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On 4 March 2016, the Council of Government agreed in principle to elaborate a post-accident plan following a nuclear accident. Based on the French model, all the concerned ministries, administrations and State services will be involved. The post-accident

The Luxembourg government today has decided to appeal the European Commission’s decision in the Fiat case, in order to seek legal clarity and previsibility on the practice of tax rulings.

The European Commission announced today that it has adopted a decision to open an investigation into possible fiscal State aid by Luxembourg to McDonald's. The adoption of the opening decision is a procedural step that does not pre-judge the outcome of the investigation.

Luxembourg will use appropriate due diligence to analyse the decision of the Commission as well as its legal rationale.

At its session on 24 July 2015, the Council of Government approved and promulgated a number of changes to the emergency response plan defining the country's arrangements in the event of an incident involving mass casualties occurring anywhere in

On 22 May 2015 the Council of Government has approved and rendered enforceable the emergency response plan in the event of extreme weather conditions. The plan was developed under the leadership of the High Commission for National Protection (HCPN) in

In view of the upcoming Presidency of the European Union, the European Year for Development and Luxembourg’s key role in UNAIDS’ 90-90-90 treatment target, the Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs is organising a lab debate at the European Development Days.

On 30 April 2015 the Council of Government has approved and rendered enforceable the emergency response plan in the event of a power cut. The plan defines the actions that the government should take in the event of a major

The government plan for national vigilance in the face of the threat of acts of terrorism ("VIGILNAT plan") has been approved by the Council of Governement on 27 March 2015. Following the attacks in Paris on 7 January

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited Luxembourg during March 4–17 for the 2015 Article IV consultation discussions, part of the IMF’s regular surveillance of all member countries.

On the 7th October 2014, the Commission adopted a decision opening a State aid procedure against the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the Amazon case.

L'article IV des statuts du Fonds monétaire international (FMI) stipule que le Fonds "exerce une ferme surveillance sur les politiques de change des États membres et adopte des principes spécifiques pour guider les États membres en ce qui concerne ces politiques".

Since the summer of 2013, Luxembourg has had a continued and extensive exchange with the European Commission regarding the Commission’s request for information on Luxembourg’s intellectual property regime as well on its advanced tax decisions which give individual companies the comfort of advanced knowledge of their tax burden.

On 30 April 2015 the Council of Government has approved and rendered enforceable the emergency response plan “Cyber”.  The Plan was updated within the scope of the application of the national cybersecurity strategy II. The emergency response plan defines

The Luxembourg economy is rebounding, the fiscal position remains sound, and the large financial sector has been resilient.