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On 24 July 2024 draft law No. 8425 (the " Draft Law") was issued by the Luxembourg Parliament ( Chambre des députés) with the purpose of modernising the regulatory framework for dematerialised securities and the financial sector, through targeted amendments to the amended Law of 6 April 2013 on

On 19 July 2024, Luxembourg direct tax authorities issued circular L.I.R. n° 170/1, 170bis/1, I.C.C. n° 44, I.Fort. n° 55 (the “ Circular”) clarifying the Luxembourg tax treatment of the dissolution without liquidation under art. 1865 bis of the Civil Code (also called in practice simplified

The law of 23 July 2024 on the reform of residential leases has been published on the Luxembourg Official Gazette. The main purpose of the reform is to remedy the difficult situation on the rental market in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg due to existing legal inaccuracies and abuses, particularly

On 15 July 2024, the Luxembourg indirect tax authorities issued Circular n° 821 notifying the issuance of new online forms via MyGuichet.lu for the quarterly subscription tax returns of undertakings for collective investments (“ UCI”), specialized investment funds (“ SIF”), and reserved alternative

On 17 July 2024, draft law No. 8414 has been submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament ( Chambre des Députés) (the “ Draft Law”) introducing new tax measures and enhancing certain existing tax regimes. The Draft Law focuses on competitiveness and attractiveness for Luxembourg companies, investors and

Summary Draft Law n° 8370 (the “Draft Law”) was introduced on 29 March 2024 before the Luxembourg Parliament to transpose the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2023/2775 into national legislation. This new framework will replace the

Background As reported in our previous newsletter article , a draft law to modernise the Luxembourg accounting legislation (the “ Draft Law”) was submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament ( Chambre des Députés ) in July 2023. This Draft Law No. 8286 intends to clarify and consolidate general accounting

On 5 July 2024, the Directive 2024/2859 on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) (the "Directive") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This new law requires companies to ensure their activities are sustainable and respect human rights across their entire value chain

On 19 June 2024, the European Parliament and Council published the new anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (“ AML/CFT ”) package – an extensive reformative legislative package – that consists of three main legal texts: Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 of 31 May 2024 aimed at

Introduction On 24 April 2024, the European Parliament adopted a package of new measures which are commonly referred to as the " Listing Act" which aims to further develop the Capital Markets Union and which consists of three interconnected legislative proposals: an amending regulation amending

Introduction On 14 May 2024, the UK Government released official Regulations confirming its equivalence decisions regarding EEA states under the UK's Overseas Funds Regime (OFR). An explanatory memorandum, providing further clarification, accompanied the Regulations The Regulations take effect on 16