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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On 12 June 2014, Directive 2014/49/EU on deposit guarantee schemes (the “DGS Directive“) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. …
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On 15 May 2014, the Directive 2014/65/EU (“MiFID II”) and the Regulation 600/2014/EU (“MiFIR”), both on markets in financial instruments, were adopted…
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The European Commission adopted on 13 June 2014 a new communication to support important projects of common European interest.
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The CSSF has recently clarified the measures to be taken by professionals of the financial sector in Luxembourg in order to comply with the obligation…
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In 2012, the Court of Appeal of Svea (Sweden) submitted to the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) preliminary questions on whether providing hyperlin…
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Laurent Schummer, Partner at Arendt & Medernach, and head of the firm's corporate, tax & capital markets business unit outlines the advantages…
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On 4 June 2014, two implementing regulations were published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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The CSSF, in agreement with the Banque Centrale du Luxembourg (BCL), has recently published a new circular (Circular CSSF 14/588) which modifies the d…
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On 8 July 2014, the Luxembourg Parliament passed a law setting out specific rules for vertical agreements in the car distribution sector. The law is i…
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In April 2014, the European Parliament finally approved the Regulation on key information documents for investment products (“PRIPS Regulation”) propo…
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On 12 December 2013, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) delivered an interesting judgment on the amount of charges municipalities are allowed to le…
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A new framework applicable to market abuse prohibition and prevention has been adopted by the European institutions. It consists of Regulation 596/201…
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Illegal downloading of digital data is a problem which many employers have to face, especially in case of a termination of an employment relationship.…
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On 11 July 2014, the CSSF published a new Circular 14/587 ("Circular") that applies to all UCITS and their depositaries.
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On 23 January 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued a judgment in response to a request from the Tribunale di Milano (“Milan Court of Fir…
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The Luxembourg regulator (the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier - CSSF) has just released a revised version of its Frequently Asked Ques…
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The Luxembourg Inland Revenue (Administration des Contributions Directes) changed the special tax regime for highly qualified international employees …
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On 18 July 2014, the CSSF published guidance on the procedure to be followed in order for a non-EU AIFM to market its AIFs to professional i…
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On 11 July 2014 the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision of the Financial Sector ("CSSF") published a new Circular CSSF 14/587 (the "Circular") t…
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The draft directive introduces a common definition of trade secrets, as well as a means by which victims of trade secret misappropriation can seek red…
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