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03/12/24
Luxembourg District Court applies CJEU decision on VAT and d…

On 22 November 2024, the Luxembourg District Court ruled that directors’ fe…

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03/12/24
State of play of different proposals at EU level (Unshell, T…

In June 2024, the EU Council approved a report to the European Council on t…

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The EU Transfer Pricing Directive: the Commission looks to harmonise TP across the EU

The European Commission has proposed for a council directive on transfer pricing (the TP Directive) to harmonise key transfer pricing (TP) principles …

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New directive on consumer credit adopted by EU Parliament

On 12 September 2023, the EU Parliament adopted the Directive on Consumer Credits (CCD II), which will repeal Directive 2008/48/EC of 23 April 2008 on…

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Directive Proposal on BEFIT: A real necessity or just another layer of useless complexity?

On 12 September, the EU Commission adopted a key package of initiatives containing notably a Directive Proposal on Business in Europe: Framework for I…

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Belgium clarifies VAT treatment of company cars provided to Belgian employees

Following the CJEU’s decision in QM (case C-288/19), the Belgian VAT authorities have issued Circular 2023/C/72 dated 1 September 2023.

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Contemplated new framework to modernise payment services

On 28 June 2023, the European Commission published a Proposal for a Directive on payment services and electronic money services in the internal market…

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Luxembourg court emphasizes need to justify and document economic reasons to use alphabet shares

On 14 June 2023, the lower administrative court rendered a new decision (case n° 45759) once again dealing with the tax treatment applicable to the re…

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Pillar 2 implementation in Luxembourg: Bill submitted to Parliament

On 4 August 2023, the Luxembourg government presented Bill of law no. 8292_ (Bill) implementing Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523_ of 14 December 2022 …

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Direct tax procedure: Commentary on upcoming amendments

On 28 March 2023, the Minister of Finance presented a new draft law n° 8186 (the “Draft Law”) to the Parliament which amends the Abgabenordnung (“AO”)…

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Securitisation companies and atad 1: red card for luxembourg ?

On 14th July, the EU Commission blew the whistle and initiated an infringement procedure against Luxembourg, by reason of a deemed insufficient implem…

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Law implementing public country-by-country reporting Directive adopted by the Luxembourg Parliament

Luxembourg, like all EU Member States, had until 22 June 2023 to transpose the so-called public country-by- country reporting (“CbCR”) Directive into …

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ESMA’s statement on the sustainability disclosures in prospectuses drawn up in compliance with the Prospectus …

On 11 July 2023, ESMA published a public statement on sustainability-related disclosures within prospectuses drawn up in line with the Prospectus Regu…

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Investment tax credit regime to be modernised as from 2024

On 13 July 2023, a draft law was presented to Parliament which introduces a major reform of the current investment tax credit framework, with effect a…

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Amendment of the Luxembourg Investment Funds Legal Toolbox

On 11 July 2023, a law reforming Luxembourg investment funds (the “Law”) was adopted by the Luxembourg Parliament with the aim to, notably, improve an…

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Bill introducing new reporting obligations for PSPs

On 5 May 2023, the government submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament Bill 8207 to implement Council Directive (EU) 2020/284 amending the VAT Directive…

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Merger control update

At EU level, the EU Commission has published rules and guidance to further reduce the administrative burden for parties with respect to the merger con…

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EU Commission adopts new adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Protection Framework

After years of negotiations between the eu and the us, the eu commission concluded that the us offers an adequate level of protection for personal dat…

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GDPR – New data transfer adequacy decision for the transfer of data between the United States and EU in force …

Following the invalidation of the Privacy Shield adequacy decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on 16 July 2020 (see our article here…

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Towards more equal treatment of cross-border workers

From 1 January 2024, German tax residents employed by a business located in Luxembourg (and vice versa) will be able to work remotely for 34 days per …

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The future of pre-pack sales in Luxembourg

On 7 December 2022, the EU Commission issued a proposal for a directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law (the Draft Directive). One key a…

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New Court decision on share class redemptions: A clear(er) path to redemption?

On 14 June 2023, the Lower Administrative Court (Tribunal administratif) took a decision (docket n°45759) on the Luxembourg tax treatment of the repur…

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