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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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09/03/15
Luxembourg government announces overhaul of IP tax regime and confirms grandfathering of the existing scheme u…

Luxembourg Minister of Finance announces that Luxembourg will amend its IP Income Tax Regime so as to align it with the "nexus" approach agreed upon w…

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09/03/15
EU – Data Retention Directive invalidated

On 8 April 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") declared invalid the Directive 2006/24/EC of 15 March 2006 on the retention o…

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06/03/15
The evolution of the bill of law n°6595 regarding a private foundation in Luxembourg

On 22 July 2012, the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies introduced the bill of law n°6595 on the creation of a private foundation, which aims at providing…

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06/03/15
New Practices Concerning Accounting Documents To Be Submitted On An Annual Basis By The Credit Institutions

By means of Circular CSSF 14/596 dated 28 November 2014, the CSSF has decided to abolish the VISA procedure for published annual accounts for all cred…

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05/03/15
Luxembourg – Clarification of the regime of IP rights

The Luxembourg Cour administrative ruled on disputes relating to the application of Article 50bis of the Luxembourg Income Tax Act.

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05/03/15
EuSEF and EuVECA - Update

On September 26th 2014 the European Securities Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued a consultation paper (the "Consultation Paper") on ESMA's technical a…

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04/03/15
New Value Added Tax Rate

Since 1 January 2015, the applicable VAT rates are increased by 2 percentage points. The standard VAT rate rises from 15 % to 17 %. This still remains…

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03/03/15
Asset encumbrance risk management policy for Luxembourg banks

The Luxembourg regulator recently aligned its administrative practice with the recommendations of the European Systemic Risk Board in terms of risk ma…

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03/03/15
EU – Definition of “parody” by the CJEU

Parody is one of the exceptions to copyright infringement, contained in Article 5(3)(k) of Directive 2001/29/EC of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of…

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02/03/15
Brussels 1 Regulation - Recast

Regulation (EC) 44/2001 of December 22nd 2000 on jurisdiction and the regulation and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (the "Br…

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27/02/15
The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect

The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (the "Stock Connect") is a securities trading and clearing program developed by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing …

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26/02/15
EU – No copyright infringement when using embedding or hyperlinking for freely available works

The CJEU rendered two important decisions regarding the embedded linking of copyright protected work and on the scope of legitimate hyperlinking.

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26/02/15
Simplified private limited liability company

On February 2nd 2015 the draft law N°6777 having the purpose of creating a simplified private limited liability company (Société à responsabilité limi…

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25/02/15
Ucits V: New Independence Requirement Ucits Management Company/Depositary

During the discussions between the European ("EU") legislative authorities on the UCITS V Directive(1), a mandate was granted to the EU Commission to …

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24/02/15
EU – New round in Google adwords

The well-known case concerning the trade mark infringement action brought by Interflora against Marks & Spencer for the use of its INTERFLORA trad…

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24/02/15
Transparency Law - CSSF Enforcement

The CSSF has published Press Release 15/01 to the attention of issuers of securities subject to the law of January 11th 2008 on transparency requireme…

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23/02/15
A Simplified Version Of The Limited Liability Company: A Boost For Start-Ups And Small Size Entrepreneurs

The Luxembourg Government finally decided to follow in the footsteps of its European neighbours and to simplify the formalities relating to company cr…

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23/02/15
Advance Tax Agreements

The Law of 19 December 2014 on the first part of the future package (paquet d'avenir) introduced into Luxembourg tax laws a clear legal basis for the …

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20/02/15
Directive On Certain Rules Governing Actions For Damages For Infringements Of The Competition Law Provisions/D…

The directive 2014/104/UE on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the…

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19/02/15
Luxembourg adopts new transfer pricing legislation

With the Law of December 19th 2014, known as the "Package for the future", the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg amended and updated its tax legislation with …

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