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The Luxembourgish EU Presidency and Financial Services – July-December 2015
The Luxembourgish EU Presidency and Financial Services – July-December 2015 The Luxembourgish EU Presidency and Financial Services 1 July – 31 December 2015 Kreab Brussels 2 avenue de Tervueren, 1040 Brussels, Belgium www.kreab.com/brussels – @KreabEU 1 The Luxembourgish EU Presidency and Financial Services – July-December 2015 Contents Political Context of the Luxembourgish Presidency 3 Priorities of the Luxembourgish Presidency 4 Key Financial Services Initiatives and Legislative Dossiers 5 Organisation of the Luxembourgish Presidency 12 Annex I – Contact Information 13 Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the European Union 13 Economy and Finance 14 Government of Luxembourg 16 Ministry of Finance of Luxembourg 17 Bank of Luxembourg 18 Financial Regulatory Body of Luxembourg 20 Annex II – CVs of Key Luxembourgish Ministers 21 Annex III – Provisional Calendar 23 Annex IV – Key Council Meetings 25 Annex V – Country Fact Sheet 26 Annex VI – The EU Presidency 28 2 The Luxembourgish EU Presidency and Financial Services – July-December 2015 Political Context of the Luxembourgish Presidency The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg will assume its twelfth Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July 2015. Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in the EU, but it is also the wealthiest per capita. Following Italy and Latvia, Luxembourg is the third in this Presidency Trio, and will be the second full Presidency to work with the new Commission headed by compatriot and former Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. Luxembourg is the seat of several major institutions such as the European Court of Justice, the European Investment Bank, and the Court of Auditors. Attitude toward the EU Luxembourg is one of the six founding members of the European Union and has historically played a key role in its formation. -
Luxembourg's Sustainability Bond Framework 2020
SUSTAINABILITY BOND FRAMEWORK 31 AUGUST 2020 the government of the grand-duchy of luxembourg Ministry of Finance SUSTAINABILITY BOND FRAMEWORK CONTENTS 1 Introduction 3 1.1 The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg’s sustainability policies and ambition 3 1.2 Rationale for sustainability bonds issuance 5 2 Sustainability bond framework 7 2.1 Use of proceeds 7 2.1.1 Eligible green categories 8 2.1.2 Eligible social categories 9 2.1.3 Exclusion criteria 10 2.2 Process for evaluation and selection 10 2.2.1 Governance and process for the evaluation and selection of the eligible expenditures 10 2.2.2 Environmental and social regulatory framework 11 2.3 Management of proceeds 13 2.4 Reporting 13 2.4.1 Allocation report 13 2.4.2 Impact report 14 2.5 External review 16 3 Appendix 17 3.1 Appendix 1: eligibility criteria 17 3.1.1 Eligible green categories 17 3.1.2 Eligible social categories 24 3.2 Appendix 2: sectorial exclusions 28 2 SUSTAINABILITY BOND FRAMEWORK INTRODUCTION 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG’S SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES AND AMBITION The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg’s Coalition Government published its Coalition Agreement1 in 2018, setting important targets for the country. At the center of the Coalition Agreement is a narrative of social cohesion and the promotion of an inclusive and welco- ming society that supports equity, individual freedom and mutual respect. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg pursues the development of a responsible, sustainable and innovative financial sector in order to meet the challenges of a dynamic economic development, which goes hand in hand with the respect for ecological limits and social equity. -
Luxembourg Resistance to the German Occupation of the Second World War, 1940-1945
