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In a judgment of 15 June 2023, the Higher Administrative Court upheld a judgment of the Lower Administrative Court, which had annulled tax returns issued against a taxpayer on the grounds that the tax authorities had failed to respect the taxpayer's rights of defence arising from the adversarial

ESMA Guidelines on MiFID II product governance requirements On 27 March 2023, ESMA published its final report on guidelines on Directive 2014/65/EU of 15 May 2014 on markets of financial instruments (“ MiFID II”), regarding product governance requirements (the " Guidelines"). The objectives of the

On 30 June 2023, the CSSF published a press release on the SFDR data collection exercise for investment fund managers (“ IFMs”) and institutions for occupational retirement provision (“ IORPs”), on periodic reporting in relation to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability reporting in the

On 22 March 2023, in its judgment T-72/20 Satabank v. European Central Bank, the General Court of the EU (the “ General Court”) annulled a decision of the European Central Bank (the “ ECB”) rejecting access to a file requested by Satabank plc (the “ Bank”). At the time the complaint was lodged

On 26 May 2023, ESMA updated its Questions and Answers (" Q&As") in relation to Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 on European crowdfunding service providers for business (the “ Crowdfunding Regulation”). Three new questions and answers have been added to the Q&As. In this latest update

On 6 April 2023, the CSSF updated their frequently ask questions (“ FAQ”) on virtual assets addressed to undertakings for collective investment (“ UCIs”), (the “ FAQ”). This update involved the modification of the existing Question 2 and the addition of a new Question 3A. The update of Question 2