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The various legal instruments relating to contraception, which enable the implementation of the programme of preventive medicine and universal access to contraceptives at national level, will enter into force on 1 April 2023.

In the context of digitalisation, the Ministry of Social Security was keen to bring together all the social entities in order to present and promote the various online services for the insured. To this end, the various online services of the CNS, the AAA, the CNAP, the CCSS and the AEC for long-term care insurance were presented.

Following the triggering of the index bracket, confirmed by the publication of the index results for January 2023, and the monthly meeting of the Index Commission on 10 February 2023, the social parameters were adjusted with effect from 1 February 2023.

On 8 February 2023, the Minister of Social Security, Claude Haagen, accompanied by the President of Luxembourg's pension fund (FDC), Alain Reuter, visited the future "Cité de la sécurité sociale". This building was built by the FDC who remain the owner.

On 24 January, the Council of State gave its opinion on the two Grand Ducal regulations on the procedures for the reimbursement of psychotherapy by health insurance.

On 20 January 2023, the Government Council approved the preliminary draft of the Grand Ducal Regulation on the nomenclature of medical acts and services covered by health insurance in order to implement the programme of preventive medicine and universal access to contraception at national level.

The tripartite agreement of 28 September 2022 provides for the abolition of the advance payment of social security contributions on 1 January 2023. This measure is intended to improve the distribution of contribution payments and to provide financial support for employers and self-employed persons.

On 29 December 2022, the Government Council approved, by means of a written procedure, the preliminary draft Grand Ducal regulation introducing psychotherapy procedures into the nomenclature.

On 1 January 2023, pensions will increase by 2.2%.

The Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems of the European Union has updated its guidance note on telework to allow an extension of the transitional period for Member States.

Given the exceptional situation due to the COVID-19 crisis, it was decided not to take into account the days of telework linked to the COVID-19 crisis for the determination of the social security legislation applicable to cross-border workers. This exceptional provision will in principle expire on 30 June 2022.

As of 15 January 2022, legal provisions introducing the obligation to present a Covid-19 vaccination, recovery or negative test certificate at the workplace have come into force.

Faced with the impact of COVID-19 on companies and the self-employed in Luxembourg, the Joint Social Security Centre (CCSS) and the Minister for Social Security, Romain Schneider, have taken a series of measures to support companies and the self-employed by offering them greater flexibility in their management of the payment of social security contributions.

In order to take account of the latest measures taken in the fight against the coronavirus "COVID-19", in particular in public health, a new act of nomenclature of physicians is introduced for teleconsultation, including for the establishment of medical prescriptions or declarations of incapacity for work.

In the context of the measures adopted by the Government to contain the spread of the coronavirus, a specific form has been drawn up for those parents who have to look after their child(ren) under 13 years old, so that they will be able to benefit from leave for family reasons.