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Jan 03, 2023Budget Law 2023 passed | Brief overview of the main tax changes
The Budget Law for the year 2023 (the “2023 Budget Law”), although falling short of the long awaited substantial tax reform, does provide for some tax amendments that may be of interest to individuals and employers as well as to corporations and investment funds. The 2023 Budget Law contains
Jan 03, 2023“Women on boards” Directive: one more step towards gender equality in business
On 7 December 2022, the Official Journal of the EU published Directive (EU) 2022/2381 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies and related measures (the “Directive”). The Directive aims at ensuring the
Dec 28, 2022EBA guidelines on loan origination and monitoring
European Banking Authority guidelines on loan origination and monitoring (EBA/GL/2020/06) On 29 May 2020, the European Banking Authority (the "EBA") issued final guidelines on loan origination and monitoring (the "Guidelines"). The purpose of the Guidelines is to ensure that in-scope entities have
Nov 14, 2022Newsflash | Administrative dissolution without liquidation
The law of 28 October 2022 creating the procedure for administrative dissolution without liquidation (the Dissolution Law) introduces in Luxembourg a simplified administrative dissolution procedure the aim of which is to allow certain illegible companies to be dissolved without recourse to the
Nov 08, 2022Sustainable Finance Insight Series - 18 | RTS on nuclear and gas investment disclosures under SFDR
On 30 September 2022, the European Supervisory Authorities (“ESAs”) delivered to the European Commission their final report setting out draft regulatory technical standards (“RTS”) on the disclosure of financial products’ exposure for investments in fossil gas and nuclear energy activities under the
Oct 17, 2022Sustainable Finance Insights Series - 17 | Fossil gas and nuclear activities are considered aligned with the Taxonomy Regulation – what are the ramifications?
The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1214 of 9 March 2022[1] (“Nuclear and Gas Regulation”) was published on 15 July 2022 after finally being approved by the European Parliament after a long and difficult road. The Nuclear and Gas Regulation recognises fossil gas and nuclear activities as
Oct 14, 2022BSP Newsletter | October 2022
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Oct 11, 2022Draft law on transparent and predictable working conditions: what practical implications for employers?
Following the proclamation of the European Social Rights Framework by the EU institutions in November 2017, Directive (EU) 2019/1152 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union was adopted on 20 June 2020 (the "Directive"). The Directive aims, inter alia, to improve
Oct 11, 2022Draft Law on transparent and predictable working conditions
Following the proclamation of the European Social Rights Framework by the EU institutions in November 2017, Directive (EU) 2019/1152 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union was adopted on 20 June 2020 (the "Directive"). The Directive aims, inter alia, to improve
Oct 10, 2022Input VAT deduction on services | ECJ judgment
On 8 September 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) issued a judgment in case C-98/21 concerning the right to deduct input VAT for a holding company making shareholder contributions-in-kind, by providing services to the benefit of its subsidiaries. Facts of the case The facts
Oct 10, 2022DAC6 notification requirement for lawyers covered by legal professional privilege
Context On 5 April 2022, Advocate General Rantos opined in a pending preliminary ruling (i.e., Case C-694/20) submitted by the Belgian Constitutional Court to the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) on the validity of the provisions of the EU Council’s Directive 2018/822 (“DAC6” or the “Directive”) in
Oct 10, 2022Temporary suspension of evictions for residential leases
Context On 30 September 2022, the Government Council having regard to the inflationary pressures due to the current economic environment, which continues to weigh on households, including those with a lower income, gave its approval to the draft law No. 8076 (the "Draft Law"), which, once it will be