LUXEMBOURG RESISTANCE TO THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1940-1945 by Maureen Hubbart A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS Major Subject: History West Texas A&M University Canyon, TX December 2015 ABSTRACT The history of Luxembourg’s resistance against the German occupation of World War II has rarely been addressed in English-language scholarship. Perhaps because of the country’s small size, it is often overlooked in accounts of Western European History. However, Luxembourgers experienced the German occupation in a unique manner, in large part because the Germans considered Luxembourgers to be ethnically and culturally German. The Germans sought to completely Germanize and Nazify the Luxembourg population, giving Luxembourgers many opportunities to resist their oppressors. A study of French, German, and Luxembourgian sources about this topic reveals a people that resisted in active and passive, private and public ways. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Dr. Elizabeth Clark for her guidance in helping me write my thesis and for sharing my passion about the topic of underground resistance. My gratitude also goes to Dr. Brasington for all of his encouragement and his suggestions to improve my writing process. My thanks to the entire faculty in the History Department for their support and encouragement. This thesis is dedicated to my family: Pete and Linda Hubbart who played with and took care of my children for countless hours so that I could finish my degree; my husband who encouraged me and always had a joke ready to help me relax; and my parents and those members of my family living in Europe, whose history kindled my interest in the Luxembourgian resistance. -
8 What Might a Sustainable University Look Like? Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of the University of Luxembourg and Its New Campus
186 8 What might a sustainable University look like? Challenges and opportunities in the development of the University of Luxembourg and its new campus Ariane König, University of Luxembourg With their combined mission of research, education and civic engagement, universities have a central place in processes fostering social and technological transformation for sustainability, at the local, regional and global scale. From this perspective one key role of the University is to understand factors that affect local and regional quality of life, whilst also producing new knowledge to enhance the adaptation capacity and resilience to local and global change. As argued throughout this book, Universities are particularly well-placed to stage living laboratories as platforms for the participatory development of new technologies and best behavioural practices, helping cities and regions to cope with new demands on societies and infrastructures, whilst attending to needs of future generations. However, recognition of the need to better address socially salient, complex problems, also invite a re-conception of how knowledge is produced in more applied and local contexts, and what role science and research universities can play within such processes (Gibbons, 1994; Nowotny, 2001; Jasanoff, 2005; Robinson, 2008). This re-conception of knowledge production presents two main challenges in the university setting: First, there is a need to build capacity to better understand uncertainty, areas of ignorance and blind spots of knowledge between scientific disciplines. In consequence, interdisciplinary research and education can only answer to these requisites if conducted from a reflexive stance, which critically considering merits and limitations of self-referential sets of disciplinary theories, methods, models and underlying assumptions, and processes for validation. -
Pe R S Pe C Tiv
OCTOBER 2015 N° 30 PERSPECTIVES DE POLITIQUE ÉCONOMIQUE Stability in a climate ofrisk inaclimate Stability REPORT COMPETITIVENESS 2015 OCTOBER 2015 OCTOBER PERSPECTIVES N° 30 DE POLITIQUE ÉCONOMIQUE 2015 COMPETITIVENESS REPORT Stability in a climate of risk The ‘Perspectives de Politique Économique’ series includes reports, studies, research results or summaries of conferences commanded by or carried out by employees of the Ministry of the Economy or by experts of associated institutions. The opinions expressed in these publications are those of the authors and do not necessarily correspond with those of the Ministry of the Economy. For any request or suggestion, please contact the Observatoire de la compétitivité of the Ministry of the Economy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Ministry of the Economy Observatoire de la compétitivité 19-21 Boulevard Royal L-2449 Luxembourg [email protected] October 2015 ISBN: 978-2-919770-21-2 This publication can be downloaded from www.odc.public.lu © Ministry of the Economy, Luxembourg 2015 Competitiveness Report The following persons contributed to this publication: Serge ALLEGREZZA Ministry of the Economy/STATEC Marc FERRING Max JENTGEN Giulia SPALLETTI Pierre THIELEN Ministry of the Economy Claude LAMBORAY STATEC Chiara PERONI Leïla BEN AOUN Xi CHEN Umut KILINC Tatiana PLOTNIKOVA Cesare RIILLO Francesco SARRACINO ANEC 3 2015 Competitiveness Report Introduction There are several indicators which allow for a resolutely optimistic reading of the current economic situation in Luxembourg. The GDP growth rate should come closer to the long-term average, which stood at 3.5% per year from 1990 to 2014. This performance stands out when compared to that of other eurozone Member States. -
