As part of the gradual roll-out of a strengthened system for monitoring and…
Crypto investments are increasingly entering the mainstream. The Luxembourg…
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On 14 August 2020, the Luxembourg Minister for Consumer Protection presented Parliament with bill n°7650 concerning the introduction of consumer class…
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Armed with useful flowcharts to help organisations determine their role, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published new guidelines on the…
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The aim of the New Regulation is to replace and repeal the amended CAA Regulation No. 13/01 of 23 December 2013 on the fight against money l…
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This article is the first of a series of following publications, which will focus on more specific 5G topics.
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On 20 August 2020, two important texts from an anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (“AML-CTF”) perspective were published:
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On 7 August 2020, the Luxembourg supervisory authority for the financial sector, the CSSF, updated its frequently asked questions (the FAQ) on the Lux…
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Many UK firms currently carry on cross-border services in Luxembourg in reliance on an EU financial services passport (e.g. under the Alternative Inve…
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On 24 April 2020, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued new guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers (…
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The CSSF, Luxembourg’s supervisory authority for the financial sector, has announced that Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS may no longer invest in loans
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On 27 July, the Luxembourg parliament published a new bill of law n° 7637 (the “Bill of Law”) that will amend the following two laws:
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In the context of the “Schrems II” case held before the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), some mechanisms used to transfer personal dat…
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On 27 July 2020, the government has introduced a draft bill n°7637 in Parliament (the “Draft Bill”), which – if adopted – will modernise the law …
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Bill No 7427 was adopted on 17 July 2020 and published on 28 July 2020 (click here). The new law modifies the Luxembourg Act of 14 August 2000 on…
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Entry into force of the law creating a register of fiducies and trusts: new register for beneficial owners of fiduciary arrangements and express trust…
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On 3 July 2020, the Luxembourg supervisory authority for the financial sector, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSS…
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In June 2020, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) published a report which sets out the findings of the FATF on the 12-month review car…
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The Act of 10 July 2020 ("the Act") transposes into Luxembourg law the last part of the fourth Anti-money Laundering Directive (2015/849) as amended b…
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On 15 July 2020, the EU Commission published a directive proposal (the “DAC7 Proposal”), amending, for the 6th time, Directive 2011/16/EU on administr…
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This is the 11th episode of our COVID-19 webcast series. In this new episode, Mark Shaw gives a quick run-down of where we are in terms of f…
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In light of the ongoing Brexit discussions, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to re-open the temporary permissions regime (TPR) as …
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