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13/01/23

European judgment on equal treatment and sexual orientation

On 12 January 2023, the European Court of Justice rendered a judgement concerning equal treatment in employment and occupation, more particularly conc…

13/01/23

VAT corner

12/01/23

Foreign Subsidies Regulation enters into force on 12 January 2023 - Notification requirements apply from Octob…

The EU Regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (“FSR”) enters into force on 12 January 2023.[1] It marks an important legislati…

11/01/23

Remote customer onboarding solutions - credit and financial institutions need to adjust their solutions, polic…

On 22 November 2022, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final report on the guidelines on the use of Remote Customer Onboarding Soluti…

11/01/23

ESMA Peer Review on relocation to the EU in the context of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU

09/01/23

Unified Patent Court: final stretch!

05/01/23

EU legal framework for crypto-assets and financial sector resilience: update

The EU is working on setting out the legal framework for Fintech. On a separate but connected note, the EU legislator also addresses risks carried by …

02/01/23

The Property Tax Reform Bill

To clamp down on speculation and the growth of property prices, Bill No. 8082 ("Property Bill") was filed with the Luxembourg Parliament on 10 October…

27/12/22

EMIR 3.0 – The new EU Commission proposal

On 7 December 2022, the EU Commission published a proposal for a regulation to amend EMIR (amongst others), with the primary aim of making EU clearing…

24/12/22

Luxembourg 2023 budget law passed – focus on tax measures

The Luxembourg government filed three new bills in the week of 10 October 2022 concerning:the 2023 budget, housing supply reform, a temporary reductio…

23/12/22

Public access to RBO invalidated by CJEU

Elvinger Hoss Prussen triggered a landmark preliminary ruling on 22 November 2022, in which the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has de…

23/12/22

Pillar Two: OECD publishes safe harbour rules and opens consultation on tax compliance and certainty

On 20 December 2022, the OECD released new documents relating to the global minimum taxation rules (GloBE rules, which form part of the Pillar Two ini…

22/12/22

New proposal to amend EU directive on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (DAC 8)

21/12/22

Pillar One: draft multilateral convention provisions for removing digital services taxes

On 20 December 2022, the OECD released a public consultation document on the Pillar One Multilateral Convention (MLC) provisions for (i) removing digi…

20/12/22

CJEU ruling of 8 December 2022: the obligation of lawyers to notify other intermediaries pursuant to DAC6 rule…

In a judgment dated 8 December 2022 (Case C-694/20), the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled that the obligatio…

16/12/22

Les risques et périls liés à une requalification d’un prêt en apport déguisé

Dans un récent jugement retentissant du 23 septembre 2022, le tribunal administratif a rejeté la déduction d’intérêts notionnels sur un prêt sans inté…

13/12/22

DAC6 - Obligation for lawyers to notify other intermediaries judged invalid by the CJUE (C-694/20)

The Court of Justice of the European Union rendered its judgment in Case C-694/20 (Orde van Vlaamse Balies and Others) regarding the compatibility of …

05/12/22

The Luxembourg property tax reform: too slow to address efficiently the housing challenges!

In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, property tax is one of the oldest taxes, and its reform, which has been part of the political discussion for years, …

01/12/22

A low degree of similarity?

In a recent decision, the General Court held that the trade mark consisting of a figurative animal (right) does not cause a likelihood of confusion wi…

30/11/22

No longer public access to UBO data without legitimate interest

On 22 November 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") struck down the provision of the 5th AML Directive 2018/843 ("AML V") whi…