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Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier

Financial supervisory authority in Luxembourg

The Commission de surveillance du secteur financier (CSSF) is the main financial supervisory authority in Luxembourg. The CSSF is responsible for the supervision of experts in the financial sector, banks, investment companies, pension funds, regulated securities markets and their operators, multilateral trading facilities and payment institutions, and is the competent authority for the public auditor oversight. Under European Union policy frameworks, the CSSF is the national competent authority for Luxembourg within European Banking Supervision.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersLuxembourg1
  • Websitewww.cssf.lu
  • Legal formpublic sector establishment1
  • Kind of organizationFinancial regulatory agency1
  • LEI222100FNHM7E8CVM4L163
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address283, ROUTE D’ARLON, L-1150 Luxembourg, Luxembourg3
  • Registered withLuxembourg Business Registers, J263

The Commission de surveillance du secteur financier (CSSF) is the main financial supervisory authority in Luxembourg. The CSSF is responsible for the supervision of experts in the financial sector, banks, investment companies, pension funds, regulated securities markets and their operators, multilateral trading facilities and payment institutions, and is the competent authority for the public auditor oversight.2

The story

The CSSF took over the duties of the former Commissariat aux Bourses and of the Institut Monétaire Luxembourgeois (IML), which on 1 June 1998, became the Banque centrale du Luxembourg (BCL).

From Wikipedia’s article on Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Apr 22, 2005Founded Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier is founded3