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The European Parliament voted on the final text of the fourth AML Directive (“the Fourth AMLD”) on May 20th 2015. We commented on the key changes in o…
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With respect to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), the first reporting by Luxembourg financial institutions is due on 30 June 2015 at t…
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On 5 February 2015, the governments of Luxembourg and Belgium came to an agreement with respect to the right of taxation of salaries, wages …
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In 2012, the European Commission adopted an ambitious proposal for an EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The European Commission’s aim is…
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At the beginning of 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“The Court”) rendered a judgment (EUCJ, aff. C-30/14) which should serve to reas…
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On March 18th 2015, the European Commission published a new initiative on tax transparency to fight tax evasion and avoidance. The initiative includes…
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On February 26th 2015, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament ("ECON") voted on the draft report on the proposed draft…
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The proposed regulation (the "Regulation") on European Long-Term Investment Funds ("ELTIF") has been adopted by the European Parliament (the "EP") on …
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On 20 April 2015, the European Council formally approved a new regulation aiming at creating a new investment vehicle channelling European investment …
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Two years after the European Commission's proposal, the European Parliament approved the final text of the fourth AML Directive ("the Fourth AMLD") on…
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On February 2nd 2015 the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published its final report on possible delegated acts concerning the Marke…
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The European Parliament vote on the final text of the fourth AML Directive ("the Fourth AMLD") is imminent.
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The Luxembourg tax authorities released Circular L.G. - Conv. D.I. n°58 on February 9th 2015 (hereafter the "Circular") which aims at providing clarif…
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On 26 March 2015, ESMA published an updated version of its Q&A on the KIID.
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By judgement dated March 5th 2015 (the "Judgement"), the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") ruled that the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg h…
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A year after the signing of the intergovernmental agreement regarding FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) between Luxembourg and the United Sta…
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The double tax treaty signed on September 17th 1970 between the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of Belgium (the "DTT") provides in its artic…
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On March 26th 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published an updated questions and answers ("Updated Q&A") on the appli…
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On 18 February 2015 the European Commission published a Green Paper on the Capital Markets Union (CMU) seeking consultation on numerous capital marke…
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On February 3rd 2015 the European Securities Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued its final report (the "Final Report") on ESMA's technical advice to the…
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