented by its board member, Francesco Blasi. The company is managed from Estonia, where its board member is resident. It is registered as a research company in technology, and Complia is the product of that research.

We work with companies whose owners, directors and operations are spread across more than one country, and who need a partner inside the EU that understands what that means in practice: which rulebook applies to what, which authority expects which filing, and by when.

We work in English and Italian.

Based in Jõhvi, Estonia. Working with companies wherever their owners are.

Legal name: International Group OÜ
Legal form: Private limited company (osaühing)Republic of Estonia
Registry code: 16885970
Founded: 28 December 2023
Registered office: Kivi tn 5-312, 41533 Jõhvi, Estonia
Board member: Francesco Blasi
Activity: EMTAK 72101Research in technology
VAT: Not registeredRegistration in progress
Languages: English, Italian

How we work

From first call to ongoing service.

Four steps. Nothing starts before you have a written scope and a fixed price in hand.

Intake

You tell us where the company is registered, where its people are, and what it does. We check whether we are the right fit and which jurisdictions are involved.

Scope & proposal

You receive a written scope, a fixed price and a timeline before any work begins. Nothing starts until you approve it.

Onboarding

We collect the documents, connect with your accountant and the relevant registries, and set up your compliance calendar.

Ongoing service

Obligations are monitored, deadlines are tracked, reports are delivered, and anything Complia cannot confirm is reviewed by a person before it reaches you.

Contact

Talk to us.

Write in English or Italian. We reply from Jõhvi during office hours.

Tell us where your company is registered and where you live.

That is enough for a first answer on whether we can help and which package fits.

E-mail

info@internationalgroup.ee

Phone

+372 5554 9207

Address

Kivi tn 5-312
41533 Jõhvi, Estonia

Hours

Mon–Fri
9:00–17:00 EET

Imprint

Information about the operator of this website and provider of the services described on it.

Company: International Group OÜ
Legal form: Private limited company (osaühing) under the law of the Republic of Estonia
Registry code: 16885970
Register: Estonian Commercial Register (äriregister)
Founded: 28 December 2023
Registered office: Kivi tn 5-312, 41533 Jõhvi, Estonia
Represented by: Francesco Blasi, board member
E-mail: info@internationalgroup.ee
Phone: +372 5554 9207
VAT: Not registered for VAT (registration in progress)
Field of activity: EMTAK 72101, research in technology

Terms and Conditions

Professional services of International Group OÜ · Effective from 2 September 2026

1. Who we are and what these Terms cover

1.1 These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern all professional services provided by International Group OÜ, a private limited company (osaühing) registered in Estonia under registry code 16885970, with its registered office at Kivi tn 5-312, 41533 Jõhvi, Estonia ("International Group", "we", "us"), to any client ("Client", "you").

1.2 The services comprise cross-border compliance reviews and monitoring provided under the Complia name, corporate administration, cross-border coordination and related professional services, as described on this website or in a written scope ("Services").

1.3 By requesting a proposal, approving a scope or paying an invoice, you accept these Terms. Terms proposed by the Client that differ from these Terms apply only if we have accepted them in writing.

2. Nature of the Services

2.1 The Services consist of compliance information, obligation mapping and administrative support based on primary legal sources. Every obligation we report is accompanied by a reference to the legal provision on which it is based.

2.2 Where a question cannot be confirmed by a primary source, we say so and do not provide an answer. Such questions may be referred, at the Client's discretion and cost, to a licensed lawyer, tax adviser or auditor in the relevant jurisdiction.

2.3 Unless expressly agreed in writing, the Services do not constitute legal representation, statutory audit or regulated tax advice. The Client remains responsible for its own decisions and for filings made in its name.

3. Written scope before work begins

3.1 No work starts before the Client has approved a written scope ("Scope") describing the Services, the deliverables, the price, the timeline and the inputs required from the Client. The Scope may take the form of a proposal, an order confirmation sent by e-mail, or the selection of a package listed on this website confirmed by us in writing.

