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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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21/05/15
Final text of the fourth AML Directive

Two years after the European Commission's proposal, the European Parliament approved the final text of the fourth AML Directive ("the Fourth AMLD") on…

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21/05/15
Market Abuse Regulation - ESMA Report

On February 2nd 2015 the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published its final report on possible delegated acts concerning the Marke…

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20/05/15
Pension Funds

Implementation of the Regulation (EU) 648/2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR) ESMA/2015/775 (the "Q&A").…

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19/05/15
Fourth AML Directive

The European Parliament vote on the final text of the fourth AML Directive ("the Fourth AMLD") is imminent.

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18/05/15
Authorised and registered AIFM: additional information to be submitted to the CSSF

On 5 May 2015, the CSSF released a new circular (Circular 15/612) (the "Circular")on the information to be submitted to the CSSF by Luxembourg authori…

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15/05/15
DTT with Germany - Interpretation of the term Investmentvermögen

The Luxembourg tax authorities released Circular L.G. - Conv. D.I. n°58 on February 9th 2015 (hereafter the "Circular") which aims at providing clarif…

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14/05/15
Updated ESMA Q&A on Key Investor Information Document (KIID) for UCITSOn 26 March 2015, ESMA published an …

On 26 March 2015, ESMA published an updated version of its Q&A on the KIID.

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13/05/15
Super reduced VAT rate not applicable to e-books

By judgement dated March 5th 2015 (the "Judgement"), the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") ruled that the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg h…

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12/05/15
It’s FATCA time in Luxembourg

A year after the signing of the intergovernmental agreement regarding FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) between Luxembourg and the United Sta…

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11/05/15
New CSSF Circular 15/612 relating to Luxembourg AIFMs.

On May 5th 2015 the CSSF issued CSSF Circular 15/612 (the "Circular") on information to be submitted to the CSSF concerning non regulated AIFs and reg…

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08/05/15
Taxation of Belgian commuters

The double tax treaty signed on September 17th 1970 between the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of Belgium (the "DTT") provides in its artic…

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07/05/15
Brief overview of the legal regime for share premium in Luxembourg

The legal regime for share premium is characterized by its flexibility and contractual freedom.

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06/05/15
AIFMD | ESMA updated Q&A

On March 26th 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published an updated questions and answers ("Updated Q&A") on the appli…

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05/05/15
CMU - Prospectus Directive : the essentials

On 18 February 2015 the European Commission published a Green Paper on the Capital Markets Union (CMU) seeking consultation on numerous capital marke…

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04/05/15
EuSEF and EuVECA - Update

On February 3rd 2015 the European Securities Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued its final report (the "Final Report") on ESMA's technical advice to the…

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01/05/15
China Grants Luxembourg 50 Billion RQFII Quota

People's Bank of China (PBoC) has announced yesterday that a 50 billion RMB quota has been granted to Luxembourg under the Renminbi Qualified Foreign …

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29/04/15
EMIR - MoUs in relation to non-EU CCPs

Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 4th 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade reposi…

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28/04/15
EU – New rules on food labelling

EU - New rules on food labelling: 2015 is an important year for the Food Industry since on 12 December 2014 most of the provisions of the EU Regulatio…

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27/04/15
UCITS V - CSSF Circular 15/608

On March 23rd 2015, the CSSF published Circular 15/608 (the "Circular"), which amends the date of entry into force of CSSF Circular 14/587 ("Circular …

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24/04/15
Making strides towards a Capital Markets Union

On February 18th 2015, the European Commission set the wheels in motion for a fully functioning Capital Markets Union, through the launch of its green…

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