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Since the Digital Operational Resilience Act ( Regulation (EU) 2022/2554) (" DORA") entered into force on 17 January 2025, the European Supervisory Authorities, being ESMA, EIOPA and EBA, (the " ESAs") and the relevant national competent authorities of the EU Member States have been actively working

On 27 February 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ CJEU”) ruled on the interpretation of Article 25(1) of the Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on the jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil

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

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

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

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

On 12 February 2025, Draft Law No. 8498 (" Draft Law") was submitted to the Luxembourg Parliament ( Chambre des Députés ). The Draft Law aims to implement Regulation (EU) 2024/791 (the " MiFIR Amending Regulation") and transpose into Luxembourg law: Directive (EU) 2024/790 (the " MiFID II Amending

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (“ LuxSE”) has recently published two sets of updates to its Rules & Regulations (“ R&R”) January 2025 Update – aligning with the Listing Act On 9 January 2025, LuxSE published revised R&R to reflect recent amendments to the Prospectus Regulation introduced by the EU

The long-awaited transposition into Luxembourg law of Directive (EU) 2022/2381 on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies and related measures (the “ Directive”) is now on track. Draft law No. 8519 setting a quantitative target for gender balance among directors of listed

The European Parliament has recently introduced Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 of 22 November 2023 on European Green Bonds (the “ EuGB Regulation”). The EuGB Regulation aims to provide a unified standard for green bond issuance in the EU, supporting both EU and non-EU issuers, public and private entities

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554) (“ DORA” or the " Regulation") entered into application on 17 January 2025. In the final months leading up to this significant milestone , there have been several noteworthy developments aimed at facilitating compliance with DORA, in

The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (“ MiCAR ”) and the various recent legal and regulatory developments related to MiCAR are contributing to the establishment of a more comprehensive and cohesive legal framework regulating the crypto-asset markets in the EU. In this article, we will summarise