3.2 Work outside the Scope is performed only on the basis of a written change request agreed by both parties, at the price stated in that change request.

4. Prices and VAT

4.1 Prices are stated in euro (EUR) and exclude value added tax. VAT is added where applicable under Estonian and EU VAT rules, at the rate in force on the invoice date. International Group is not currently registered for VAT; registration is in progress, and VAT will be charged from the date on which registration takes effect where the law so requires.

4.2 The packages published on this website are: Essential, €500 (one-off); Business, €1,200 per quarter; Complete, €2,500 per year. Package prices are valid as published at the time the Scope is approved.

5. Invoicing and payment

5.1 Invoices are issued by International Group OÜ. One-off packages are invoiced on approval of the Scope. Recurring packages are invoiced in advance for each quarter or year, respectively.

5.2 Invoices are payable within 14 days of the invoice date, by bank transfer or through the secure payment link stated on the invoice. Payment links are operated by a regulated payment service provider; we do not receive or store your card details.

5.3 If an invoice is not paid when due, we may suspend the Services after written notice until payment is received, and may claim interest for late payment as provided by the Estonian Law of Obligations Act (võlaõigusseadus).

6. Delivery of the Services

6.1 The Services are delivered electronically. Reports, calendars and documents are sent by e-mail or made available through a secure link; calls are held by telephone or video. Nothing is shipped physically unless expressly agreed.

6.2 Timelines stated in the Scope are estimates that depend on the Client providing information and documents on time. We will inform the Client of any delay we become aware of.

6.3 A deliverable is considered accepted if the Client does not raise a documented objection within 14 days of its delivery.

7. Consumer right of withdrawal

7.1 If you are a consumer, that is a natural person acting for purposes outside a trade, business or profession, and the contract is concluded at a distance (for example by e-mail or through this website), you have the right to withdraw from the contract within 14 days of its conclusion without giving any reason, in accordance with the Estonian Law of Obligations Act (võlaõigusseadus) and Directive 2011/83/EU.

7.2 To withdraw, send an unambiguous statement to info@internationalgroup.ee or by post to International Group OÜ, Kivi tn 5-312, 41533 Jõhvi, Estonia, before the 14-day period ends. You may use the following model text: "I hereby withdraw from my contract for the following service: [description], ordered on [date]. Name: [name]. Address: [address]. Date: [date]."

7.3 Early performance. If you want us to begin the Services during the withdrawal period, you must request this expressly. If you then withdraw, you pay an amount proportionate to what has been performed up to the moment you informed us of your withdrawal, compared with the full price of the contract. If the Services have been fully performed within the withdrawal period at your express request, and you have acknowledged that you lose the right of withdrawal once the contract has been fully performed, the right of withdrawal no longer applies.

7.4 Any refund due after withdrawal is made within 14 days of the day on which we receive your withdrawal statement, using the same means of payment you used, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise.

7.5 Business clients (companies, and persons acting in the course of a trade, business or profession) do not have a right of withdrawal; clause 8 applies to them.

8. Cancellation and refunds

8.1 One-off packages (Essential). The Client may cancel in writing at any time before the written report is delivered. Work already performed is charged pro rata to the package price; any prepaid amount exceeding that charge is refunded within 14 days of the cancellation.

8.2 Recurring packages (Business, Complete). Either party may cancel in writing with effect from the end of the current billing period, that is the current quarter or the current year. Amounts already invoiced for the current period remain payable; no further invoices are issued after the effective date of cancellation.

8.3 Refunds, where due, are paid within 14 days of the cancellation becoming effective, to the account or payment method from which the payment was received.

8.4 We may terminate an engagement with immediate effect if the Client materially breaches these Terms, provides false information, or if continuing the engagement would put us in breach of the law. In that case, fees for work performed up to termination remain payable.

