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On 28 October 2026, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted Draft Law No. 8676: from 1 January 2028, tax classes 1, 1a and 2 are replaced by a single tax class “U”, with a 25-year transi…
On 16 July 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) delivered its decision in Case C-158/25 on the relationship between national mechanisms for the joint and s…
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…
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Two EU delegated regulations published on 21 September 2026 finalise the re…
The General Court has upheld the European Commission's prohibition of Booki…
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On 25 November 2014, Luxembourg enacted a law modifying the Law of 21 June 2005 transposing into Luxembourg domestic law the European Directive 2003/4…
On 26th June 2013 the European Commission transmitted to the Council its proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Eu…
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued, on October 1st 2014, its final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) for the central…
Belgium-Luxembourg cross-border workers: mutual agreement signed and information regarding evidence to support presence in Luxembourg published
Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and in…
On 18 July 2014, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ratified and implemented the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, opened for signature in Budape…
The administrative Circular LIR n°14/4 of 9 January 2015 recalls that SCS (Société en commandite simple) and SCSp (Société en commandite spéciale) are…
As of 1 January 2015, an additional 0.5 % (impôt d'équilibrage budgétaire temporaire) income tax is due by individuals.
On 23 July 2014, the Council of the European Union adopted a Regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in…
In its answer to a parliamentary question on patent boxes (QP 896), Luxembourg Finance Minister announced that a new IP tax regime in line with the so…
On 6 January 2015, the Luxembourg tax authorities (administration des contributions directes) released a draft version of the first administrative cir…
On December 2nd 2014 the CSSF issued Circular 14/598 adopting the opinion issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") on August 2…
On 24 October 2014, Croatia ratified the double tax treaty between Croatia and Luxembourg on Income and Capital signed on 20 June 2014. Luxembourg has…
An advance tax ruling is an agreement between a taxpayer and national tax authorities, clarifying and confirming the application of domestic tax laws …
A long-awaited judgment of the CJEU dated 13 May 2014 held that the giant search engine Google must give effect to a so-called "right to be forgotten"…
Since 2012, Luxembourg applies the super reduced VAT rate of 3 % to the supply of e-books (Circular N° 756 dated 12th December 2011), and no dist…
On January 9th 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued an updated version of its Q&A on the ESMA guidelines on ETFs an…
In a judgment rendered on 10 July 2014(1), the European Court of Justice (the "Court") confirmed that the protection conferred by a trademark could ex…
Luxembourg Minister of Finance announces that Luxembourg will amend its IP Income Tax Regime so as to align it with the "nexus" approach agreed upon w…
On 8 April 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") declared invalid the Directive 2006/24/EC of 15 March 2006 on the retention o…
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