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Cross-border tax recovery | Luxembourg's tax Receveur can push local companies into bankruptcy …

In two judgments dated 20 January 2026 (No. CAL-2025-01047) and 6 February 2026 (No. CAL-2025-01046), the Luxembourg Court of Appeal confirmed that the receveur-préposé du bureau d…

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Newsflash – Cyber incidents in Luxembourg: five legal takeaways from the new operational guidan…

New operational guidance for handling malicious cyber incidents, published on 28 September 2026 by ANSSI, the CSSF, CIRCL, GovCERT, the HCPN and the ILR under Luxembourg's NIS2 law…

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EU fund managers – GP representation clause: preserving the Luxembourg fund’s footprint while e…

How EU fund managers use a GP representation clause in Luxembourg SCSps and SCAs to execute deals without a board meeting each time, and why powers of attorney to the manager's tea…

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Revised ESRS and Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard…

Two EU delegated regulations published on 21 September 2026 finalise the re…

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AIF distribution agreements: making oversight work in practi…

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Belgium-Luxembourg cross-border workers

Belgium-Luxembourg cross-border workers: mutual agreement signed and information regarding evidence to support presence in Luxembourg published

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Priips regulation

Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and in…

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New CSSF Circular On Central Administration, Internal Governance And Risk Management

On 24 November 2014, the CSSF published its Circular 14/597 (the "Circular") updating and amending CSSF Circular 12/552 on central administration, int…

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Luxembourg – The Independent Audiovisual Authority of Luxembourg is operational

Created by the law of 27 August 2013, the Independent Audiovisual Authority of Luxembourg ("ALIA") is fully operational. In late October 2014, the Lux…

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AIFMD | ESMA updated Q&A

On January 9th 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued an updated version of its Q&A on the application of AIFMD (the …

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Introduction of the simplified private limited-liability company in Luxembourg

Bill No. 6777 aims to introduce the simplified private limited-liability company (société à responsabilité simplifiée or S.à r.l.-S) into the Luxembou…

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Luxembourg – Ratification of the EU Convention on Cybercrime

On 18 July 2014, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ratified and implemented the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, opened for signature in Budape…

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SCS AND SCSP: INCOME DIRECT TAX TREATMENT

The administrative Circular LIR n°14/4 of 9 January 2015 recalls that SCS (Société en commandite simple) and SCSp (Société en commandite spéciale) are…

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Temporary 0.5 percentage Income Tax

As of 1 January 2015, an additional 0.5 % (impôt d'équilibrage budgétaire temporaire) income tax is due by individuals.    

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AIFMD | ESMA guidelines - Asset segregation

Asset segregation is one of the provisions of more relevance when it comes to depositaries under Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and o…

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EU – Adoption of the EU Regulation

On 23 July 2014, the Council of the European Union adopted a Regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in…

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Taxation of income and gains from IP rights

In its answer to a parliamentary question on patent boxes (QP 896), Luxembourg Finance Minister announced that a new IP tax regime in line with the so…

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The Luxembourg Implementation Of Fatca

On 6 January 2015, the Luxembourg tax authorities (administration des contributions directes) released a draft version of the first administrative cir…

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Luxembourg – New consumer regulation

The Luxembourg government has adopted the Law of 2 April 2014 implementing Directive 2011/83/CE of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights and amending the…

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CSSF Circular 14/598 - Common definition of European MMFs

On December 2nd 2014 the CSSF issued Circular 14/598 adopting the opinion issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") on August 2…

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Le projet de loi relatif à l’archivage électronique : le Conseil d’Etat lève trois oppositions formelles et en…

En date du 8 octobre 2013, le Conseil d'Etat luxembourgeois rendait un premier avis sur le très attendu Projet de loi relatif à l'archivage électroniq…

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Updated ESMA Q&A On Prospectuses

On 21 October 2014, ESMA published an updated version of its Q&A on prospectuses.

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Luxembourg – Publication of guidelines on surveillance in the workplace

The CNPD and the Luxembourg Chamber of Employees published extensive guidelines about surveillance in the workplace in a brochure dated 7 October 2014…

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ESMA - Share classes of UCITS

On December 23rd 2014 the European Securities Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued a discussion paper (the "Discussion Paper") on share classes of UCITS.…

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Tax Treaty News

On 24 October 2014, Croatia ratified the double tax treaty between Croatia and Luxembourg on Income and Capital signed on 20 June 2014. Luxembourg has…

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