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Mr. Henri Wagner
Mr. Thomas Berger
Mrs. Carole Schmidt
Mr. Baptiste Aubry

Second shareholder rights directive: impact on the Luxembourg banking sector
30/12/2019

On 1 August 2019, the Luxembourg legislator amended the act of 24 May 2011 relating to the exercise of certain shareholder rights at general meetings of listed companies (the Act), thereby implementing the second shareholder rights directive (SRD II)1.

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CJ rules on restriction of eligibiltiy of energy tax rebate scheme

CJ rules on restriction of eligibiltiy of energy tax rebate scheme
26/12/2019

On 14 November 2019 the CJ issued a preliminary ruling in the (second) Dilly’s Wellnesshotel case (C-585/17). Austria decided to limit an existing energy tax rebate scheme to the manufacturing industry as of 2011.

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Rulings: Limitation of validity period

Rulings: Limitation of validity period
24/12/2019

On 14 October 2019, the Luxembourg 2020 draft budget law was tabled by the Finance Minister to the Parliament (“Draft Budget Law”).

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EU Council adopts VAT Implementing Regulation on new VAT rules for e-commerce

EU Council adopts VAT Implementing Regulation on new VAT rules for e-commerce
23/12/2019

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Mr. Eric Fort
Mr. Alain Goebel
Mr. Thierry Lesage
Mr. Vincent Mahler

Luxembourg 2020 budget law introducing new tax measures and law implementing ATAD II passed
19/12/2019

Today, the budget law for 2020 and the law implementing into domestic law Council Directive (EU) 2017/952 of 29 May 2017 (“ATAD II”) have been passed by the Luxembourg Parliament.

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ATAD 2 Law adopted

ATAD 2 Law adopted
19/12/2019

On 19 December 2019, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted the law transposing the Council Directive (EU) 2017/952 of 29 May 2017 (the so-called “ATAD 2”) into Luxembourg law (“ATAD 2 Law”) (first constitutional vote)

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CJ rules that non-EU pension funds can obtain the refund of dividend withholding tax

CJ rules that non-EU pension funds can obtain the refund of dividend withholding tax
18/12/2019

CJ rules that non-EU pension funds can obtain the refund of dividend withholding tax if they are comparable to domestic pension funds (College Pension Plan of British Columbia

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AMLD V Implementation

AMLD V Implementation
18/12/2019

In the context of the implementation process of AMLD V1, on 8 August 2019, the Luxembourg government introduced a draft Bill of Law2 (“Bill of Law”), which notably amends the Law of 12 November 2004

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Mrs. Michèle Eisenhuth
Mr. Piotr Giemza-Popowski

Regulation amending the Benchmarks Regulation published
16/12/2019

Regulation (EU) 2019/2089 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 (the “Benchmarks Regulation”) as regards EU Climate Transition Benchmarks,

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Mr. Philippe-Emmanuel Partsch

European Supervisory Authorities - Legality and judicial control of their activity
10/12/2019

On 4 December 2019, the French Conseil d'Etat, at the request of the French Banking Federation, referred important questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling regarding the legality 

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