EMIR Regulation* that came into force on 16 August 2012 introduces new requirements to reduce the risks associated with the derivates market and thus improve transparency.

Adoption and publication of the Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast) in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation introduces minimum situations in which the publication of a supplemental prospectus is systematically required.

Entrepreneurs are often discouraged by a vicious circle: on the one hand, fear of failure encourages them to incorporate a company in order to benefit from limited responsibility and consequently to limit their financial risk but, on the other hand, the high cost to incorporate a company demotivates them.

The AML Luxembourg legislative framework has been significantly modified by the promulgation of the law of 27 October 2010 reinforcing the fight against money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.

The provisions applicable to professionals are set out in Section 2 of CSSF Regulation N° 13-02 of 15th October 2013 relating to out-of-court resolution of complaints.

A draft bill to amend the law of 11 May 2007 on the Luxembourg « SPF» has been introduced on 15 July in order to comply with the principles of both the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).

The European data protection framework was released by the European Commission,and it aims to increase harmonisation and apply the general principles of personal data protection.

Luxembourg and Germany concluded on 23rd of April 2012 a new Double Tax Treaty replacing the former treaty signed in 1958.

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic resurgence in Luxembourg, the measures implemented into Luxembourg law in order to adapt corporate governance rules to the social distancing requirements...

Publication of the law dated 10 March 2014 executing the Council Regulation No 1435/2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society.

In order to liberalise the EU's internal energy market, three consecutive legislative packages of measures were adopted since late 1990s to 2009.

The CSSF Circular explicitly lays down the administrative practice and provides clarifications in relation to the protection of investors.

The draft bill 6318 amending the Luxembourg law of 13 February 2007 relating to specialised investment funds (hereafter the "Bill") has been filed by the Luxembourg government before the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies on 12 August 2011.

Luxembourg law dated 21 July 2012 (henceforth known as the "Law") implements Directive 2010/24/EU (the "Directive") of 16 March 2010 concerning mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties, and other measures.

A discussion on the Luxembourg electronic archiving reform.

In its Newsletter N°130 dated November 2011 the Luxembourg Financial Sector Regulator (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, the "CSSF") requires the insertion of a paragraph in the prospectuses of UCITS and UCIs (referred to as "UCI" or "UCIs") newly created as of the date of publication of this Newsletter (i.e. 23rd November 2011).

Implementation of the Directive 2011/61/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on alternative investment fund managers into Luxembourg law.

Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs).

Plutôt que d’abolir les titres au porteur comme l’ont déjà fait ou prévoient de le faire certains pays limitrophes, le Luxembourg, après avoir mené une réflexion de plusieurs années sur le sujet et à la suite de l’introduction du régime des titres dématérialisés en 2013, a fait le choix de conserver la possibilité, pour les sociétés commerciales, d’émettre des actions au porteur sous réserve de leur immobilisation et a ainsi entrepris de réformer le régime juridique attaché aux actions et parts