ESPON Qol – Quality of Life Measurements and Methodology
ESPON QoL – Quality of Life Measurements and Methodology Annex 9 to the Final Report Case study: Luxembourg Applied Research Final Report 30th October 2020 Final Report This applied research activity is conducted within the framework of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme. The ESPON EGTC is the Single Beneficiary of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme. The Single Operation within the programme is implemented by the ESPON EGTC and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, the EU Member States and the Partner States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. This delivery does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the members of the ESPON 2020 Monitoring Committee. Project team Carlo Sessa, Giorgia Galvini, Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems – ISINNOVA (Italy) Oriol Bioscal, Harold del Castillo, MCRIT (Spain) Herta Tödtling-Schönhofer, Alina Schönhofer, Metis (Austria) Daniel Rauhut, Teemu Makkonen, University of Eastern Finland – UEF (Finland) Maarten Kroesen, TUDelft (Netherlands) Author of the case study Dr Thomas Stumm, EureConsult (Luxembourg) Project Support Team Sabine Stölb LE GOUVERNEMENT DU GRAND-DUCHÉ DE LUXEMBOURG Ministère de l’Énergie et de l’Aménagement du territoire Département de l’aménagement du territoire Janja Pečar REPUBLIKA SLOVENIJA URAD RS ZA MAKROEKONOMSKE ANALIZE IN RAZVOJ Anna Lea Gestsdóttir Byggðastofnun Icelandic Regional Development Institute ESPON EGTC: Project Expert: Sandra Di Biaggio Financial Expert: Caroline Clause Information on ESPON and its projects can be found on www.espon.eu. The web site provides the possibility to download and examine the most recent documents produced by finalised and ongoing ESPON projects. © ESPON, 2020 Printing, reproduction or quotation is authorised provided the source is acknowledged and a copy is forwarded to the ESPON EGTC in Luxembourg. -
TRAVEL BOOKLET General Information
TRAVEL BOOKLET General Information The Summer Academy will be taking place in Echternach, the oldest Luxembourgish town, and as such, it is filled with tons of history and things to see and do, including over two thousand years worth of history to uncover. It’s close to the German border and is best known for its ancient abbey built in 698, basically the town’s raison d’être. The Summer Academy begins on 29th August for Officials, respectively on the 30th of August for trainees and with departures set on 3rd of September. During these days we will be staying at the wonderful Echternach Youth Hostel. Arrivals Officials are expected to arrive at the session before 12PM CET on Wednesday, 29th August at the Youth Hostel in Echternach. For anyone arriving a night in advance before, accommodation will be organised, however you must mention it to us beforehand when completing the travel and reimbursement form (linked below). All trainees are expected to arrive at the session before 12pm CET on Thursday, 30th August at the Youth Hostel in Echternach. Below we also have suggestions for when to arrive to different airports or train stations. Getting to Luxembourg As an eco-friendly session, we would like all of the participants to take into account the high level of CO2 emissions that an airplane releases, therefore we encourage you to take a bus or train instead. As a disclaimer despite having guaranteed Travel reimbursements for all participants, please make sure that you book the most reasonable option in terms of price, travel time and environmental impact. -
Tout Savoir Sur Le Grand-Duché De Luxembourg Culture Histoire Langues Conomie É É Ducation Population Géographie Système Politique Système Symboles Nationaux Symboles
