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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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20/07/18
The OECD releases the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) public discussion draft on BEPS actions 8-10: Fi…

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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19/07/18
The Luxembourg Double Tax Treaties Network

List of double Tax treaties in force and in negotiation as of 14 June 2018.

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18/07/18
Licenciement avec préavis suivi d’un licenciement avec effet immédiat – absence de 5 jours – licenciement abus…

L’absence injustifiée de cinq journées de travail d’affilée est un motif suffisamment grave pour entraîner une rupture immédiate des relations de trav…

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17/07/18
EU Proposal in Relation to Crowdfunding Service Providers for Business

On March 8th 2018, the European Commission released a new proposalfor a European Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (“CSP”) for Bus…

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12/07/18
Law of 17 April 2018 and PRIIPs Regulation

The law of 17 April 2018 on key investor documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (the “2018 Law”) was published in the M…

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11/07/18
Unrestricted VAT deduction for active holding companies

On 5 July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) released a welcome decision in the Marle Participations case (C-320/17) concerning…

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10/07/18
Consequences of intellectual property rights infringement in Luxembourg

Over the last five years, the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Propert…

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04/07/18
Luxembourg Implementation of Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive

On 20 June 2018, the Luxembourg Government filed the bill of law n°7318 (“Draft Law”) implementing the so-called Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (“ATAD 1…

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03/07/18
Transfer pricing: new requirements in 2017 tax returns

The Luxembourg Tax Authorities (“LTA”) inserted in Form 500 “Corporate income tax, municipal business and net worth tax return for resident corporatio…

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02/07/18
La réforme du droit d'auteur dans l'UE : une nouvelle protection contre l'hégémonie des GAFA ?

En matière de réforme visant à faciliter l’émergence d’un marché unique du numérique, on aura souvent entendu ces jours derniers l’application du Règl…

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29/06/18
The Luxembourg ATAD bill of law has been published

Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164, the “Anti Tax Avoidance Directive” or «ATAD 1 » published on 12 July 2016, implements the OECD’s recommendation…

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28/06/18
‘Brexit’ – What does it mean for indirect taxes?

Following the 2016 referendum vote and the formal withdrawal notification, the UK should in principle not be subject to European legislation as from 3…

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26/06/18
Fidelity Funds vs the Danish Ministry – CJEU rules in favour of taxpayers

Yesterday (21 June 2018), the European Court ruled in favour of a Fidelity investment fund that had suffered Danish withholding tax at a higher rate t…

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25/06/18
5th AML Directive - Key aspects

The new directive (Directive EU 2018/843) on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terro…

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25/06/18
Démission du salarié – motivation dans la lettre (non)- motivation en cours d’instance (oui) – faute grave (ou…

La démission du salarié pour motif grave dans le chef de l’employeur n’est soumise à aucune règle de forme et le salarié n’est partant pas obligé de c…

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22/06/18
New bills on ATAD implementation and MLI approval

On 15 June 2018 the Luxembourg government approved 2 new bills of law: - the first bill of law (“ATAD Bill”) implements the provisions of the Council…

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21/06/18
Red Sole Diary: how the story ends before the CJEU

The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) handed down an eagerly awaited decision in a dispute about Christian Louboutin's “red sole ma…

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21/06/18
Luxembourg implements the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD)

Today (20.06), the draft law implementing the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (“ATAD”) was released. While the main purpose of the draft law is to imp…

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20/06/18
Amendments to the Benelux convention on Intellectual Property

The Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property (BCIP) has been amended as of June 1st. The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) will have …

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19/06/18
EU legislative proposals to facilitate the cross-border distribution of investment funds

On 12 March 2018 the European Commission issued legislative proposals to amend the existing legal framework for the cross-border distribution of inves…

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