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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.
It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Luxembourg and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!
On 6 July 2020, the Luxembourg government issued bill of law N°7625 implementing into domestic law Council Directive (EU) 2020/876 of 24 June 202…
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Yesterday, the draft law implementing the optional deadline extensions of EU Directive of 24 June 2020 (the “Directive”) amending the EU Directive on …
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On 6 July 2020, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published a report on the use of data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) within EU i…
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On 2 July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled in the case of BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd (C-231/19) that a “s…
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In recent years the European Union has paid increasing attention to sustainability in its policy- making particularly in the financial sector
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On 2 July 2020, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”) published two important texts for third country firms provi…
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On 1 July 2020, the Luxembourg supervisory authority (the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier - CSSF) issued the circular n°20/743 (the Ci…
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On 1 July 2020, bill of law 7216B setting up a Luxembourg register of fiducies and trusts (the “RFT”), under the supervision of the Adm…
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On 7 May 2020, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted a new law extending certain deadlines during the crisis as provided for in various financial sector l…
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In the absence of an equivalence decision published by ESMA pursuant to MiFID II, the CSSF has the power to adopt its own equivalence decision.
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A new CSSF Circular 20/743 provides more clarification on third country firms providing investment services or performing investment activities.
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Extension of the effects of the Grand Ducal Regulation of 20 March 2020 regarding the means used to hold general meetings and other meetings of compan…
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On 25 June 2020, the law extending crisis measures relating to the holding of meetings of companies and other legal entities after the end of the stat…
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On 24 June 2020, the Council of the European Union (the Council) adopted an amendment to the Mandatory Disclosure Directive ((Directive (EU) 2018/855)…
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On 14 May 2020, the CJ delivered its judgment in case B and Others v Administration des contributions directes (C-749/18). The Court conclud…
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On 11 June 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that it is prohibited to distribute free samples of prescription-only med…
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Following a ruling of the CJEU, termination fees in the event of early termination of a contract are often triggering VAT. Especially in B2C-situation…
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The proposed measures of the Draft Bill aim at bringing Luxembourg law into line with the evaluation of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange …
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In this 10th episode, Partner Mark Shaw talks about some recommendations of the European Systemic Risk Board in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
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On 29 May 2020, a new draft law n°7605 has been presented to Parliament which will end the state of crisis as soon as it has become law and been publi…
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