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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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15/01/18
Les formes de la démission

Tout comme l’employeur peut licencier, le salarié peut également mettre un terme aux relations qui l’unissent avec son entreprise. Pour une définition…

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12/01/18
Information accompanying transfers of funds

Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds (“Regulation (EU) 2015/847 ”) repeals Regulation (CE) 1781…

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11/01/18
Coordinating Version of the Law of 10 August 1915 on Commercial Companies as of 19 December 2017

As of 19 December 2017, any reference to the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies (the “Company Law”) is to be understood as the re-arranged …

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11/01/18
Bill of law No. 7228 – simplification of access to certain professions in Luxembourg

On 22nd December 2017, the Luxembourg Minister of Economics filed Bill of law No. 7228 (the “Bill”) aiming to amend the Law of 2 September 2011 on acc…

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10/01/18
Luxembourg regulator changes its policy about UCITS investing in other UCI

In its press release 18/02 of 5 January 2018 (the Press Release), the Luxembourg supervisory authority for the financial sector (Commission de su…

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10/01/18
Licenciement économique – appréciation des motifs par la Cour.

L’appelant fait tout d’abord grief à la juridiction de première instance d’avoir retenu que la lettre de motivation du 18 septembre 2014 était suffisa…

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09/01/18
Updated rules on tax residence certificates for UCIs, now including RAIFs

In the new Circular of 8 December 2017 (the "Circular"), which replaces Circular L.G. – No. 61 of 12 February 2015 dealing with the issuing …

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08/01/18
Data Protection and Privacy Update – December 2017

Following its recent November plenary meeting, the WP29 adopted more than ten key documents, including the Privacy Shield report. Below, we have summa…

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05/01/18
Selective distribution and online sales

On 6 December 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") rendered a long-awaited judgment in case C-230/16 opposing Coty Germ…

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04/01/18
Amendment of the Luxembourg law on the exchange of tax information on request in sight

In our newsletters Q1 and Q2 2017, we announced a paradigm shift in Luxembourg concerning the exchange of tax information on request by another EU mem…

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02/01/18
Budget Law 2018: Changes for corporate tax payers

The most important tax-related changes for corporate taxpayers under the  Budget Law ("Law") can be summarised as follows: Extension of the…

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29/12/17
PRIIPs

As a reminder, on 1 January 2018, persons and entities advising on or selling a PRIIP(not benefiting from the grandfathering period like UCITS fu…

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27/12/17
The revamped MiFID and EUVECA frameworks

Completing the MiFID framework, the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1946 supplementing Directives 2004/39/EC and 2014/65/EU of the European …

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26/12/17
Law amending certain paid leaves

A law aiming at reforming leave for family reasons and certain extraordinary paid leave was published in the official gazette (Mémorial A) o…

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26/12/17
Loi modifiée du 10 août 1915 concernant les sociétés commerciales - version consolidée au 19 décembre 2017

The law of 10 August 1915 has been entirely renumbered and the table of contents has also been reordered. The new version does not contain any substan…

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22/12/17
CJEU does not allow too general anti-abuse and substance provisions for holding companies (Deister Holding an…

On 20 December 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgment in joined cases Deister Holding AG (C-504/16) and…

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21/12/17
Tax Treatment of the Reversal of an Impairment

In a decision handed down on August 9th 2017 (docket No. 38981C), the Higher Administrative Court (Tribunal administratif) ruled on the tax treatment …

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19/12/17
The issuance of bonds to the public by a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée)

The legislator through the adoption of the law of 10 August 2016 which modernized the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies (the “Law”) has ex…

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18/12/17
Human rights also applies on VAT litigations

The ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of 5 December 2017 on case C-42/17 "M.A.S. and M.B." is remarkable, as it went as far …

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14/12/17
La mise en place annoncée du registre luxembourgeois des bénéficiaires effectifs... Soyez prêts !

Répondant aux exigences internationales en matière de transparence des personnes morales portées par la 4èmedirective anti-blanchiment, …

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