Circular BCL 2008/217 of 21 April 2008 — Foreign Direct Investment Surveys

Luxembourg, 21 April 2008

To all credit institutions and to the financial services of the Post and Telecommunications enterprise (post office cheques account service)

CIRCULAR BCL 2008/217
Foreign Direct Investment Surveys

Dear Sirs,

Pursuant to the provisions of the single article of the Law of 28 June 2000 amending the Grand-Ducal Regulation of 10 November 1944 on foreign exchange control, the Banque centrale du Luxembourg (BCL) and the Central Service for Statistics and Economic Studies (STATEC) are jointly responsible for compiling the balance of payments and the global external position of Luxembourg. Paragraph 1 of the single article of the aforementioned law states, inter alia, that STATEC is responsible for surveys on foreign direct investment. Within the framework of the collaboration between these two institutions, the BCL is responsible for collecting statistics from credit institutions and the Post and Telecommunications enterprise.

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Surveys on foreign direct investment concern all direct investment relations that declarants have established in their capacity as subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or branches of a non-resident investor, or with their own subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or branches established abroad.

The questionnaires for the 2007 survey are identical to those sent to you last year, with the exception of some formatting changes. The explanatory notes associated with them outline the practical procedures for completing the questionnaires and contain a description of the required elements. All these documents in electronic format can be downloaded from the BCL website (www.bcl.lu). A German version of the questionnaires is also available upon request. In the event of discrepancies between the French and German texts, the French version shall prevail.

The completed questionnaires must be submitted by 30 June 2008 by post to the following address:

Banque centrale du Luxembourg
Statistics Department
External Statistics Section
2, boulevard Royal
L-2983 Luxembourg

For any information regarding the application of this circular, Mr. Anh-Tuan Bui (tel. 4774 4296) and Mr. Kola Lendele (tel. 4774 4297) are at your disposal.

Please accept, Dear Sirs, the assurance of our distinguished sentiments.

BANQUE CENTRALE DU LUXEMBOURG
The Management

Serge KOLB Andrée BILLON Yves MERSCH