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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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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!

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19/02/20
EU ECOFIN: revision of the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) today adopted revised conclusions on the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes…

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17/02/20
AML/CFT CSSF Guidance on Compliance by Registered AIFMS and 2019 ML/TF Survey

On 5 December 2019, the CSSF published a communication summarizing results of an AML/CFT questionnaire as well as an AML/CFT conference conc…

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14/02/20
New transfer pricing guidance on financial transactions

On 3 July 2018, the OECD launched a consultation on the transfer pricing of financial transactions by publishing the first draft of a new chapter of t…

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10/02/20
CSSF Updates on IT Outsourcing by Supervised Institutions

As regards IT outsourcing of material activities by credit institutions, investment firms and professionals performing lending operations under Circul…

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06/02/20
CSSF calls virtual assets service providers active in Luxembourg to prepare for compliance

Following the adoption of the modified Interpretative Note to the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) Recommendation 15 on New Technologies, the …

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05/02/20
Tax Flash: CJEU rules that Dutch tax rules on dividends paid to non-resident UCITS partly violate EU law

On 30 January 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued its judgement in the case of Köln Aktienfonds Deka (“KA Deka”). The CJE…

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04/02/20
Brexit: CSSF informs that UK entities may continue carrying out their activities in Luxembourg under their EU …

On 31 January 2020, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“CSSF”) has published a press release in which it indicates that th…

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31/01/20
New communication from the CSSF to UK managers in the context of Brexit

Today, the Luxembourg financial supervisory authority (the CSSF) released a communication on Brexit1 which follows up on previous communications issue…

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31/01/20
Brexit will happen tonight. What next?

At midnight tonight Luxembourg time, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. For business in the EU and the UK, nothing will change during 2…

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31/01/20
From complexity to simplicity – the new rules and regulations of the LuxSE enter into force today

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s new rules and regulations (the “R&Rs”) enter into force today, 31 January 2020, and will certainly be warmly welco…

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31/01/20
Securitisation Regulation | Finalisation of the Disclosure Technical Standards

Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for si…

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30/01/20
UCITS KIID benchmark disclosures - the CSSF’s expectations

The CSSF published a communication reminding UCITS management companies and self-managed UCITS to include the changes required by the ESMA’s Q&A o…

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29/01/20
Insurance 2020: Impact of Brexit on the Luxembourg insurance sector

The UK’s decision to leave the European Union led insurance companies established in the UK to consider other options, such as relocating their place …

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27/01/20
5MLD - Creation of a Luxembourg central electronic data retrieval system concerning accounts and safe deposit …

In order to fully implement the so-called 5th anti-money laundering directive (5MLD)1, bill of law 7512 (the Bill)2 was introduced before the Lux…

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24/01/20
Directive (EU) 2019-2121 on Cross-Border Conversions, Mergers and Demergers

On 27 November 2019, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive (EU) 2019/2121 (the "Directive") which amends the provisions of Directi…

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24/01/20
The Luxembourg Double Tax Treaties Network

List of double tax treaties in force and in negotiation as of 23 December 2019.

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23/01/20
Actualité de la lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent et le financement du terrorisme

L’année 2019 a été marquée pour les sociétés luxembourgeoises par la mise en place du registre des bénéficiaires effectifs (le « RBE »), mis en place …

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22/01/20
VAT “Quick Fixes”: simplifications and challenges for Luxembourg businesses

On 23 December 2019, the Luxembourg VAT authorities issued Circular n°799, outlining the main legislative changes in Luxembourg VAT law effective as f…

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21/01/20
Panorama 2019 de la jurisprudence en droit des sociétés

Cet article reprend les principales jurisprudences qui ont marqué l'année 2019 en droit des sociétés.

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17/01/20
CSSF Issues Circular 19/733 Addressing IOSCO’s Recommendations for Liquidity Risk Management for Collective In…

On 20 December 2019 the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”) published circular 19/733 (the “Circular”) implementing…

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