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13/08/26
13/08/26
Luxembourg: can sickness absences justify dismissal?

In a judgment dated 12 June 2026, the Luxembourg Labour Court reiterated the circumstances in which sickness absences can justify dismissal with notice.

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11/08/26
11/08/26
Luxembourg housing package: enhanced real estate tax incentives, VEFA projects and affordable h…

Luxembourg's new housing package introduces various real estate tax measures, including a higher Bëllegen Akt tax credit for individual buyers, VEFA registration duty relief, affor…

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04/08/26
04/08/26
Luxembourg to boost protection of participants in funded sub-participation agreements

New bill of law 8813 (submitted to Parliament on 30 July 2026) aims to shield participants in funded sub-participation agreements from the adverse effects of lender insolvency.

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06/08/26
EU Forced Labour Regulation: key aspects and practical impli…

The EU Forced Labour Regulation entered into force on 13 December 2024 and …

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27/07/26
CRD VI in Luxembourg: Grandfathering has ended

What third-country banks need to do before January 2027. The grandfathering…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Luxembourg and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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05/11/15
RAIF : a new type of AIF is coming soon

Over the last 12 months, Luxembourg industry practitioners, with the support of the Luxembourg government, have been designing the legal framework for…

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05/11/15
Amendment of the Double Tax Convention Luxembourg - Spain

On July 21st 2015, the Luxembourg tax administration issued Circular L.-G. – Conv. D.I. n° 52 (the “Circular”) on the application of the Luxembourg - …

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04/11/15
FATCA - Entry into force

The intergovernmental agreement (“IGA”), its annexes and the “Memorandum of Understanding”, all signed on March 28th 2014 between the US and Luxembour…

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03/11/15
AIFMD | ESMA Advice on the extension of the passport

On July 30th 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published its advice to the European institutions on the application of the …

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02/11/15
EMIR - Draft Law

On August 5th 2015, the Luxembourg government introduced before the Parliament the draft law N° 6846 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and tr…

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30/10/15
New corporate tax measures

On August 5th 2015, a new draft law (draft law N°6847 hereafter referred to as the “Draft Law”) was presented to the Luxembourg Parliament.

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29/10/15
AIFMD | Updated ESMA Q&A

On July 21st 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published an updated version of its questions and answers (“Updated Q&A”…

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28/10/15
Modifications to the Luxembourg Tax Law and Budget 2016

The Minister of Finance presented a new draft law (draft law N°6891 hereafter referred to as the “Draft Law”) on October 13th 2015 and the 2016 State …

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27/10/15
Revised Regulation 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings: seeking strengthened efficiency in an attempt to halt …

On 20 May 2015, the European Parliament adopted a new version (the "Revised Regulation") of Regulation 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings (the "Origi…

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26/10/15
Is Your App a Greedy One?

The 2014 and 2015 sweeps performed by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network ("GPEN"), an informal network of 57 privacy enforcement authorities in 43…

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26/10/15
EU-FATCA and the OECD MCAA - Draft Law

With draft law N° 6858 (the “Draft Law”), which was submitted to Parliament on August 14th2015, Luxembourg aims at enhancing its commitment with regar…

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23/10/15
ELTIF – Draft regulatory technical standards

Regulation 2015/760 (the “Regulation”) on the European Long-Term Investment Fund (“ELTIF”) entered into force on June 9th 2015.

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22/10/15
Application of Article 50 bis LITL to IP rights acquired in exchange of shares

On June 16th 2015, the Administrative Court (Tribunal Administratif) (the “Court”) took a decision on the application of the provisions of Article 50 …

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21/10/15
Introduction of a bill for the creation of a new legal form for companies with a social or societal purpose: t…

On 1 July 2015, the Luxembourg Ministry of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy introduced a new draft bill no. 6831 aimed at crea…

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20/10/15
UCITS V | Draft Law

On August 5th 2015, the government introduced the draft law 6845 which aims at transposing Directive 2014/19/UE of the European Parliament and of the …

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19/10/15
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…

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16/10/15
AIFMD | CSSF FAQ - Update

On August 10th 2015 the CSSF issued an updated, 9th version of its Frequently Asked Questions (the “FAQ”) concerning the Luxembourg Law of July 12th 2…

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15/10/15
Data transfers to the US: the European Court of Justice declares that the EU Commission’s Safe Harbour Decisio…

The Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) provides that European companies may transfer personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area i…

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15/10/15
Going paperless with the adoption of the e-archiving law in Luxembourg

The law on electronic archiving ("Law") was voted through by the Luxembourg parliament on 2 July 2015, offering market niches for new tech companies a…

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14/10/15
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…

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