Circular Letter ST.17-0153 — 2016 Foreign Direct Investment Survey

2, boulevard Royal L-2983 Luxembourg E-mail: reporting.bop@bcl.lu Ref.: ST.17-0153 Luxembourg, May 11, 2017 Circular Letter To all credit institutions and to the financial services of the Postal and Telecommunications Company Subject: Foreign Direct Investment Surveys

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Pursuant to the provisions of the single article of the law of June 28, 2000, amending the Grand Ducal Regulation of November 10, 1944, as amended, on the control of exchange, 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 indicates, among other things, that STATEC is responsible for foreign direct investment surveys. Within the framework of the collaboration between these two institutions, the BCL is responsible for statistical data collection from credit institutions and the Postal and Telecommunications Company.

The foreign direct investment surveys concern all direct investment relationships that respondents 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 located abroad.

The questionnaires and the explanatory notes accompanying them can be downloaded, in French and English, from the BCL website (www.bcl.lu).

In the event of any discrepancy between the French and English texts, the French version shall prevail.

Completed questionnaires must be submitted by June 15, 2017. If your institution experiences delays, we invite you to inform us before this date via a duly justified letter.

2, boulevard Royal L-2983 Luxembourg E-mail: reporting.bop@bcl.lu

Documents related to the survey may be submitted to the BCL via the following transmission methods:

• preferably via secure channels using the electronic transmission means provided by SOFiE (OTX channel) or E-file (miscellaneous correspondence)

In this case, you must strictly adhere to the following file naming structure:
OTXREP-B0nnn-BOP_IDE_2016_B0nnn_20170615_001.xls where nnn corresponds to the BCL number of the reporting credit institution.

• via email (unsecured transmission) to
  reporting.bop@bcl.lu by mentioning in the subject line: BCL No – FDI 2016

• via 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 implementation of this circular, Ms. Nathalie Lehmann (tel. 4774 4241) and Mr. Kola Lendele (tel. 4774 4297) are at your disposal.

Please accept, Ladies and Gentlemen, the assurance of our perfect consideration.

BANQUE CENTRALE DU LUXEMBOURG
Roland Nockels Pierre BECK
Head of the Department
Statistics Director