Regulatory framework

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/955 of 27 May 2021

laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/1156 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the forms, templates, procedures and technical arrangements for the publications and notifications of marketing rules, fees and charges, and specifying the information to be communicated for the creation and maintenance of the central database on cross-border marketing of AIFs and UCITS, as well as the forms, templates and procedures for the communication of such information (Text with EEA relevance)

FAQ concerning the Luxembourg Law of 17 December 2010 relating to undertakings for collective investment – version 11

Version 11, 10 June 2021

Commission Opinion of 27.5.2021 on changes to the features of frozen funds

Law of 20 May 2021 (only in French)

1. transposing:

a) Directive (EU) 2019/878 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 amending Directive 2013/36/EU as regards exempted entities, financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies, remuneration, supervisory measures and powers and capital conservation measures; and

b) Directive (EU) 2019/879 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 amending Directive 2014/59/EU as regards the loss-absorbing and recapitalisation capacity of credit institutions and investment firms and Directive 98/26/EC;

2. implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/876 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards the leverage ratio, the net stable funding ratio, requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities, counterparty credit risk, market risk, exposures to central counterparties, exposures to collective investment undertakings, large exposures, reporting and disclosure requirements, and Regulation (EU) No 648/2012; and

3. amending:

a) the Law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector, as amended;

b) the Law of 18 December 2015 on the failure of credit institutions and certain investment firms, as amended;

c) the Law of 24 March 1989 on the Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat, Luxembourg, as amended;

d) the Law of 23 December 1998 establishing a financial sector supervisory commission (“Commission de surveillance du secteur financier”), as amended;

e) the Law of 12 November 2004 on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, as amended;

f) the Law of 10 November 2009 on payment services, on the activity of electronic money institution and settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems, as amended; and

g) the Law of 7 December 2015 on the insurance sector, as amended.

ESMA Questions and Answers: Implementation of the Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR)

ESMA70-1861941480-52

Questions and Answers on SFTR data reporting

ESMA74-362-893

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/763 of 23 April 2021

laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the supervisory reporting and public disclosure of the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (Text with EEA relevance)

Circular CSSF 21/772

Amendment of Circular CSSF 18/703 on the introduction of a semi-annual reporting of borrower related residential real estate indicators

EU Sanctions Tool

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/731 of 26 January 2021

supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to rules of procedure for penalties imposed on third-country central counterparties or related third parties by the European Securities and Markets Authority (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/732 of 26 January 2021

amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 667/2014 with regard to the content of the file to be submitted by the investigation officer to the European Securities and Markets Authority, the right to be heard with regard to interim decisions and the lodging of fines and periodic penalty payments (Text with EEA relevance)

User Guide concerning reporting under Art.37 of the MMFR

FAQ – Law of 17 June 1992 relating to the accounts of credit institutions (only in French)

Version 1 – May 2021

Circular CSSF-CODERES 21/12

Single Resolution Fund – Information on/announcement of raising 2021 ex-ante contributions according to Articles 69 and 70 of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014

Circular CSSF 21/771

Application of the guidelines of the European Securities and Markets Authority on disclosure requirements under the Prospectus Regulation

Circular CSSF 21/770

ESMA guidelines on the reporting under Articles 4 and 12 SFTR

Circular CSSF 21/769

Governance and security requirements for supervised entities to perform tasks or activities through telework

Guideline (EU) 2021/564 of the European Central Bank of 17 March 2021

on the Eurosystem’s provision of reserve management services in euro to central banks and countries located outside the euro area and to international organisations and repealing Guideline (EU) 2020/1284 of the European Central Bank (recast) (ECB/2021/9)

Guideline (EU) 2021/565 of the European Central Bank of 17 March 2021

amending Guideline (EU) 2019/1265 on the euro short-term rate (€STR) (ECB/2021/10)

Circular CSSF-CPDI 21/25

Survey on the amount of covered deposits held on 31 March 2020