Regulatory framework

Complement to Circular CSSF 17/650 “Application of the Law of 12 November 2004 on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, as amended (hereinafter “AML/CFT Law”) and Grand-ducal Regulation of 1 February 2010 providing details on certain provisions of the AML/CFT Law (“AML/CFT GDR”) to predicate tax offences”

on the setting of the countercyclical buffer rate for the third quarter of 2020

Amendment of Circular CSSF 19/716 on the provision in Luxembourg of investment services or performance of investment activities and ancillary services in accordance with Article 32-1 of the LFS

on the equivalence of certain third countries with respect to supervision and authorisation rules for the purpose of providing investment services or performing investment activities and ancillary services by third-country firms

amending Regulations (EU) No 575/2013 and (EU) 2019/876 as regards certain adjustments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (Text with EEA relevance)

amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards adding the Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Cambodia, Ghana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar/Burma, Nicaragua, Panama and Zimbabwe to the table in point I of the Annex and deleting Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ethiopia, Guyana, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka and Tunisia from this table (Text with EEA relevance)

EBA/OP/2020/10

Fonds de garantie des dépôts Luxembourg (FGDL) – Method for calculating the ex-ante contributions pursuant to Article 182 of the Law of 18 December 2015 on the failure of credit institutions and of certain investment firms

Questions and answers in relation to the definition of payment account in accordance with the Law of 10 November 2009 on payment services

amending Annex I C of Grand-ducal Regulation of 29 October 2010 enforcing the Law of 27 October 2010 implementing United Nations Security Council resolutions as well as acts adopted by the European Union concerning prohibitions and restrictive measures in financial matters in respect of certain persons, entities and groups in the context of the combat against terrorist financing.

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extending certain deadlines provided for in the sectoral laws of the financial sector during the state of crisis

Electronic transmission of documents to the CSSF

Entry into force
1) of the Law of 25 March 2020 amending, inter alia, the Law of 12 November 2004 on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, and
2) of the Law of 25 March 2020 establishing a central electronic data retrieval system related to IBAN accounts and safe-deposit boxes

Adoption of the Guidelines of the European Banking Authority on legislative and non-legislative moratoria on loan repayments applied in the light of the COVID-19 crisis (EBA/GL/2020/02)

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