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Jul 01, 2020New Luxembourg Law on Professional Payment Guarantees
Background Adding to the undoubted success of the Luxembourg law of 5 August 2005 on financial collateral arrangements (the “ Financial Collateral Law”), Luxembourg’s appeal as an international hub for cross-border financing transactions is about to get a boost with the introduction of a new
Jun 26, 2020New Arrangements for Short-time working beyond the State of Crisis
As the state of crisis came to an end on 25 June 2020, the Government announced that the mechanism of short-time working due to force majeure/COVID-19 in force since the month of March will expire at the end of June. However, considering that a large number of companies will continue to suffer from
Jun 22, 2020Luxembourg Parliament modifies FATCA and CRS Laws
On 18 June 2020, the Luxembourg Parliament ratified the Draft Law No.7527 (without substantial changes from the draft law), thereby modifying the law of 24 July 2015 on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“ FATCA Law”) and the law of 18 December 2015 on the Common Reporting Standard (“ CRS Law”)
Jun 22, 2020Extension of Immigration Deadlines and Imposition of Temporary Travel Restrictions
The law of 20 June 2020 introducing certain temporary measures relating to the application of the amended law of 29 August 2008 on the free movement of people and immigration was published on 25 June 2020 and entered into force on the same day (hereinafter referred to as the “ Law”). The purpose of
Jun 22, 2020COVID-19 | CSSF Communication on Measures for Return to on-site Work
Further to the recommendations of 14 May 2020 for supervised entities on telework and a possible return to the office (for details please see BSP Newsflash), the CSSF published on 19 June 2020 a communication on measures to be taken in light of the return to working on-site (the “ Communication”)
Jun 18, 2020Sustainable Finance Insights Series - 6 | The European Commission publishes draft delegated acts on the integration of sustainability factors under MiFID II
On 8 June 2020, the European Commission published a set of draft delegated acts concerning the integration of sustainability factors under various legislative acts such as Directive 2009/65/EC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for
Jun 17, 2020Draft Law on VAT Intra-EU Distance Sales Regime
On 8 June 2020, the Luxembourg government introduced a draft law on the value-added tax (“ VAT”) regime for distance sales between businesses and consumers (“ B2C”) within the EU primarily implementing the EU VAT Directive on distance sales (Directive EU/2017/2455, the “ Directive”) into the
Jun 17, 2020New Internships Arrangements for Pupils and Students
The Law of 4 June 2020 amending the Labour Code and introducing a regime of internships for school pupils and students was published on 5 June 2020 and entered into force on 9 June 2020 (hereinafter the “ Law”). The Law applies to all internship agreements concluded from 9 June 2020. Categories of
Jun 17, 2020Sustainable Finance Insights Series - 5 | The European Commission publishes proposal for amendments to UCITS implementing Directive
On 8 June 2020, the European Commission published a draft Commission Delegated Directive amending Directive 2010/43/EU as regards the sustainability risks and sustainability factors to be taken into account for undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (the “ Draft Amendment”
Jun 17, 2020Sustainable Finance Insights Series - 4 | The European Commission publishes proposal for amendments to AIFM Regulation
On 8 June 2020, the European Commission published a draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 as regards sustainability risks and sustainability factors to be taken into account by alternative Investment fund managers (the “ Draft Amendment”). The Draft
Jun 16, 2020Luxembourg Fiscal Unity Regime held Contrary to EU Law
In its judgment dated 14 May 2020, the European Court of Justice (hereinafter “ ECJ”) found the Luxembourg fiscal unity regime to be contrary to the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services. The Higher Administrative Court ( Cour administrative) initially submitted three
Jun 16, 2020Assessment of the AIFM Directive by the European Commission
On 10 June 2020, the European Commission published its report assessing the application and the scope of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on alternative investment fund managers (the “ AIFMD”). The European Commission assessed whether the specific rules of the AIFMD
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