Grand-Duché Grand-Duché Géographie de Luxembourg Histoire Tout savoir surle savoir Tout Système politique Symboles nationaux économie Population Langues éducation Culture éditeur Service information et presse du gouvernement luxembourgeois, Département édition Layout Repères Communication Impression Imprimerie OSSA ISBN 978-2-87999-204-4 Avril 2010 Tous les chiffres indiqués dans la présente brochure proviennent du Statec, sauf mention contraire. Sommaire 4 6 8 12 14 16 18 20 24 26 Tout savoir sur le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg sur le Grand-Duché savoir Tout Culture Histoire Langues conomie ducation é é Population Géographie En un clin d’œil En un clin d’œil Système politique Système Symboles nationaux Symboles Dénomination officielle Territoire Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Subdivision administrative Capitale • 3 districts (Luxembourg, Diekirch, Luxembourg Grevenmacher) • 12 cantons (Capellen, Clervaux, Diekirch, Fête nationale Echternach, Esch-sur-Alzette, Grevenmacher, 23 juin Luxembourg, Mersch, Redange-sur-Attert, Remich, Vianden, Wiltz) Monnaie • 116 communes Euro • 4 circonscriptions électorales (Sud, Est, Centre, Nord) Géographie Subdivision judiciaire Coordonnées géographiques • 2 arrondissements judiciaires (Luxembourg, 49° 37’ de latitude nord et 6° 08’ de longitude est Diekirch) comprenant 3 justices de paix (Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Diekirch) Superficie En un clin d’œil En un clin d’œil 2 586 km2, dont 86 % de surfaces agricoles Population et sylvicoles (2008) Population totale Pays voisins 502 066 habitants, dont 215 550 étrangers Belgique, Allemagne, France représentant 42,9 % de la population totale (janvier 2010) Climat Le Luxembourg jouit d’un climat tempéré qui ne Villes les plus peuplées connaît pas d’extrêmes. La température moyenne Luxembourg (90 800 habitants) Tout savoir sur le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg sur le Grand-Duché savoir Tout oscille entre 0 °C en janvier et 18 °C en juillet. -
Changement Du Réseau D'autobus RGTR À Partir Du 27 Février 2017
16.02.2017 Le réseau d’autobus RGTR au Luxembourg Changement du réseau d’autobus RGTR à partir du 27 février 2017 Mise en service du « temps réel » Introduction • La mise en service du « temps réel » implique que les horaires de 81 lignes RGTR seront modifiés au 27 février 2017. • Les projets d’adaptations ont été annoncés déjà lors de 9 « roadshows » qui ont eu lieu entre novembre 2016 et janvier 2017 à travers le pays. Étapes suivantes: Des adaptations supplémentaires sont encore planifiées au cours de l’année 2017 (mai, septembre et décembre). 2 Introduction Le projet de temps réel s’inscrit dans la stratégie de mobilité du gouvernement Introduction en plusieurs phases sur le réseau RGTR Adaptation majeure au niveau des horaires Meilleure organisation de l’exploitation Pourquoi ces changements? • Élément-clé du système « télématique » • afficher progressivement les horaires en temps réel sur tous les supports d’information (affichages aux arrêts, écrans dans les bus, smartphones, mobiliteit.lu, app mobiliteit.lu) • permettre de connaître l’heure de départ en temps réel • développer ainsi une mobilité durable en rendant les transports collectifs plus compétitifs • renforcer l’intermodalité et la complémentarité entre les différents modes de transport en augmentant les moyens de correspondances • améliorer la fiabilité du service 4 Phases de mise en service Depuis 2016 27 février 2017 Préparations pour lancement Mai 2017 Préparations Septembre 2017 Préparations Décembre 2017 Préparations Réseau complet RGTR en temps réel 5 Mise en -
Gemeinde Sektion Ort Baumart Form Koordinaten (O/N) Liste Der Bäume
Liste der Bäume gemäss Artikel 1, Absatz 2 der großherzoglichen Verodnung vom 18. März 2008 betreffend die Beihilfen zur Verbesserung der natürlichen Umwelt Gemeinde Sektion Ort Baumart Form Koordinaten (O/N) Bascharage A - Clemency Clemency Quercus sp. Einzelbaum 59121 74476 Bascharage B - Hautcharage Hautcharage Quercus sp. Einzelbaum 61259 71530 Bastendorf A - Landscheid Landscheid Tilia sp. Einzelbaum 77152 109950 Bastendorf A - Landscheid Landscheid Tilia sp. Einzelbaum 77153 109940 Bastendorf D - Bastendorf Bastendorf Tilia sp. Einzelbaum 79717 106224 Bastendorf D - Bastendorf Bastendorf Aesculus hippocastanum Einzelbaum 78822 108522 Beaufort B - Kosselt Beaufort Tilia sp. Einzelbaum 88486 101092 Beaufort C - Beaufort Beaufort Aesculus hippocastanum Einzelbaum 88014 99631 Beaufort C - Beaufort Beaufort Aesculus hippocastanum Einzelbaum 88026 99637 Bech D - Rippig Rippig Quercus sp. Einzelbaum 