On 28 October 2024, the EU Commission put forward a directive proposal (the…
On 5 November 2024, the Council adopted new measures aimed at modernising t…
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Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 4th 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade reposi…
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EU - New rules on food labelling: 2015 is an important year for the Food Industry since on 12 December 2014 most of the provisions of the EU Regulatio…
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On February 18th 2015, the European Commission set the wheels in motion for a fully functioning Capital Markets Union, through the launch of its green…
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On 1 January 2015 new VAT rules took effect for telecommunications, broadcasting and electronic services, which will always be taxed in the country wh…
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Début 2015, la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne a rendu un arrêt (CJUE, aff. C-30/14) qui devrait rassurer les propriétaires de bases de données …
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The Luxembourg Parliament passed several laws in the framework of the 2015 Budget on December 19th 2015. The Budget Laws include a temporary budget ba…
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On November 25th 2014, the Luxembourg parliament approved the draft law amending the procedure applicable to the exchange of information on request (t…
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In January 2012, the European Commission presented the long-awaited proposal for a reform of the European data protection law, which consists of a gen…
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An Income tax treaty between Luxembourg and the Czech Republic (the "Treaty") was signed in Brussels on March 5th 2013 and it is applicable on income …
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À l'heure où les débats se concentrent fréquemment sur le traitement des données personnelles effectué par les multinationales, un arrêt rendu pa…
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Under article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 4th 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterpart…
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On November 28th 2014 the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") released its final report ("Final Report") in respect of the delegated ac…
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On December 18th 2014 the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published an Opinion (the "Opinion") and an Advice (the "Advice") on inve…
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In order to bring Luxembourg legislation in line with recent case law of the ECJ (Tate & Lyle Investments Ltd/Belgique, C-384/11 and Com/Allemagne…
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On September 29th 2014, the Council of the European Union adopted a directive (following the European Parliament which had done so on April 15th 2014)…
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The Budget Laws introduced a new paragraph (§29a) in the General Tax Law, the Abgabenordnung, detailing the TCL procedure applicable from now on, both…
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Since January 1st 2015, the withholding tax on interest income paid by Luxembourg paying agents to individuals resident in another EU Member is abolis…
Read More18 March 2015. In its 2014 Annual report, the Luxembourg Direct Tax Authorities reported that 727 exchange of information upon request, spontaneous in…
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In March 2013, the European Commission presented proposals to revise the Community Trade Mark Regulation and Trade Marks Directive (see our January 20…
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On 25 November 2014, Luxembourg enacted a law modifying the Law of 21 June 2005 transposing into Luxembourg domestic law the European Directive 2003/4…
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