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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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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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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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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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Le crowdsourcing est devenu, avec l’avènement des économies collaboratives, une pratique très répandue, partic…

Il s’agit de l’opération par laquelle il est appelé de manière ouverte et publique à un large groupe de personnes non nécessairement professionnelles …

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Virtual currencies and initial coin offerings

The CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier) has recently published two warnings on its website regarding in particular the si…

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The Luxembourg VAT group is coming

On 13 April 2018, the Ministry of Finance communicated the draft bill n°7278 to the Parliament. This draft bill proposes to implement a VAT group regi…

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Luxembourg introduces VAT grouping regime

Bill of law: following existing VAT grouping regimes in other EU Member States, the Luxembourg Government has now proposed the adoption of a VAT group…

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Marchés publics au Luxembourg: entrée en vigueur des nouvelles dispositions

​Après avoir été votée une première fois le 8 février 2018, puis revotée le 14 mars 2018[1], la loi du 8 avril 2018 sur les marchés publics a été…

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Introduction of the Luxembourg VAT group regime (bill of law n°7278)

On 13 April 2018, the Luxembourg Government introduced the bill of law n°7278 before the Parliament. This bill will implement the VAT group into Luxem…

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Clarification of UCIs Part II: Depositary Regime

Under the law of 10 May 2016 transposing UCITS Directive 2014/91/EU (UCITS V), it was originally expected that all undertakings for collective investm…

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The new Law on commercial lease (Part 1: scope of the Law and new restrictions)

The Law is the result of the willingness of our legislator to define a new legal framework which is supposed to avoid dysfunctions resulting from spec…

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Proceedings Before the Inspectorate

On 10 January 2018, the Act creating the Data Protection Authority (the “Act”) was published in the Belgian State Gazette. This newsletter provides in…

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Overview on the put and call options rights in Luxembourg

1. Main features and interests Put options The purpose of a put option is to grant its beneficiary with a right to sell securities (generally, shares…

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Data Protection and Privacy Update – March 2018

On 13 April 2018, the National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) will organize new courses on the basics of data protection. These courses are aim…

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Les principales clauses conventionnelles tendant à restreindre la libre cessibilité des titres dans les S.A. e…

Sous l’influence du droit anglo-saxon, nous assistons depuis plusieurs années au développement exponentiel en droit luxembourgeois des conventions ext…

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Overviews of the new corporate governance rules after the adoption of the Law on Modernisation

Management rules and authority With respect to SARL: possibility - to provide in the Articles an authorised share capital mechanism; - to delegat…

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Supervision at the workplace

A draft law n°7184 establishing the National Commission for Data Protection and implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was publish…

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Case Law on Private Wealth Management

The Luxembourg Income Tax Code assesses Luxembourg taxpayers differently, depending upon whether they realise business income or income from private f…

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New Luxembourg IP Box regime adopted

On 22 March 2018 the Luxembourg Parliament (Chambre des députés) adopted the new IP Box Law (see our newsflash “Tax changes for 2018 disclosed in th…

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CSSF’s change of policy regarding UCITS eligible investments

The CSSF provides in Press Release 18/02 that the eligibility criteria of such target UCI (“Target UCI”) under Article 50(1)(e) of the UCITS Directive…

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Recent significant corporate litigation case law

The Luxembourg District Court had the opportunity to specify the requirements and procedure of the judicial management report provided for in article …

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A new IP regime in Luxembourg

The bill of Law n°7163 implementing the new tax regime applicable to intellectual property assets (the “new IP regime”) was approved by a first consti…

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New France-Luxembourg Double Tax Treaty

On 20 March, 2018, France and Luxembourg signed a new Double Tax Treaty (“DTT”), which was released yesterday. The aim of the new DTT is to replace th…

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