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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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21/06/21
Bill Amending the Luxembourg Code of Civil Procedure Adopted

On 8 June 2021, Bill No 7307 ("the bill") to improve the efficiency and speed of civil and commercial proceedings was adopted unanimously. 

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21/06/21
Luxembourg data protection authority publishes first decisions

For the very first time, the National Commission for Data Protection (“CNPD”) has published 18 decisions, six of which inflicted fines ranging from 1.…

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18/06/21
Private debt funds: CSSF clarifies concept of lending to the “public”

In it the CSSF clarified its interpretation of the concept of lending to the “public”, an information relevant for the non-bank lending industry and, …

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17/06/21
Applicability of law on financial collateral agreements to insolvency proceedings

The law of 5 August 2005 on financial collateral agreements, as amended (the 2005 law), provides an attractive legal framework for creditors as its in…

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16/06/21
Changes in the application of MiFID to Investment Fund Manager

On 10 June 2021, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published an updated version of (i) its frequently asked questio…

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15/06/21
Clarifications regarding the application of MiFiD to Luxembourg IFMs

On 10 of June 2021, the CSSF published a FAQ on the application of MiFID to Luxembourg investment Fund Managers (“IFMs”). This CSSF FAQ aims at clarif…

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15/06/21
The CNPD Publishes Several Decisions Following Investigations

The Luxembourg Data Protection Authority (CNPD) has published its first decisions following investigations of non-compliance with the General Data Pro…

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15/06/21
Future EU Directive tackling shell companies - ATAD 3

Gradually, economic substance has become a key element in an international context and is relevant for the application of national tax laws and double…

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14/06/21
Draft bill modernising the Luxembourg 2004 securitisation law

Draft bill number 7825 (the “Draft Bill”) amending the Luxembourg law of 22 March 2004 on securitisation (the “2004 Law”) has been filed with the Luxe…

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14/06/21
New approval regime for Luxembourg financial holding companies

What’s new? The Law of 20 May 2021 (“Law" – available in French) transposes the requirement introduced by Directive (EU) 2019/878 (“CRD5”) that f…

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11/06/21
CNPD’s action plan: what is its position?

On 1 May 2020, the National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) published its strategy and work program for 2020-2022. This document defines the mai…

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11/06/21
Application of MiFID to Luxembourg IFMs

The CSSF clarifies under what circumstances and the extent to which MiFID rules apply to IFMs, their third-party delegates and their investment advise…

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10/06/21
GDPR compliance - New standard contractual clauses

On 4 June 2021, the European Commission adopted the following two sets of new standard contractual clauses in the context of the General Data Protecti…

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09/06/21
The end of illegal cookie banners?

Internet users are regularly confronted with increasingly invasive cookie banners. Multiple techniques are used, including a hidden or inexistant refu…

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08/06/21
CSSF FAQ – Use of Securities Financing Transactions by UCITS (and AIFs) – three months left

On 18 December 2020, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published a new FAQ in relation to the use by Luxembourg-domiciled UCI…

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08/06/21
Tribunal de l'Union européenne : lorsque le Parlement européen se départit de la hiérarchie des normes

Une affaire très intéressante concernant plusieurs modifications litigieuses du régime de pension complémentaire (volontaire) des députés européens a …

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07/06/21
Europe proposes first-ever statutory framework for AI

Following its White Paper on AI in 2020, the European Commission released in April of this year a proposal for a regulation laying down harmonised rul…

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07/06/21
New step towards the adoption of the public country-by- country reporting (CBCR) directive

On 1st June, the EU Council reached a provisional political agreement with the European Parliament’s negotiating team on the proposed directive on the…

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04/06/21
EU: New Standard Contractual Clauses – From theory to practice

The EU Commission has issued their long awaited new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). These are a vital tool to enable international transfers of p…

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04/06/21
VAT fixed establishment non-existing without staff

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in the highly anticipated Titanium case that own staff is required for a ‘fixed establishment’ for VAT. In t…

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