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On 1 July 2025, the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (the “Hague 2019 Convention”) will enter into force in the United Kingdom. The Contracting States include all EU Member States (except Denmark), Ukraine, Uruguay

In a judgment dated 6 March 2025 (No. 51780C), the Higher Luxembourg Administrative Court addressed the issue of whether a tax claim filed by a third party was admissible without a written mandate existing at the time of filing. The case involved a company that had submitted a claim on 16 March 2021

In a significant ruling on 6 June 2025 (Case n° 47100), the Luxembourg Lower Administrative Court (the " Lower Administrative Court"), ruled on the interest rates applied by a Luxembourg company performing financial intermediation activities (falling within the scope of the Luxembourg Circular L.I.R

On 6 June 2025, the Lower Administrative Court ( Tribunal administratif) issued two similar judgments in cases n° 49747 and 49749, rejecting the appeals lodged by a Luxembourg limited partnership ( société en commandite simple) against decisions of the director of the tax authorities and confirming

On 26 May 2025, the CSSF published Version 8 of its FAQs on the AML/CFT Market-Entry Form (“ MEF”) relating to the completion of the MEF to be submitted via eDesk. This document provides clarifications on the circumstances in which the MEF must be submitted or updated, and on the information and

On 13 May 2025, the Council announced that it has reached an agreement on the VAT rules for distance sales of imported good and import VAT. In the future, foreign traders or platforms will be made liable for import VAT and VAT on distance sales of imported goods in the Member State of the final