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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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With the financial crisis and recent scandals provoked by the publication of the bonuses of some directors leaving companies in bankruptcy, some count…
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has ratified the first double tax treaty (the "Treaty") with Taiwan on 12 July 2014. Taiwan had already signed the Treat…
The French and Luxembourg Finance Ministers signed, on 5 September 2014, a Protocol amending Article 3 (the "Protocol") of the France-Luxembourg doubl…
10 October 2014. New tax treaty with Isle of Man is in force as of 05 August 2014 and will be applicable as of 01 January 2015 (Mémorial A 190, 10 Oct…
A bill of law (reference number 6722) (the "Bill") was lodged with the Luxembourg Parliament on 16 October 2014, referred as the "package for the…
On 19 May 2014, the Luxembourg Government issued a press release stating that Luxembourg and France have agreed to continue talks to negotiate and sig…
On 4 September 2014, the Court of Justice handed down its judgment in the fasteners cartel (Case C-408/12 P). Although most of the appellants' claims …
In September 2012, the European Commission introduced an infringement procedure against Luxembourg as certain provisions of Luxembourg tax law concern…
On 16 June 2014, the Luxembourg direct tax authorities (Administration des contributions directes) released a circular letter L.G.-A n°60 (the "Circul…
In 2013, automatic exchange of information was endorsed as the new global standard for exchange of information. Earlier this year, the OECD released t…
The European Commission adopted on 13 June 2014 a new communication to support important projects of common European interest.
In its decision of 8 April 2014, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") declared the Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC (the "Directive") invalid. The…
On 14 May 2014, two regulations issued by the European Central Bank (“ECB”) within the framework of the SSM were published in the Official Journal of …
The European Commission adopted on 13 June 2014 a new communication to support important projects of common European interest.
On 12 December 2013, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) delivered an interesting judgment on the amount of charges municipalities are allowed to le…
The Luxembourg Inland Revenue (Administration des Contributions Directes) changed the special tax regime for highly qualified international employees …
On June 16, the Luxembourg tax authorities issued long-awaited published regulations (Circulaire du directeur des contributions L.G.-A nr 60 du 16 jui…
The Commission adopts new general block exemption regulation for state aid and new guidelines for state aid in the area of environmental protection …
On 12 December 2013, the European Court of Justice delivered three judgments regarding the interpretation of the conditions for obtaining a supplement…
On 20 March 2013, the General Court ("GC") handed down its judgment in Case T-46/10 Faci v Commission concerning an appeal in the heat stabilizers car…
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