On 19 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted bill of law 8396 and…
On 19 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted bill of law 7961 (La…
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The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) announced on April 29th 2015, that a 50 billion RMB quota has been granted to Luxembourg under the Renminbi Qualifie…
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The establishment of a Luxembourg Freeport at the end of 2014 and the failure of the Art Exchange project (“SplitArt”) in 2012 has led many to questio…
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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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En date du 20 mai 2015, le Parlement Européen a adopté une nouvelle mouture (le Règlement Révisé) du Règlement 1346/2000 relatif aux procédures d’inso…
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On 10 March 2015, the Luxembourg tax authorities released a new circular letter (the “New Circular”), taking effect immediately and cancelli…
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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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Luxembourg has adopted the law that approves the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (the “Agreement”) on 12 April 2015, about two years after the sig…
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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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Social plugins such as Facebook's Like button and Twitter's Tweet button are very popular as they allow sites to extend their reach and increase their…
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Concerned about the increase in frauds related to internet payments, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) has published guidelines on 19 December 20…
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The first criminal case on the basis of the newly adopted plea bargaining procedure in Luxembourg called « judgment upon consent » has been settled by…
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The Bill of Law 6777 (the "Bill of Law"), the purpose of which is to introduce a simplified limited liability company (société à responsabilité limité…
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Circular L.G. - A. n°61 issued on February 12th 2015 (hereafter the "Circular") by the Luxembourg tax authorities (hereafter the "LTA") aims at clarif…
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On 26 January 2015, the CSSF published Press Release 15/09 in which Luxembourg issuers of bearer shares and units were reminded of the final deadline …
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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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The Law of 1 April 2015 establishing the Systemic Risk Board and amending the Law of 23 December 1998 concerning the monetary status and the Luxembour…
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Last January 31st 2015 was the first reporting deadline for most Luxembourg market participants to file their alternative investment fund managers ("A…
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Circular CSSF 15/606 (the "Circular") defines the criteria according to which an investment firm is considered to fall within the definition of "CRR i…
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