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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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Two bills of law were filed on 6 December 2017 by the Luxembourg Ministry of Justice with a view to transposing articles 30 and 31 of the Directive (E…
On 6 December 2017, two Bills of Law which will implement articles 30 and 31 of the Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and the Council…
Beginning on 1 March 2018, Regulation (EU) 2017/1991 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017, amending Regulation (EU) No 345…
On 8 December 2017, the Luxembourg tax authorities issued a new circular (the “Circular”) relating to the issuance of tax residency certificates for u…
The Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“CSSF”), changed its policy regarding investments…
Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds (“Regulation (EU) 2015/847 ”) repeals Regulation (CE) 1781…
As of 19 December 2017, any reference to the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies (the “Company Law”) is to be understood as the re-arranged …
In its press release 18/02 of 5 January 2018 (the Press Release), the Luxembourg supervisory authority for the financial sector (Commission de su…
Completing the MiFID framework, the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1946 supplementing Directives 2004/39/EC and 2014/65/EU of the European …
The law of 10 August 1915 has been entirely renumbered and the table of contents has also been reordered. The new version does not contain any substan…
The legislator through the adoption of the law of 10 August 2016 which modernized the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies (the “Law”) has ex…
Répondant aux exigences internationales en matière de transparence des personnes morales portées par la 4èmedirective anti-blanchiment, …
The draft laws implementing AMLD 4 set out strict rules to allow for protection against improper access to the information on BOs. On 6 December 2017,…
On 6 December 2017, the Bill 7217 establishing a register of beneficial owners has been deposited with the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies. This bill i…
Since 2007, the aim of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) has been to establish a regulatory framework for the provision of invest…
On September 14th the European Parliament voted to adopt a regulation amending the European venture capital funds (“EuVECA”) and the&nb…
On July 13th 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) issued three opinions setting out relocation principles specific to&nbs…
Article 30 of the Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial s…
The EU aims to equip its domestic economy with a broad and sustainable financial base by means of the Investment Plan for Europe (the “Investment Plan…
An ICO is an unregulated and innovative way of public fund raising, by selling coins or tokens. By launching an ICO, a company (the&nbs…
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