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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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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!

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16/07/19
Brexit: Mandatory notifications to the Luxembourg regulator for firms, UCIs and their managers established in …

In the event of a so-called “Hard Brexit”, these firms and entities will be considered as “third-country entities” meaning they will lose the benefit …

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15/07/19
Shareholder rights: new developments

Increased shareholder rights equal additional obligations for asset managers and intermediaries

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12/07/19
Draft Law 7349 – concerning ELTIF, EuVECA and EuSEF and amending the RAIF Law

Draft Law No. 7349 was adopted by the Luxembourg Parliament on 11 July 2019 (the “Law”) and implements into domestic law certain provisions of the fol…

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11/07/19
CSSF is looking at the impact of the PRIIPs Regulation on Luxembourg-regulated investment funds

On 1 July 2019, the CSSF issued Press Release 19/28 (Communication regarding PRIIPs assessment) (the “Press Release”) whereby the CSSF requi…

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08/07/19
The Luxembourg UBO Register: the end of the transition period is fast approaching (31 August 2019)

The UBO Register Act, which entered into force on 1st March 2019, provides for a six-month transition period to submit information to the UBO Register…

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05/07/19
New Luxembourg Prospectus Law

On 2 July 2019, the Luxembourg parliament adopted the bill of law no. 7328 (the “New Prospectus Law”), implementing Regulation 2017/1129/EU of the Eur…

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04/07/19
Ratification of the new tax treaty between Luxembourg and France

Today, the Luxembourg parliament ratified the new double tax treaty signed on 20 March 2018 between Luxembourg and France, which will replace the curr…

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03/07/19
Highlights of the new Luxembourg prospectus law

Today (02.07), the Luxembourg parliament has adopted the final text of the bill of law (the “New Prospectus Law”) implementing into Luxembourg do…

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02/07/19
Luxembourg ratifies new France-Luxembourg double tax treaty

Today, the draft law ratifying the double tax treaty ("DTT") signed with France on 20 March 2018 was passed by the Luxembourg Parliament (first parlia…

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02/07/19
Increase of the minimum wage

0.9% increase of the minimum wage: last step to raise the minimum wage by 100 EUR net with effect from 1st January 2019

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27/06/19
EMIR Refit – Key Changes

On 28 May 2019, EMIR Refit, the Regulation (EU) 2019/834 of 20 May 2019 amending Regulation (EU) 648/2012, was published in the Official Journal of th…

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27/06/19
RBO filing it’s now

The Luxembourg law dated 13 January 2019 (the RBO Law) created a register of beneficial owners (registre des bénéficiaires effectifs) (the RBE), with …

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24/06/19
Licenciement économique – suppression de poste – licenciement abusif (oui)

Il est exact que l’employeur, qui décide seul de la politique économique de son entreprise, de son organisation interne et des modalités techniques de…

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20/06/19
Fund finance lending: a practical checklist

In this chapter we have tried to set out some of the key issues that a lender and its counsel need to consider when entering into a typical subscripti…

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19/06/19
L'instauration d’un mécanisme de règlement des différends fiscaux bientôt en vigueur

Le 11 avril 2019, M. Pierre Gramegna, Ministre des Finances, a déposé le projet de loi n°7431 à la chambre des Députés qui vise à transposer en droit …

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14/06/19
Commitments MasterCard and Visa accepted by European Commission

The European Commission (the Commission) accepted commitments offered by MasterCard and Visa that would reduce inter-regional multilateral interc…

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13/06/19
Insurance companies: are you ready for IDD?

Getting ready for IDD requires advance preparation: two important areas include identifying affected employees and establishing training.

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11/06/19
ESMA updates AIFMD and UCITS Q&A

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published and updated version of its questions and answers (Q&A) documents related to the…

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11/06/19
Tax Dispute Resolution Mechanism: New Bill of Law

The Bill of Law 7431 ("Bill”) introduced by the Luxembourg government on 11 April 2019  implements the European Union (“EU”) Directive …

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10/06/19
Less than three months left for RBO filing!

The 4th EU AML Directive1, as amended by the 5th EU AML Directive 2, requires each Member State of the EU inter alia to establish registers …

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