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21/10/14

New rules on granting rulings and change to transfer pricing provisions

A bill of law (reference number 6722) (the "Bill") was lodged with the Luxembourg Parliament on 16 October 2014, referred as the "package for the…

17/10/14

Law for the immobilisation of bearer shares and units in Luxembourg : a short analysis

The law dated 28 July 2014 on the immobilization of bearer shares and units and the obligation to keep a register of the registered and bearer shares …

16/10/14

Guidelines, Fact Sheets and Myth-Busting: EU Working Hard to Clarify the Right to Be Forgotten

Since the EU Court of Justice made its ruling on the right to be forgotten in May 2014, the topic has been in the media almost incessantly. Most of th…

10/10/14

Court of Justice provided further guidance on the facts that should be considered when deciding on the imputab…

The EU state aid rules are directed to Member States. In situations where public undertakings take measures which can be seen as conferring an advanta…

09/10/14

Tax treaties news

On 19 May 2014, the Luxembourg Government issued a press release stating that Luxembourg and France have agreed to continue talks to negotiate and sig…

08/10/14

Court of Justice: 10% maximum applies to fine imposed on undertaking for its own behaviour, even if it was sub…

On 4 September 2014, the Court of Justice handed down its judgment in the fasteners cartel (Case C-408/12 P). Although most of the appellants' claims …

07/10/14

Restructuring and insolvency in Luxembourg (part 2)

Formal, court-driven restructuring proceedings are available into Luxembourg law, but for practical reasons, these are rarely used in practice.

06/10/14

EXIT TAX

In September 2012, the European Commission introduced an infringement procedure against Luxembourg as certain provisions of Luxembourg tax law concern…

03/10/14

Cartes Bancaires and MasterCard judgments: object and effects restrictions revisited

On 11 September 2014, the Court of Justice issued an important judgment in one of the numerous pending competition law cases around credit card scheme…

02/10/14

Restructuring and insolvency in Luxembourg (part 1)

Luxembourg is one of the leading domiciles worldwide for international investment vehicles. This leading position has arisen from the combination of t…

01/10/14

The tax authorities officially accept the use of a foreign currency as functional currency

On 16 June 2014, the Luxembourg direct tax authorities (Administration des contributions directes) released a circular letter L.G.-A n°60 (the "Circul…

29/09/14

Luxembourg ratifies the multilateral convention on mutual administrative assistance in tax matters

In 2013, automatic exchange of information was endorsed as the new global standard for exchange of information. Earlier this year, the OECD released t…

26/09/14

Marchés publics: une stratégie bien pensée pour les aborder

Participate in a public procurement and submit an offer accordingly is a significant achievement for an undertaking. It must be prepared and aware of …

25/09/14

Luxembourg launches data protection association

The Luxembourg data protection association called l'Association pour la protection des données (the APDL) was officially launched on 11 March 2014.

24/09/14

Data theft – Supreme Court decision of 3 April 2014

The Cour de cassation, Luxembourg's highest court in civil and criminal matters, rendered an important decision on 3 April 2014 regarding data theft.

23/09/14

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party issues Opinion on Personal Data Breach Notifications

On 25 March 2014, the Article 29 Working Party ("WP 29") issued Opinion 03/2014 (the "Opinion"). The Opinion provides guidance to data controllers to …

22/09/14

Law approving the convention on cybercrime and its additional protocol on xenophobia and racism

The law approving the Convention on cybercrime signed in Budapest on 23 November 2001 and its additional protocol on xenophobia and racism signed in S…

19/09/14

Base Erosion and Profits Shifting (BEPS)

On 16 September 2014, the OECD released recommendation documents on the following first 7 elements of the BEPS Action Plan: Action 1: addressing the c…

18/09/14

New European Rules for the financing of important projects of common European interest

The European Commission adopted on 13 June 2014 a new communication to support important projects of common European interest.

17/09/14

THE FIRST RECOGNITION OF THE RIGHT “TO BE FORGOTTEN”

By judgement rendered on 13 May 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) affirms the right "to be forgotten" by acknowledging that a person may requi…

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Supplementary Pension: A Strategic Issue for Self-Employed Lawyers

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Dentons Luxembourg invests in its talent and strengthens its banking, finance and corporate law…

16/06/26

Restrictive and post-contractual clauses under Luxembourg La…

10/06/26

Luxembourg Pillar Two FAQ updated: LTA provides further guid…

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The tax authorities officially accept the use of a foreign currency as functional currency

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Luxembourg ratifies the multilateral convention on mutual administrative assistance in tax matters

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THE FIRST RECOGNITION OF THE RIGHT “TO BE FORGOTTEN”