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Luxembourg regulator refines captive and reinsurance licensing processes

Luxembourg continues to consolidate its position as one of Europe’s premier hubs for captive insurance and reinsurance. With nearly 200 reinsurance undertakings, the Grand Duchy re…

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ABILWAYS Luxembourg devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Luxembourg annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à…

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Arendt appoints new CIO

Arendt is pleased to announce that Olivier Ramlot has joined the firm as Chief Information Officer (CIO) as of 15 October 2025. With extensive experience, notably as CIO of BIL, Ol…

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03/12/25
Parliament’s finance committee passes amendments to the carr…

On 17 November 2025, the Luxembourg parliament published amendments to the …

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03/12/25
Are your crypto assets taxable in Luxembourg?

Crypto currencies and other crypto assets are increasingly being adopted by…

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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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Minimum CIT – Amendment

The Minimum Corporate Income Tax (hereafter "Min CIT") as applicable from the year 2013 introduced a two stage approach to determine to which Min CIT …

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L’arrêt Ryanair de la CJUE : une clarification utile au sujet de l’usage des bases de données non protégées

Début 2015, la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne a rendu un arrêt (CJUE, aff. C-30/14) qui devrait rassurer les propriétaires de bases de données …

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Temporary budget balancing tax

The Luxembourg Parliament passed several laws in the framework of the 2015 Budget on December 19th 2015. The Budget Laws include a temporary budget ba…

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New procedures applicable to exchange of information on request

On November 25th 2014, the Luxembourg parliament approved the draft law amending the procedure applicable to the exchange of information on request (t…

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EU – The reform of data protection legal framework

In January 2012, the European Commission presented the long-awaited proposal for a reform of the European data protection law, which consists of a gen…

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Double Tax Treaty - Czech Republic

An Income tax treaty between Luxembourg and the Czech Republic (the "Treaty") was signed in Brussels on March 5th 2013 and it is applicable on income …

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Caméras de surveillance et protection du domicile

À l'heure où les débats se concentrent fréquemment sur le traitement des données personnelles effectué par les multinationales, un arrêt rendu pa…

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CCPS - Equivalence decisions

Under article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 4th 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterpart…

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CSSF FAQ - Update

On December 29th 2014 the CSSF issued an update of its Frequently Asked Questions concerning the Luxembourg Law of 12 July 2013 on alternative investm…

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UCITS V - ESMA technical advice

On November 28th 2014 the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") released its final report ("Final Report") in respect of the delegated ac…

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Crowdfunding - Update

On December 18th 2014 the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published an Opinion (the "Opinion") and an Advice (the "Advice") on inve…

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Conclusion d’une transaction dans le cadre d’un licenciement avec effet immédiat : gare au remboursement des i…

Il est de pratique courante que suite à un licenciement avec effet immédiat, l'employeur et le salarié concluent une transaction.

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Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as the new digital Hub

October 2014, Luxembourg's Prime Minister and Minister of Communications and Media, Xavier Bettel, presented the so-called "Digital Letzebuerg" in the…

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PRIPS Regulation - Update

The European Parliament issued on November 26th 2014 Regulation number 1286/2014 (the "Regulation") on key information documents ("KID") for packaged …

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CSSF FAQ - Immobilisation of bearers shares

On December 30th 2014, the Luxembourg Supervisory Authority for the Financial Sector ("CSSF") published its "Frequently Asked Questions in relation to…

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Limitation to WHT refund

In order to bring Luxembourg legislation in line with recent case law of the ECJ (Tate & Lyle Investments Ltd/Belgique, C-384/11 and Com/Allemagne…

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Strengthened obligations preventing the use of the financial system for money laundering and terrorist financi…

A draft Directive (the "draft 4th Directive") of the Parliament and the Council (2013/0025 COD) that will directly impact most financial institutions …

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Directive for disclosure of non-financial and diversity information

On September 29th 2014, the Council of the European Union adopted a directive (following the European Parliament which had done so on April 15th 2014)…

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New procedure for tax rulings

The Budget Laws introduced a new paragraph (§29a) in the General Tax Law, the Abgabenordnung, detailing the TCL procedure applicable from now on, both…

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EU – New Unitary Patent

To recap, the European Parliament, after many years of discussion, voted positively on 11 December 2012 on two draft EU Regulations on a unitary paten…

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