9. Client obligations

9.1 The Client provides complete, accurate and current information and documents, including on ownership, residence, activities and existing filings, and informs us without delay of any change.

9.2 The Client is responsible for the accuracy of the information it supplies and for decisions taken on the basis of our deliverables. We rely on the information provided and do not independently verify it unless verification is included in the Scope.

9.3 The Client obtains any consents needed for us to process personal data of its directors, shareholders, employees and other persons connected with it.

9.4 The Client remains responsible for meeting its own statutory deadlines and for filings made in its name, unless a specific filing is expressly included in the Scope.

10. Confidentiality

10.1 Each party keeps confidential all non-public information received from the other in connection with the Services and uses it only for the purposes of the engagement.

10.2 Confidential information may be disclosed to a party's professional advisers, to subcontractors and processors bound by equivalent obligations of confidentiality, and where disclosure is required by law or by a competent authority.

10.3 This obligation remains in force for five years after the end of the engagement, and for as long as the information remains a trade secret.

11. Intellectual property

11.1 Reports, calendars and documents prepared for the Client may be used by the Client for its own internal purposes. The methods, templates, software and know-how used to produce them, including Complia, remain the property of International Group OÜ.

12. Liability

12.1 Our total liability to the Client arising from or in connection with an engagement, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, is limited to the fee paid by the Client for that engagement. For recurring packages, this means the fees paid for the billing period in which the event giving rise to the claim occurred.

12.2 We are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, loss of profit, penalties resulting from information the Client failed to provide or provided inaccurately, or for the acts or omissions of third parties such as accountants, registries, banks or authorities.

12.3 Nothing in these Terms limits liability for intentional misconduct or gross negligence, or any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

13. Data protection

13.1 Personal data are processed as described in our Privacy Policy. Where we process personal data on the Client's documented instructions, the parties will conclude a data-processing agreement under Article 28 of the General Data Protection Regulation on request.

14. Notices

14.1 Notices under these Terms are given by e-mail: to us at info@internationalgroup.ee, and to the Client at the e-mail address stated in the Scope. E-mail satisfies any requirement for written form under these Terms.

15. Changes to these Terms

15.1 We may update these Terms for future engagements. The version in force on the date the Scope is approved applies to that engagement. The current version is always published on this page.

16. Governing law and disputes

16.1 These Terms and every engagement under them are governed by the law of the Republic of Estonia.

16.2 The parties will first try to resolve any dispute amicably. Disputes that cannot be resolved in this way are submitted to Harju County Court (Harju Maakohus), Estonia, as the court of first instance.

16.3 If you are a consumer, this clause does not deprive you of the protection of mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you have your habitual residence, and you may also bring proceedings before the courts competent there. Consumers may also turn to the Consumer Disputes Committee (Tarbijavaidluste komisjon) at the Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority.

How International Group OÜ processes personal data · Effective from 2 September 2026

1. Controller

International Group OÜ, registry code 16885970, Kivi tn 5-312, 41533 Jõhvi, Estonia, e-mail info@internationalgroup.ee, phone +372 5554 9207, is the controller of the personal data processed in connection with this website and with our services, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation, "GDPR"). Questions about personal data can be sent to the e-mail address above.

2. What personal data we process

Identification and contact data: name, e-mail address, telephone number, postal address, role in the client company, preferred language.
Company and ownership data: details of the legal entities involved, register extracts, shareholders and directors, and the country of residence and tax residence of the persons involved, to the extent needed for cross-border compliance work.
Engagement data: documents, correspondence, calendars, reports and notes created or received during the engagement, including information about obligations and deadlines.
Identity documents: copies of identity documents only where a registry, bank or authority requires them for a filing included in the engagement.
Billing and payment data: invoice details, amounts, payment status and the bank account identifiers shown on incoming transfers. Card and payment-instrument details are processed by our payment provider and are never stored by us.
Website and technical data: IP address, browser type, date and time of access, pages requested and referring page, as recorded in the server logs of our hosting provider.
Marketing data: your consent status and communication preferences, if you ask to receive updates from us.

