Circular Letter ST.18-0148 — Foreign Direct Investment Survey 2017

2, boulevard Royal ◦ L-2983 Luxembourg ◦ E-mail: reporting.bop@bcl.lu Ref.: ST.18-0148 Luxembourg, May 14, 2018 Circular Letter To all credit institutions and to the Post and Telecommunications Enterprise Subject: Foreign Direct Investment Surveys

Dear Madam, Dear Sir,

Pursuant to the provisions of the single article of the Law of June 28, 2000 amending the Grand Ducal Regulation of November 10, 1944 relating to exchange control, the Banque centrale du Luxembourg (BCL) and the Central Office 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 collecting statistics from credit institutions and the Post and Telecommunications Enterprise.

The foreign direct investment surveys concern all direct investment relations that the 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 and the explanatory notes relating thereto can therefore be downloaded, in French and English, from the following link:
http://www.bcl.lu/fr/reporting_reglementaire/Etablissements_credit/Balance-despaiements-et-position-exterieure-globale/Instructions/Enquete-annuelle-IDE/index.html

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

The completed questionnaires must be submitted by June 15, 2018.

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

If your institution experiences delays, we invite you to inform us before this date, via a duly motivated letter.

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

• preferably by secure means using the electronic transmission means made available by SOFiE (OTX channel) or E-file (correspondence miscellaneous).
  It is then imperative to respect the following file name structure:
  OTXREP-B0nnn-BOP_IDE_2017_B0nnn_20180615_001.xls where nnn corresponds to the BCL number of the reporting credit institution.

• by email (unsecured transmission) to
  reporting.bop@bcl.lu by mentioning in the subject line: BCL No. – FDI 2017.

• 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, Mrs. Nathalie Lehmann (tel. 4774 4241) and Mr. Kola Lendele (tel. 4774 4297) are at your disposal.

Please accept, Madam, Sir, the assurance of our perfect consideration.

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