Real Estate - Legal Developments

This brief report provides a summary of the most recent Luxembourg legal developments that currently affect and will be affecting real estate practitioners throughout 2017.

Bill of law n°6864 on commercial leases

Bill of law n°6864 on commercial leases, presented to Parliament on 3 September 2015, will not be enacted into law as quickly as foreseen. In fact, on 25 March 2016 the Council of State (Conseil d'Etat) formally opposed some of the proposed provisions. The bill aims at updating the provisions applicable to commercial leases and mainly focuses on enhancing the protection granted to tenants.

The Council of State has formally objected to:

• The definition of tenant as set out in section 5 of article 1762-4 of the bill of law.