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Apr 16, 2025Transposition of Mobility Directive Part 1 | General Restructuring Regimes
General Regimes: confirming (and polishing) the existing rules in the Company Law As mentioned in the introductory part to this contribution, the entry into force of the Law, on 2 March 2025, has introduced separate legal regimes in each of Chapter II of Title 10 (on mergers), chapter III (divisions
Apr 16, 2025Transposition of the Mobility Directive | A review
Introductory notes The entry into force, on 2 March 2025, of the law of 17 February 2025 (the “ Law”) transposing in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Directive (EU) 2019/2121 of the European Parliament and the Council of 27 November 2019 on cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions (the “
Apr 16, 2025ESG - Omnibus Package I CSRD & Taxonomy changes
Background On 26 February 2025 the European Commission published a new package of proposals to simplify and reduce the reporting requirements under Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the EU Taxonomy (EUT), and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the
Apr 15, 2025Crowdfunding Regulation | New ESMA Q&A & ESMA Market Report
On 12 February and 3 April 2025, 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 ”), adding four new Q&As. Earlier this year, in 8 January 2025, ESMA
Apr 15, 2025Double tax treaty Luxembourg – Moldova I Protocol amending the double tax treaty
On 25 June 2024, Luxembourg and the Republic of Moldova signed a protocol (the “ Protocol”) amending the double tax treaty originally signed on 11 July 2007 (the “ DTT”). The law of 25 march 2025 , approving the Protocol, was published in the Luxembourg Official Gazette on 7 April 2025. Key
Apr 15, 2025Temporary employees I Reduction of the flat-rate tax on the remuneration paid
Pursuant to Article 137, paragraph 5a of the amended law of 4 December 1967 on income tax (the “ LITL”), and by way of derogation from the normal taxation system, remuneration paid by temporary employment contractors under an assignment contract to temporary employees whose agreed gross hourly wage
Apr 14, 2025ECJ case law I VAT debt - Joint and several liability of company administrators
On 27 February 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down a decision on the procedural rights of administrators which may be held jointly and severally liable for the VAT debts of the companies they administer. As a reminder, many Member States including Luxembourg provide
Apr 14, 2025MIFID II and MIFIR | Various developments
Amendments to MiFID II and MiFIR Further to the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2024/2809 (the " Listing Act Regulation"), Article 25 of MiFIR has been amended. Article 25 deals with the obligations on the operators of a trading venue to keep at the disposal of the competent authority, for at
Apr 14, 2025Instant Credit Transfers | Luxembourg law enters into force
The law of 4 April 2025 on credit instant payments entered into force on the 11 April 2025. It implements the Regulation (EU) 2024/886 as regards instant credit transfers in euro (the “ ICT Regulation”) which aims at making instant payments fully available in euro to consumers and businesses across
Apr 14, 2025Fund prospectus | Evolution in the electronic VISA “stamp” procedure
Starting April 2025, the CSSF has introduced a new e-Identification system to replace the current VISA procedure for fund prospectuses, including UCITS, Part II UCIs, SICARs, and SIFs. The key changes include: each prospectus will receive a unique identification number and an e-Identification date
Apr 14, 2025Single-parent tax credit I New circular
On 26 February 2025, the Luxembourg Direct Tax Authorities issued a new Circular L.I.R. No. 154 ter/1, replacing Circular L.I.R. No. 154 ter/1 dated 24 May 2023, on single-parent tax credit (" CIM") provided for in Article 154 ter of the Luxembourg income tax law (“ LITL”). As from the 2025 tax year
Apr 14, 2025MiCA | Recent ESMA developments
Since our last newsletter , several publications by ESMA have provided further clarity on various aspects of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (“ MiCA Regulation” or " MiCAR"). Public statement on crypto services for non-Mica ARTs and EMTs On 17 January 2025, ESMA published a public statement
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