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02/12/25
Introduction of class actions into Luxembourg consumer law

On 25 November 2025, the law of 20 November 2025 introducing class actions …

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02/12/25
Bill of law 8648 implementing Directive (EU) 2024/825 – empo…

Bill of law 8648 (Bill) modifying the Luxembourg Consumer Code aims to impl…

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Ex-Post-Merger Control: Competence Of The Competition Council

On 17 June 2016, the Luxembourg Competition Council adopted a decision in which it asserts, on the basis of Article 5 of the Law of 23 …

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New Market Abuse Legislation

On 3 July 2016, the market abuse obligations and prohibitions provided in the updated EU legislation became applicable(1). The new set of legislation …

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The Conseil de la concurrence investigates certain mergers and acquisitions in Luxembourg.

Luxembourg still has no national merger control system meaning that, contrary to all other countries in the EU, mergers, acquisitions and creations of…

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No prior merger control but acquisitions leading to a hyper-dominance can be prohibited as an abuse of dominan…

Luxembourg is the only country in the European Union ("EU") that has no prior merger control system. In principle, acquisitions do not fall within the…

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Actions for damages for infringements of competition law

The draft law n° 6968 on certain rules governing actions for damages for infringements of competition law (hereinafter the “Draft Law”) amends the law…

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Enfin! Nouvelle législation taxis adoptée cet après-midi par la Chambre de Députés

La Chambre des Députés a voté cet après-midi le projet de loi n.° 6588 portant organisation des services de taxis et modification du Code de la consom…

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Le Conseil de la concurrence s'oppose au projet de loi N° 6864 portant sur le bail commercial

Le Conseil de la concurrence s'est à nouveau saisi de sa propre inititiave pour rendre le 16 février 2016 un avis sur un projet de loi, cett…

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Enquête sectorielle du Conseil de la concurrence sur le marché des auto-écoles: absence de pratique anti-concu…

Suite à la libéralisation des prix des leçons de conduite des auto-écoles en juillet 2011 et dans le cadre de sa mission légale (article 33 de la Loi …

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Adoption of the Law on Electronic Archiving

On 2 July 2015, after two years of discussions, the Chamber of Deputies finally adopted the Law relating to electronic archiving and amending Article …

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Luxembourg Competition Council undertaking sector inquiry into distribution networks in the retail market

Following complaints by the Luxembourg retail sector and the attention by the European Commission on possible restrictions on the internal market in t…

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Luxembourg – New consumer regulation

The Luxembourg government has adopted the Law of 2 April 2014 implementing Directive 2011/83/CE of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights and amending the…

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Brussels 1 Regulation - Recast

Regulation (EC) 44/2001 of December 22nd 2000 on jurisdiction and the regulation and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (the "Br…

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Directive On Certain Rules Governing Actions For Damages For Infringements Of The Competition Law Provisions/D…

The directive 2014/104/UE on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the…

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Payment Accounts: Enhanced Consumer Rights Through Adoption Of Directive 2014/92/Eu

On 23 July 2014, Directive 2014/92/EU1 (the "Payment Accounts Directive") has been adopted with the aim to improve consumer rights of EU citizens in t…

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European Commission investigates on a potential State aid to Fiat Finance and Trade

On 30 September 2014, the European Commission (the "EC") published the non-confidential version of a decision taken on 11 June 2014 launching a formal…

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Bundeskartellamt published revised guidelines on foreign-to-foreign mergers

On 30 September 2014, the German Bundeskartellamt published a revised guidance paper on "Domestic Effects in Merger Control". The guidance paper aims …

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GC annuled fine for Soliver in car glass cartel

On 10 October 2014, the General Court ("GC") struck down the Commission decision against Soliver NV (Case T-68/09) given that it had failed to establi…

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The Court of Justice dismissed ICF appeal in the aluminum fluoride cartel case

On 9 October 2014, the Court of Justice dismissed the appeal lodged by Industries Chimiques du Fluor ("ICF") against the judgment of 18 June 2013, in …

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Third parties have the right to access uncontested parts of cartel decisions

On 7 October 2014, the General Court ("GC") handed down a judgment in the hotly debated area of access to the file. Damage claimants are frequently se…

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Court of Justice provided further guidance on the facts that should be considered when deciding on the imputab…

The EU state aid rules are directed to Member States. In situations where public undertakings take measures which can be seen as conferring an advanta…

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