Circular Letter ST.23-0269 — Foreign Direct Investment Survey 2022

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BANQUE CENTRALE DU LUXEMBOURG
EUROSYSTÈME

Ref.: ST.23-0269
Luxembourg, February 24, 2023
Circular Letter

To all credit institutions and the financial services of the Post and Telecommunications company

Subject: Foreign Direct Investment Surveys

Ladies and Gentlemen,

In accordance with the provisions of the single article of the law of June 28, 2000, amending the Grand Ducal regulation of November 10, 1944, as amended, relating to 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 indicates, among other things, that STATEC is responsible for the 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 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 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-des-paiements-et-position-exterieure-globale/Instructions/Enquete-annuelle-IDE/index.html

In the event of divergence between the French and English texts, the French version shall prevail. Completed questionnaires must be submitted before June 16, 2023.

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

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BANQUE CENTRALE DU LUXEMBOURG
EUROSYSTÈME

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

The documents relating to the survey can be submitted to the BCL by the following transmission methods:

• preferably via secure channel using the electronic transmission means made available by SOFIE (OTX channel) or E-file (various correspondence).
  It is then imperative to respect the following file name structure:
  OTXREP-B0nnn-BOP_IDE_2022_B0nnn_20230616_001.xls where nnn corresponds to the BCL number of the reporting credit institution.

• by email (unsecured transmission) to
  reporting.banques@bcl.lu by mentioning in the subject: BCL No – FDI 2022.

• by post to the following address:
  Banque centrale du Luxembourg
  Statistics Department - Banks Section
  2, boulevard Royal
  L-2983 Luxembourg

For any information regarding the application of this circular, Mr. Romain Scholer (tel. 4774 4583) will be at your disposal.

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

BANQUE CENTRALE DU LUXEMBOURG

Xavier Hornick
Section Head
Statistics

Roland Nockels
Head of Department
Statistics

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