Newsletter December 2018

Asset management and investment funds

• Benchmark Regulation: Update of ESMA’s Q&A
• AIFM: Update of ESMA's Q&A
• UCITS QFII: Recent developments

Banking and financial services

• Payment accounts: New CSSF Circular

Dispute resolution

• New law on European investigation order in criminal matters

EU law, competition and antitrust

• Regulation (EU) 2018/302 on geo-blocking now applicable
• Brexit: Update

Employment and pensions law

• Social elections in 2019
• Annual leave as defined by the CJEU
• Long-term sick leave and progressive return to work
• New law on monitoring at the workplace
• Salary payment in the event of illness

Tax

• State aid: No selective tax treatment to McDonald's
• VAT: New Regulation on administrative cooperation
• Tax treaty news