3. Purposes and legal bases

Responding to enquiries, preparing proposals and performing the contract with you or the company you represent: Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Complying with legal obligations, including accounting, tax and, where applicable, regulatory reporting obligations: Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Our legitimate interests: keeping this website secure and operational, preventing fraud, maintaining business records, communicating with contact persons at client companies, and establishing, exercising or defending legal claims: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. You may object to processing based on this ground at any time.
Marketing communications and analytics cookies: your consent, Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, which you may withdraw at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

Where a client provides us with personal data of third parties, for example its shareholders, directors or employees, the client is responsible for informing those persons about the processing.

4. Payments

Payments made through a payment link are processed by a regulated payment service provider, which acts as an independent controller for the payment transaction under its own privacy policy. We receive confirmation of the payment, the amount and the payment reference, not your card number or other payment-instrument details. Bank transfers are processed by the banks involved.

5. Recipients and processors

We share personal data only where necessary, with the following categories of recipients:

IT service providers for website hosting, e-mail and document storage;
our payment service provider;
accountants, auditors and professional advisers;
registries and public authorities, such as the Estonian Business Register and tax authorities, where a filing or a reply included in the engagement requires it;
the client's own accountants, advisers and registries, where coordination with them is part of the engagement.

Providers who process personal data on our behalf act as processors under Article 28 GDPR, on our documented instructions, under written contracts, and are bound by confidentiality. We do not sell personal data.

6. International transfers

Personal data are processed mainly within the European Union and the European Economic Area. Some of our providers, in particular our website hosting provider, may process data in the United States or in other third countries. Such transfers are based on an adequacy decision of the European Commission under Article 45 GDPR, including the EU-US Data Privacy Framework where the provider is certified under it, or on standard contractual clauses under Article 46 GDPR.

This website loads fonts from Google Fonts. When the page loads, your browser requests the font files from Google's servers, which receive your IP address in the process. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in the consistent display of the website, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

7. Retention

Accounting records, including invoices, contracts and payment records: seven years from the end of the financial year in which they were created, as required by the Estonian Accounting Act (raamatupidamise seadus).
Engagement files: for the duration of the engagement and afterwards for as long as necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, in principle no longer than the applicable limitation periods.
Enquiries that do not lead to an engagement: deleted within 12 months of the last contact.
Marketing data: until you withdraw your consent or object.
Server logs: for a short period determined by our hosting provider, for security purposes.

8. Your rights

You have the right to request access to your personal data, to have inaccurate data rectified, to have data erased, to restrict processing, to receive the data you provided in a portable format, and to object to processing based on legitimate interests. You may object to direct marketing at any time. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise these rights, write to info@internationalgroup.ee. We respond within one month; this period may be extended by two further months where necessary, in which case we will inform you.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Estonia, this is the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (Andmekaitse Inspektsioon), Tatari 39, 10134 Tallinn, www.aki.ee. You may also complain to the supervisory authority of the EU member state in which you live or work.

9. Cookies

Strictly necessary storage. This website functions without setting cookies of its own. Any technical storage that is strictly necessary to make the website work, for example to remember a cookie choice, does not require consent.

Analytics cookies. Analytics cookies are used only with your prior consent, obtained through a cookie banner. At present no analytics are loaded on this website. If this changes, the banner will be shown before any analytics cookie is set, and you will be able to withdraw your consent at any time by changing your cookie settings.

10. Security

We apply appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, including transport encryption (TLS) for this website, access controls, and confidentiality obligations for everyone who handles client data.

11. Automated decision-making

We do not make decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you. Complia's output is reviewed by a person before it is delivered to a client.

12. Changes to this policy

We update this Privacy Policy when our processing or the law changes. The current version, with its effective date, is always published on this page.