90378 89256 Bech D - Rippig Rippig Quercus sp. Einzelbaum 90352 89248 Bech E - Altrier Herberg Quercus sp. Einzelbaum 91500 90930 Bech F - Farenhaff Marscherwald Ilex Baumguppe 87592 90235 Beckerich B - Schweich Schweich Fraxinus excelsior Einzelbaum 62632 87633 Beckerich C - Elvange Hovelange Quercus sp. Einzelbaum 61416 87597 Beckerich C - Elvange Elvange Quercus sp. Einzelbaum 61633 87702 Beckerich E - Beckerich Beckerich Tilia sp. Einzelbaum 59730 88161 Berdorf B - Berdorf Berdorf Quercus sp. Einzelbaum 91648 98751 Berdorf C - Bois et Fermes Posselt Haff Quercus sp. Einzelbaum 95256 97643 Bertrange C - Lorentzscheuer Leudelange Quercus sp. Einzelbaum 72145 72685 Bettembourg A - Bettembourg Bettembourg Quercus sp. Einzelbaum 75857 63990 Bettendorf A - Bettendorf Bettendorf Fagus Tillia Quercus Gruppe 83777 104510 Bettendorf A - Bettendorf Moestroff Fagus sylvatica Purpurea Allee 84461 104793 Betzdorf B - Betzdorf Betzdorf Aesculus hippocastanum Allee 93120 83697 Betzdorf B - Betzdorf Betzdorf Tilia sp. Einzelbaum 93287 83793 Betzdorf B - Betzdorf Betzdorf Tilia sp. -
2Nd Circular Final Announcement
2nd Circular Final announcement NEOBIOTA 2016 Twitter → #neobiota2016 http://www.neobiota2016.org/agenda/ 9th International Conference on Biological Invasions Biological Invasions: Interactions with Environmental Change Conference: 1416 September 2016 Field trip: 17 September 2016 Table of contents TRANSPORTATION SHUTTLE SERVICES Shuttles from Luxembourg Airport to Vianden Morning shuttles from hotels outside Vianden to the venue Neobiota minibus shuttles Evening shuttles from the venue to hotels outside Vianden Neobiota minibus shuttles Regular public transport Bus 570 (from hotel to venue and back) PUBLIC TRANSPORT TAXIS PARKING MAP OF VIANDEN REGISTRATION DESK @ VENUE BADGE BOOK OF ABSTRACTS CONFERENCE PROGRAMME GUIDELINES FOR PRESENTERS WATER COFFEE BREAKS & LUNCHES CONFERENCE DINNER EVENING MEALS SOCIAL EVENINGS FREE WIFI INTERNET PRACTICAL LOCAL INFORMATION FIELD TRIP POSTER AWARD TRANSPORTATION We asked participants to provide us with their travel and accommodation details by end of July to enable us to plan shuttle services. We sent out two reminders in August. The ¾ of the participants who responded by the end of August will receive individual emails with precise information on shuttle or public transportation details, one for arrival and another for departure. The remaining ¼ of the participants who did not respond by end of August will have to arrange their own travel to Vianden by public transport or taxi at their own expense. SHUTTLE SERVICES Shuttles from Luxembourg Airport to Vianden When exiting the luggage and customs control area situated on level 1, take left and move up to the ground floor of the terminal. If the weather is fine, exit the terminal and walk 100 m to your right side. -
United States District Court Eastern District Of
Case 2:13-cv-05399-JTM-DEK Document 17 Filed 09/04/13 Page 1 of 23 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA PIERRE BIEL CIVIL ACTION LUXEMBOURG NO. 13:5399 PETITIONER SECTION “H” (3) VERSUS JUDGE MILAZZO DINARA BEKMUKHAMEDOVA MAGISTRATE KNOWLES KAZAKHSTAN RESPONDENT FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW NOW INTO COURT, through undersigned counsel, comes plaintiff, Pierre Biel, who respectfully submits his proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. To the extent that any of the proposed findings of fact are considered by the Court to be legal conclusions, they are hereby submitted as such. Similarly, to the extent that any of the proposed conclusions of law are considered by the Court to be factual findings, they are submitted as such. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Petitioner, Pierre Biel, is a citizen of Luxembourg. 2. Respondent, Dinara Bekmukhamedova, is a citizen of Kazakhstan. 3. Biel and Bekmukhamedova met in New Orleans, Louisiana in April of 2010. Biel and Bekmukhamedova were together numerous times over the course of the following year. Biel travelled from Luxembourg to New Orleans, New York City, and Miami to meet with Bekmukhamedova. Both parties also spent 10 to 12 days together in the Maldives. 4. After Biel’s May 2011 visit to New Orleans, Bekmukhamedova told him that she was pregnant with his child. On or about June 6, 2011, Bekmukhamedova travelled to PD.10375352.1 Case 2:13-cv-05399-JTM-DEK Document 17 Filed 09/04/13 Page 2 of 23 Luxembourg on a three-month tourist visa.