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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!
On January 30th 2017 ESMA issued an Opinion on share classes for UCITS addressed to national competent authorities which follows the issuance of two d…
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On 16 November 2016 and 16 December 2016 respectively, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) updated its Questions and Answers with r…
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Today (13/02/2017) , the Commission des Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published a press release to confirm that it expects a…
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The Luxembourg legislator introduced in December 2016 by the enactment of the law of December 12th 2016 (the Law) a new legal framework for companies …
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On 12 February 2017, the Swiss corporate tax reform III (CTR III) bill was not approved by Swiss voters requiring Swiss government and parliament to a…
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The Luxembourg law dated July 23rd 2016 [1] (the “New Law”) amending inter alia the law dated March 29th 2013 relating to the organisation of th…
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The legal regime governing a simplified private limited liability company (hereinafter “S.à r.l.-S”), introduced by the Luxembourg Law of 23 July 2016…
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On December 30th 2016, the law of December 23rd 2016 on market abuse (the “New Market Abuse Law”) entered into force. The New Market Abuse Law impleme…
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The new regulation n°655/2014 supporting the creation of a European bank account preservation order procedure came into force on 18 January 2017. This…
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Following the adoption of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 27 April 2016, most organisations began to re-examine their internal…
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In its judgment of 25 January 2017 in a case (C- 375/15) opposing BAWAG, an Austrian bank and VKI, an Austrian consumer organisation, the Court of Jus…
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A European Account Preservation Order, the purpose of which is to facilitate the execution of cross-borders pecuniary claims, has recently been e…
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2017 has arrived and some legislative changes with it. In order to assess if your HR department is compliant with the new laws, you will find a short …
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A new law dated December 23rd 2016 on the organisation of the working hours (the “ New Law”) has been enacted which amends the Luxembourg Labour …
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On December 19th 2016, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (consisting of the European Securities and Markets Authority, the E…
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The Luxembourg law of 10 August 2016 modernising the law on commercial companies of 10 August 1915 (the “Company Law”) and amending the Civil Code (th…
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In the absence of a common EU framework for share classes of UCITS funds*, ESMA has identified diverging national practices as to the types of share c…
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2016 was a year full of developments in the IP, IT and Media fields. The beginning of this New Year gives us the opportunity to look back at the key l…
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The law of December 23rd 2016 transposing Directive 2014/17/EU on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property (the “MCD…
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Par une loi du 23 juillet 2016 publiée au Mémorial n°154 du 4 août 2016 (la « Loi »), le législateur luxembourgeois est venu modifier profon…
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