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The CJEU has held that a payment service provider cannot refuse to immediately refund an unauthorised payment transaction on the ground that the payer enabled it through gross negl…
With the Council and Parliament positions settled and trilogues expected to open on 22 October 2026, SFDR 2.0 is taking shape: three product categories, a binding 70% threshold, ma…
AIFMD II gives private equity sponsors a clearer route to use Luxembourg AIFM capabilities beyond managed funds, provided that substance, governance and scope are addressed from th…
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With the MiCA transitional period over since 1 July 2026, Luxembourg's auth…
Two EU delegated regulations published on 21 September 2026 finalise the re…
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After the "public access" feature of the luxembourg register of beneficial owners was ruled invalid by the court of justice of the european union, a n…
Given the ever-increasing risk of cyberattacks, the eu has decided to strengthen the requirements surrounding the it security of financial entities.
The EU Regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (“FSR”) enters into force on 12 January 2023.[1] It marks an important legislati…
On 22 November 2022, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final report on the guidelines on the use of Remote Customer Onboarding Soluti…
The EU is working on setting out the legal framework for Fintech. On a separate but connected note, the EU legislator also addresses risks carried by …
On 7 December 2022, the EU Commission published a proposal for a regulation to amend EMIR (amongst others), with the primary aim of making EU clearing…
The Law of 28 October 2022 creating the procedure for administrative dissolution without liquidation ("Law") allows for a simplified dissolution of "e…
Elvinger Hoss Prussen triggered a landmark preliminary ruling on 22 November 2022, in which the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has de…
From 1 January 2023, UCITS will have to provide a PRIIPs KID to retail investors and either a UCITS KIID or a PRIIPs KID to non-retail investors. The …
Dans un récent jugement retentissant du 23 septembre 2022, le tribunal administratif a rejeté la déduction d’intérêts notionnels sur un prêt sans inté…
On 24 July 2022, the Luxembourg law of 20 July 2022 (the “Law”) entered into force amending, among others, the law of 5 August 2005 on financial colla…
By a decision rendered on 22 November 2022, the European Court of Justice (the Court) invalidates the provision of the anti-money laundering directive…
On 28 November 2022, the Council of the EU formally approved the Directive amending Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, Directive 2004/109/EC, Directive 2006…
The Luxembourg Register of Beneficial Ownership's online access has been suspended following the European Court of Justice's declaration that the Fift…
On 22 November 2022, EBA released guidelines on the use of remote customer onboarding solutions in relation to notably Article 13(1) of Directive (EU)…
On 2 December 2022, the CSSF issued an FAQ in relation to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (SFDR) (“FAQ”). In its FAQ the …
A year has now passed since policymakers proposed reforms to EU rules on alternative investment funds (AIFs).
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