Transfer of Central Administration to Luxembourg under the Mobility Directive

Transfer of Central Administration to Luxembourg under the Mobility Directive

In previous years, Luxembourg has seen some EU based companies transferring their central administration – or head office – from other EU Member States to the Grand Duchy, while keeping their registered office in their country of origin. The legal implementation of such partial relocations, however, remained unclear.

In connection with the tightened border controls by the Federal Police, the authorities in Switzerland have not yet seen any effects. A spokeswoman for the Federal Office of Customs and Border Security (FOC) in Switzerland told the Funke Media Group newspapers (Thursday editions) late Wednesday afternoon that they have not yet observed "any changes." At the same time, the spokeswoman for the Swiss authority stated that rejections by the German s…

Due to the growing tensions around border controls carried out by the German Federal Police, the Luxembourg Ministry of the Interior has set up an e-mail address.

In view of the ongoing discussions on border controls on the German-Luxembourg border, the Luxembourg Ministry of the Interior has set up its own e-mail address to collect feedback on the situation. Those affected – in particular, but not exclusively border workers – can now address their experiences and concerns directly to the address for border controls@gouvernement.lu.