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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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On 21st November 2016, the European Securities and Markets Authorities updated its Questions & Answers on the application of the UCITS Directive (…
VAT circular number 781 of 30 September clarifies that a director’s activity shall be considered as an economic services activity subject to VAT. This…
The Luxembourg law of 10 August 2016 modernising the law concerning commercial companies of 10 August 1915 (the “Company Law”) and modifying the Civil…
On 19 July 2016 and 6 October 2016 respectively, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) updated its Questions and Answers with regard …
On 27 September 2016, the newly introduced Luxembourg Green Exchange went live with its unique platform (the “LGX”) with 114 listed green bonds in 19 …
In the interests of ensuring a smooth implementation and to ensure legal certainty for the industry, the European Commission has proposed today to pos…
Following the entry into force of the law of July 23rd 2016 on Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (“RAIF Law”), the Luxembourg Register of Commerce…
The Act of 10 August 2016 (the "Act"), modernising the Luxembourg Companies Act of 10 August 1915 as amended, introduces a formal legal basis for both…
On September 14th 2016, the European Parliament rejected the regulatory technical standards approved by the European Commission in June 2016 on the pr…
On September 29, 2016, Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) introduced the world’s first exchange that will trade nothing but green securities, the Luxem…
On August 24th 2016, the CSSF published the second version of its Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) concerning the Luxembourg Law of December 17th 2…
As you may know from our a previous newsflash on the subject dated July 2016, company law matters are regulated by the Luxembourg law of August 10th 1…
Luxembourg’s UCITS depositaries, management companies and self-managed UCITS will have to deal with a revised set of complementary rules, issued throu…
In August 2016, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (“LuxSE”) published frequently asked questions (the “FAQs”) in light of the entry into force of Regulati…
On 28 September 2016, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange as operator of the Luxembourg officially appointed mechanism (“OAM”) announced that from 1 January…
Green bonds are debt instruments that have been issued to fund new and existing projects that have environmentally sustainable benefits.
Entering into force on 23 August 2016, the Law of 10 August 2016 (the “New Company Law”), which modernizes the Law of 10 August 1915 on commercial com…
One of the key principles of Luxembourg financial regulation is the obligation of professional secrecy (often referred to as the bank secrecy, the "Pr…
The Luxembourg Law of 10 May 2016 (“Amending Law”) implementing amendments to the Luxembourg transparency law for issuers of securities ente…
ECON (the EU Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted (on 1rst September) to reject the delegated regulation (PRIIPs RTS) a…
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