By a decision rendered on 22 November 2022, the European Court of Justice (the Court) invalidates the provision of the anti-money laundering directive (AMLD) whereby the information on the beneficial owners of corporate and...more
Legislative and regulatory initiatives in the field of sustainable finance, and more particularly in the financial sector, have recently multiplied....more
The future of finance is digital. The increased reliance on technology in finance heightens the vulnerability of ICT systems and worsens the impact of a potential cyberattack. To this end, the European Commission (the...more
On 23 December 2019, a resolution of 11 September 2018 of the European Parliament (the Parliament) on relationships between the EU and third countries concerning financial services regulation and supervision was published in...more
Following its June opinion on the possibility for national competent authorities to work with payment service providers and relevant stakeholders and agree on limited additional time for compliance with the strong customer...more
One of the consequences of the implementation of MiFID II into Luxembourg law is the creation of a new regime for third country firms providing investment services. This new regime is distinct from the regime that is in place...more
By its circular 19/718 (https://bit.ly/2LDTG2k), the CSSF has endorsed the Guidelines on complaints-handling for the securities (ESMA) and banking (EBA) sectors of 4 October 2018 (JC 2018 35) (the Guidelines)....more
As already mentioned in our previous e-Alert of 16 January 2019, payment service providers must provide, at least on an annual basis, statistical data on fraud relating to different means of payment, to the Luxembourg...more
The long awaited Luxembourg act of 13 January 2019 pertaining to the register of beneficial owners (the Act) has just been published in the Official Journal on 15 January 2019. It will enter into force on 1st March 2019....more
By a circular 18/704 of 17 December 2018 (the Circular 18/704), the Luxembourg regulator of the financial sector, the Commission de surveillance du secteur financer (the CSSF) formally endorsed the Guidelines of the European...more
Professionals subject to the law of 12 November 2004 relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, as amended (the AML Law) (the Professionals) should be aware of a few changes introduced by the law...more