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For other uses, see [E-file (disambiguation)](/source/E-file_(disambiguation)).

[e-file](https://www.e-file.lu/) is an electronic filing and communication platform in [Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg) for [secure transmission](/source/Secure_transmission) of data, documents and regulatory reports between financial institutions and Luxembourg authorities. It is broadly equivalent to the SEC’s [EDGAR](/source/EDGAR) system in the USA or the FSA’s [GABRIEL](/source/GABRIEL_(FCA)) platform in the UK.

E-file was conceived and developed by [Luxembourg Stock Exchange](/source/Luxembourg_Stock_Exchange) and [Fundsquare](/source/Fundsquare) in cooperation with the [CSSF](/source/Commission_de_Surveillance_du_Secteur_Financier), Luxembourg’s financial regulatory authority.

## Data transmission

It allows both automatic and manual transmission of data. The e-file platform permits the transmission of formatted documents as well as data flows in [XBRL](/source/XBRL) or [XML](/source/XML) format. This flexibility and the modular architecture make transmission independent from the types of data and documents.

## Secure transmission

E-file transmissions take place in a secure environment complying with the European and domestic regulatory requirements[1] through [data encryption](/source/Data_encryption), 1024/2048 [bits](/source/Bit) SSL certificates and [HTTPS](/source/HTTPS) connection. Such secure transmission is used for mandatory transmission of regulatory bank reports to the Luxembourg Central Bank (BCL) and the CSSF.

## Bank reporting

E-file is also used for electronic bank reporting required under [Basel II](/source/Basel_II_Accord), [IRFS](/source/International_Financial_Reporting_Standards) and [MiFID](/source/Markets_in_Financial_Instruments_Directive) as well as for other legal and statistical reporting to the Luxembourg Central Bank (BCL) and the CSSF. Automated reports are transmitted in [XBRL](/source/XBRL) or [XML](/source/XML) format.

## UCI reporting

In September 2008 the Luxembourg’s financial regulatory authority [CSSF](/source/Commission_de_Surveillance_du_Secteur_Financier) issued a circular 08/371[2] resulting in the official adoption of the e-file platform for the mandatory transmission of UCI simplified and full prospectuses and annual and semi-annual reports both to the [CSSF](/source/Commission_de_Surveillance_du_Secteur_Financier) and to the electronic reference database of the financial centre’s investment funds set up by [Fundsquare](/source/Fundsquare). The platform allows the final validation of the documents that are to be sent.

## See also

- [CSSF](http://www.cssf.lu) Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (Luxembourg)
- [Banque Centrale de Luxembourg](https://web.archive.org/web/20090708151355/http://www.bcl.lu/en/reporting/index.html) Regulatory reporting

## References

1. [CSSF Circular 08/334](http://www.cssf.lu/uploads/media/cssf08_334eng.pdf)[dead link]

1. ["CSSF Circular 08/371"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170708173323/http://www.cssf.lu/uploads/media/cssf08_371eng.pdf). Archived from [the original](http://www.cssf.lu/uploads/media/cssf08_371eng.pdf) on 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2009-06-18.

## External links

- [Luxembourg Stock Exchange](https://web.archive.org/web/20090723143557/http://www.bourse.lu/)
- [e-file.lu](http://www.e-file.lu) e-file.lu website
- [Fundsquare](https://www.fundsquare.net/) Fundsquare website
- [CEBS](http://www.c-ebs.org/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181021062503/http://www.c-ebs.org/) 2018-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Committee of European banking supervisors

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