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On 3 September 2025, the General Court of the European Union (the Court) delivered a judgment in Case T-348/23, Zalando SE v European Commission, dismissing the action for annulment brought by Zalando SE ( Zalando) against the EU Commission’s decision designating its platform as a “Very Large Online

Why a pension reform now? Luxembourg’s pension system has long been considered one of the most generous and robust in Europe. Built on a strong pay-as-you-go model, supported by a sizeable reserve fund and sustained by a growing workforce, it has for decades ensured high replacement rates and early

Key takeaways On 6 January 2026, the Luxembourg Government has issued a major tax reform draft law (the “ Draft Law”) introducing a single personal income tax class (" classe d'impôt unique ") shifting the present tax system to individual taxation as the default-regime and which will be running over

On 14 January 2009, Luxembourg and the Republic of Albania signed a treaty for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and on capital and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance (the “ DTT”). The DTT had however never been ratified due to a change in convention policy

On 29 January 2024, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Montenegro signed a treaty for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and on capital and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance (the “ DTT”). The DTT was approved by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by the law of 18

On 17 December 2025, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted the law introducing a tax credit for private individuals investing in innovative start-ups (the Law of 19 December 2025, the “ Law”). The Law applies as from tax year 2026. This Law follows Draft Law No. 8526 , submitted to the Luxembourg

In December 2025, the European Commission issued a letter of formal notice to Luxembourg concerning the failure to abolish a discriminatory tax regime applicable to dividends derived from public investments. The contested regime allows for an exemption of the Luxembourg 15% withholding tax on

On 18 December 2025, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) delivered its judgment in Case C-448/23, European Commission v Republic of Poland. In this momentous ruling, the Court held that Poland failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law as a result of two

Regulatory Development On 9 December 2025, the CSSF drew attention to the publication by the Commission des normes comptables (CNC - Accounting Standards Commission) to a Q&A of the CNC (“ Q&A CNC 25/036”) interpreting Article 1711-8(3), point (3), of the Law of 10 August 1915 on commercial

On 22 October 2025, the District Court of Luxembourg handed down a jugement sur accord in the criminal case relating to the collapse of KAUPTHING BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A. ("Kaupthing") in October 2008. Under this judgement, each of the defendants was sentenced to a financial penalty of €75,000 in the

On 19 November 2025, in Case T-367/23, Amazon EU v European Commission, the General Court of the European Union (the Court) delivered a seminal judgment on an action for annulment brought against a decision of the European Commission (the Commission) adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of

On 5 December 2025, the ESMA published clarifications addressing key European Long Term Investment Fund (" ELTIF") industry questions submitted to the European Commission (“the Commission”) on the structuring of ELTIFs and their managers. The primary objective was to resolve uncertainties