Luxembourg Update Publication Of Draft No Deal Brexit Legislation

With the Brexit deadline fast approaching, certain EU member states are taking precautionary steps to ensure an orderly national transition in the event the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement and no transitional period ("Hard Brexit").

In this context, a draft law1 (the "Draft Law") concerning measures to be taken in respect of the financial sector in the event of a Hard Brexit was introduced to the Luxembourg Parliament on 31 January 2019. The Draft Law, once passed, will apply from 29 March 2019.

Overview

The Draft Law amends the following financial services legislation to include transitional provisions specific to Brexit2:

(a) the law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector;

(b) the law of 10 November 2009 on payment services (the "2009 Law");

(c) the law of 17 December 2010 relating to undertakings for collective investment (the "2010 Law");

(d) the law of 12 July 2013 on alternative investment fund managers (the "2013 Law"); and

(e) the law of 7 December 2015 on the insurance sector.

Under the Draft Law, the competent authorities of the financial and insurance sectors (i.e. the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier ("CSSF") and the Commissariat aux Assurances ("CAA")) are authorised to take certain temporary measures in order to maintain the functioning and stability of the financial markets and protect clients and consumers of the financial sector.

The temporary measures foreseen by the Draft Law will: (i) allow UK entities currently providing services or carrying out activities in Luxembourg under the freedom to provide services or by way of a branch to continue to do so for a period of 21 months from the date of a Hard Brexit (the "Grandfathering Period"); and (ii) in this context, enable existing contractual relationships to...

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