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On 5 December 2024, the CSSF published a press release for the attention of issuers of securities subject to the law of 11 January 2008 on transparency requirements for issuers of securities, as amended (the " Transparency Law") and their auditors. With this press release, the CSSF highlights

Since 2017, European banks and other payment service providers (“ PSPs”) have been able to offer instant credit transfer (“ ICT”) services, to their customers (i.e. payment service users (“ PSUs”), that allow them to make euro transfers immediately, 24 hours a day and every day of the year. These

On 19 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament ( Chambre des Députés ) voted and adopted the Blockchain Law IV (or the " New Law"), a landmark step in advancing the country’s legal framework for distributed ledger technology (" DLT"). This legislation facilitates the issuance of digital securities

On 4 December 2024, the " Listing Act", entered into force which includes: Regulation (EU) 2024/2809 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the " Prospectus Regulation"), Regulation (EU) 600/2014 (" MiFIR") and Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (" MAR") to make public capital markets in the Union more

Continuation of the temporary LTV adjustment for buy-to-let consumer residential real estate loans CSSF Regulation No. 24-10 of 30 December 2024 extends a temporary adjustment to CSSF Regulation N° 20-08 which regulates maximum LTV ratios applicable to residential real estate loans for immovable

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (“ LuxSE”) has published on 2 September 2024: an updated version of its Rules and Regulations ( Edition 09/2024) (“ R&R”) an updated version of its Markets Trading Manual (“ Trading Manual”) as well as an updated version of the appendix on LuxSE’s professional segments

Since our last newsletter in which we reported on the Digital Operational Resilience Act Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (“ DORA”) and Directive (EU) 2022/2556 (the “ Directive”), in particular the enactment of the Luxembourg national law to transpose same, there have been several developments concerning

New Q&As Shortly after our last newsletter , in which we reported on recent developments in MiFID II and MiFIR, ESMA published a new Q&A on MiFID II and the topic of EMIR reporting. This Q&A clarified that derivatives on emission allowances not recognized under the EU ETS are included, in the

On 10 September 2024, the Luxembourg Consumer Code was amended by a Law of 27 August 2024 (the " Amending Law"). The Consumer Code regulates, amongst other things, contracts concluded between professionals and consumers (i.e. natural persons who are acting for purposes outside of a commercial

The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (" MiCAR") continues to evolve, reflecting the European Union's efforts to provide a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto-assets. This article reviews the latest developments from the European Securities and Markets Authority (" ESMA") and the

On 8 October 2024, the Council of the EU adopted a package of new measures which are commonly referred to as the "Listing Act" consisting of: an amending regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the " Prospectus Regulation"), Regulation (EU) 600/2014 (" MiFIR") and Regulation (EU) 596/2014 ("

On 24 July 2024 draft law No. 8425 (the " Draft Law") was issued by the Luxembourg Parliament ( Chambre des députés) with the purpose of modernising the regulatory framework for dematerialised securities and the financial sector, through targeted amendments to the amended Law of 6 April 2013 on