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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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06/02/18
The law on commercial lease adopted

The law on commercial lease (the “Law”) has been adopted on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 by the Chamber of Deputies and will come into force after its …

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06/02/18
Listing without trading – The Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s Securities Official List

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) has recently launched its Securities Official List (SOL), a dedicated section of the LuxSE’s official list. It e…

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06/02/18
Drafting limited partnership agreements under Luxembourg law

As international clients from common law jurisdictions expand their businesses in a civil law jurisdiction such as Luxembourg, the question of the enf…

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02/02/18
New bills of law in relation to the creation of Luxembourg registers of beneficial owners and fiduciary arrang…

Two bills of law were filed on 6 December 2017 by the Luxembourg Ministry of Justice with a view to transposing articles 30 and 31 of the Directive (E…

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02/02/18
EU Commission warns stakeholders of customs and indirect tax impact of Brexit

On 30 January 2018, the EU Commission issued a notice regarding the impact of Brexit in the field of customs and indirect taxation. In its …

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01/02/18
Data Protection and Privacy Update – January 2018

This month brought the following interesting data protection developments: Update home market: The Netherlands, Belgium, L…

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29/01/18
Strengthening of municipal autonomy by the Constitutional Court

The Constitutional Court has been seized of the preliminary question as to whether Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Act of 30 June 1976 on th…

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26/01/18
Reform of the employees' extraordinary leave

The law of 15 December 2017, which entered into force on 1 January 2018, has modified extraordinary leave, mostly in favour of employees. The table b…

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26/01/18
Legal Developments on Commercial Leases

This brief report provides a summary of the most important amendments of the legal provisions applicable to commercial leases, introduced in Luxembour…

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26/01/18
An important decision for Uber: the qualification of this startup as a "service in the field of transport"

The Court of Justice ruled that “an intermediation service […], the purpose of which is to connect, by means of a smartphone application and…

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24/01/18
Luxembourg transparency registers: soon a reality!

On 6 December 2017, two Bills of Law which will implement articles 30 and 31 of the Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and the Council…

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24/01/18
Reduced VAT rates: a reform that increases the flexibility of EU Member States

Pursuant to Article 100 of the VAT Directive calling on the European Council to review the scope of reduced VAT rates, the European Commission publish…

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23/01/18
New regime for the commercial lease in Luxembourg

In a first vote on 17 January 2018, the Chamber of Deputies adopted a new law amending the commercial lease regime (Bill n°6864). This new law aims to…

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22/01/18
Towards the end of the monopoly of the National Laboratory of Health?

On November 30, 2017, the Administrative Court upheld the Administrative Tribunal's judgment of 27 April 2017, according to which a pri…

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19/01/18
Adoption de la loi portant sur le bail commercial et modifiant certaines dispositions du Code civil

En date du 17 janvier 2018, la Chambre des députés a voté la loi portant sur le bail commercial et modifiant le Code civil, dont le projet avait été d…

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19/01/18
Changes to the EuVECA and EuSEF Regulations

Beginning on 1 March 2018, Regulation (EU) 2017/1991 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017, amending Regulation (EU) No 345…

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19/01/18
Licenciement économique et analyse par le juge des bilans de l’employeur

Jugement intéressant sur l’office du juge en matière de licenciement économique.  S’il n’appartient pas au juge d’apprécier l’opportunité des ch…

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17/01/18
GDPR: Part 17 - International Data Transfers

This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation, which was published on 4 May 2016 and must be complied wi…

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16/01/18
Luxembourg Tax Authorities Update the Circular Regarding Tax Residency Certificates for Undertakings for Colle…

On 8 December 2017, the Luxembourg tax authorities issued a new circular (the “Circular”) relating to the issuance of tax residency certificates for u…

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15/01/18
CSSF changes its policy regarding investments by UCITS in UCIs

The Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“CSSF”), changed its policy regarding investments…

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