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27/11/15

2016 budget

On 14 October 2015, the Luxembourg government submitted the bill of law 6900 relating to the 2016 budget (the “Budget Bill”) to the Lux…

26/11/15

List of Double Tax Treaties In Force And In Negotiation

Situated at the crossroad of Europe, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg is based on a dynamic and open economy which actively promotes the development of c…

25/11/15

Omnibus bill 6891

Bill of law 6891 (the “Bill”) was submitted on 13 October 2015 to the Luxembourg Parliament.

24/11/15

UCITS V | Guidelines on sound remuneration policies

Further to the entry into force of Directive 2014/91/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 23rd 2014 (“UCITS V Directive”), th…

23/11/15

The Commission's Us Safe Harbour Decision Invalidated By The CJEU

On 6 October 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereafter CJEU) rendered a major decision by reaffirming the importance of the protectio…

23/11/15

BEPS

On 5 October 2015, the OECD released the final set of measures on international tax planning and an explanatory statement.

20/11/15

Exchange of tax rulings

On 6 October 2015, the EU Council (the “Council”) reached a unanimous political agreement on mandatory automatic exchange of advance cross-b…

19/11/15

Luxembourg Rating Upgraded To "Largely Compliant"

The global forum on transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes has released on 30 October 2015 new compliance ratings on transparency i…

19/11/15

Tax Treaty update

With draft law N° 6826 (the “June Draft Law”), which was submitted to Parliament on June 9th 2015, Luxembourg aims at expanding further its already co…

18/11/15

Transfer of personal data – ECJ judgment

On 6 October 2015, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) rendered a landmark judgment regarding the Safe Harbour principles that represent a key e…

17/11/15

Law of 25 July 2015 relating to electronic archiving

After more than two years of discussion the law of July 25th 2015 relating to electronic archiving and amending Article 1334 of the Civil Code, Articl…

16/11/15

Modernisation of EU public procurement and concession contract rules

One of the major objectives of Directives 2014/23/EU on the award of concession contracts, 2014/24/EU on public procurement and&nb…

13/11/15

VAT: Expenses related to the acquisition of shares

On July 16th 2015, the European Court of Justice delivered its judgement in the joined cases Larentia + Minerva (C-108/14) and Marenave (C-109/14) and…

12/11/15

Major amendments to the Social Security Code and to the Labour Code

By the Law of 23 July 2015(1) coming into force on 1 January 2016, the procedure on internal and external redeployment has been changed.&nbs…

11/11/15

Social dialogue reform

The Law on Social Dialogue(1) constitutes a significant reform in relation to staff representation and the powers granted to staff delegatio…

10/11/15

Amendment to AIFM Law

The law of July 23rd 2015 which implements Directive 2013/36 on credit institutions (commonly referred to as CRD IV) amends Article 5(6) of the AIFM L…

09/11/15

Clarifications on the application of Articles 23 (3) and 41 LITL

On May 21st 2015, the Luxembourg Higher Administrative Court (“Cour Administrative” -the”Court”) took a decision on the valuation and classification o…

09/11/15

AIFMD Passport extension to non EU jusrisdictions

On 30 July 2015, ESMA published an Advice and an Opinion (4) on the extension of the AIFMD passport to non-EU jurisdictions.

06/11/15

ESMA’s advice and opinion on EU passport and national private placement regimes

On 30 July 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published (i) its advice for the European Commission, Parliament and Council o…

06/11/15

AIFM : update of the CSSF FAQ

Additional questions have been added to the August 2015 update of the CSSF FAQ on the AIFMD and its application in Luxembourg. The responses…

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Luxembourg: can sickness absences justify dismissal?

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Luxembourg housing package: enhanced real estate tax incentives, VEFA projects and affordable h…

04/08/26

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Luxembourg to boost protection of participants in funded sub-participation agreements

06/08/26

EU Forced Labour Regulation: key aspects and practical impli…

27/07/26

CRD VI in Luxembourg: Grandfathering has ended

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27/11/15

2016 budget

26/11/15

List of Double Tax Treaties In Force And In Negotiation

25/11/15

Omnibus bill 6891

24/11/15

UCITS V | Guidelines on sound remuneration policies

23/11/15

The Commission's Us Safe Harbour Decision Invalidated By The CJEU

23/11/15

BEPS

20/11/15

Exchange of tax rulings

19/11/15

Luxembourg Rating Upgraded To "Largely Compliant"

19/11/15

Tax Treaty update

18/11/15

Transfer of personal data – ECJ judgment

17/11/15

Law of 25 July 2015 relating to electronic archiving

16/11/15

Modernisation of EU public procurement and concession contract rules

13/11/15

VAT: Expenses related to the acquisition of shares

12/11/15

Major amendments to the Social Security Code and to the Labour Code

11/11/15

Social dialogue reform

10/11/15

Amendment to AIFM Law

09/11/15

Clarifications on the application of Articles 23 (3) and 41 LITL

09/11/15

AIFMD Passport extension to non EU jusrisdictions

06/11/15

ESMA’s advice and opinion on EU passport and national private placement regimes

06/11/15

AIFM : update of the CSSF FAQ

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