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On April 11 th 2019, the Luxembourg government published a draft law transposing Directive 2017/1852 on dispute resolution mechanisms in the European Union (hereafter the “ Directive”). This draft law aims to establish a more effective mechanism on resolving tax disputes between Luxembourg and other

The different regimes that are applicable to third-country firms (hereinafter the “ TCF(s)”) that wish to provide investment services or perform investment activities together with ancillary investment services in Luxembourg under the recently added Article 32-1 of the Luxembourg law of 5 April 1993

On February 22 nd 2019, the Luxembourg tax authorities published a Circular (the “ Circular”) providing guidelines as to the new rules applicable to permanent establishments (“ PE”). Further to the domestic legislative changes in the context of the BEPS project, the Luxembourg law definition of a PE

On March 29 th 2019 ESMA released an updated version of Questions and Answers on the Application of Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. It includes two new questions in section VIII on the leverage calculation. The first question provides clarity on treatment of short-term interest rate

On March 29 th 2019, ESMA released an updated version of Questions and Answers application of the Undertakings in Collective Investments in Transferable Securities Directive (“ UCITS Q&A”). The UCITS Q&A modifies section II on the KIID for UCITS by adding additional clarifications on the benchmark

On March 26 th 2019, the Council’s conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (2019/C 114/02) (hereinafter the “ List”) have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The List, which was already composed of American Samoa, Guam, Samoa