Luxembourg’s Parliament recently amended the bill of law implementing the C…
On 28 October 2024, the EU Commission published a proposal to amend the dir…
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Initial coin offering (the “ICO”) and, more generally speaking, crypto-currencies related topics are at the heart of the current discussions in the Gr…
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In a precedent newsflash dated November 16th 2017, we informed you about a press release issued by the Luxembourg Commission de Su…
Read MoreThe triggering of Article 50 in March 2017 has set into motion the formal process for the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU). Unless…
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Funds subject to part II of the law of 17 December 2010 on undertakings for collective investment (Part II-Funds respectively the 2010 Law) …
Read MoreAs of today(23.02.2018), the Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments as …
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Through the law of 27 February 2018 implementing the EU regulation (UE) 2015/751 on interchange commissions for card based payments, which amends vari…
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Significant changes have been brought recently to the Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") legislation. The Luxembourg Law of 13 February 2018 (“Amending La…
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Luxembourg's well-known financial secrecy laws are changing. Bill n° 7024 amending inter alia Article 41 of the Financial Sector Act of 5 April 1993 (…
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Grand-Ducal Regulation of December 21 2017 relating to fees to be levied by the CSSF Grand-Ducal Regulation of December 21 2017 (the Regulation)…
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On 14 February 2018, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) published a Recommendation addressed to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ES…
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On 14 February 2018, the law of 13 February 2018 implementing a substantial part of the 4th anti-money laundering directive (4th AML Directive) was pu…
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By definition, a cryptocurrency or virtual currency (VC) is a digital or virtual representation of value using cryptography to secure its transactions…
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The Luxembourg Parliament published two new draft laws (No. 7216 and No. 7217) on December 6th 2017, in order to implement provisions of Directiv…
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Grand-Ducal Regulation of December 21 2017 relating to fees to be levied by the CSSF Grand-Ducal Regulation of December 21 2017 (the Regulation)…
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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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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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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…
Read MoreBeginning 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…
Read MoreOn 8 December 2017, the Luxembourg tax authorities issued a new circular (the “Circular”) relating to the issuance of tax residency certificates for u…
Read MoreThe Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“CSSF”), changed its policy regarding investments…
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