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Beroepsopleiding advocaten-stagiairs herzien

Sinds 2 oktober 2025 gelden er belangrijke veranderingen in de beroepsopleiding van advocaten-stagiairs. Onze algemene vergadering keurde op 24 september een nieuw reglement goed d…

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Force probante des extraits du registre national

Le Fil RGPD quitte ses chemins habituels cette quinzaine et s’aventure sur le terrain du régime de la preuve. En effet, une circulaire commune des ministres de la Justice et de l’I…

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BDO welcomes new law firm BDO Legal

BDO Belgium broadens its legal services with BDO Legal. A team of lawyers and paralegals will support Belgian and international businesses with specialised, pragmatic legal advice …

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Maximum wage cost increase margin for the 2025-2026 period s…

On 22 September 2025, the Royal Decree of 12 September 2025 implementing ar…

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Buyer Beware: Don’t Pay Twice for the Business

In order to make a transfer of a business (“handelszaak”/“fonds de commerce…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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Réduction tarifaire et notion d’'employeur'

Il arrive fréquemment qu’un employeur accorde à son personnel une réduction ou un avantage tarifaire sur les produits ou services de l’entreprise.

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Court of Cassation rules on the prohibition of selling at a loss

In its judgment of 16 September 2016, the Court of Cassation ("Hof van Cassatie"/"Cour de cassation") dismissed the appeal against a judgment of the G…

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Nouveau Règlement FSMA sur les rapports adéquats

Dans le cadre de la continuation de la mise en œuvre des règles de conduite MiFID, le Moniteur belge publie aujourd’hui un arrêté royal du 18 septembr…

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De re-integratie van arbeidsongeschikte werknemers, een kwestie van arbeid of gezondheid? Of een vermomming vo…

Het koninklijk besluit van 28 oktober 2016 tot wijziging van het koninklijk besluit van 28 mei 2003 betreffende het gezondheidstoezicht op de werkneme…

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Les bracelets connectés s'invitent dans l'entreprise

Dans un article paru récemment dans le magazine Trends, Thierry Vierin  explique que de nombreux employeurs proposent à leurs collabora…

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Advocate General ECJ: Fairness Tax contrary to art. 4 Parent-Subsidiary Directive

In a case pending before the European Court of Justice, the Court has been asked to determine whether the Belgian “Fairness Tax” is compatible with th…

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CJEU confirms assessment methodology shall in principle not be notified in advance in contract documents

The Court of Justice (“CJEU”) recently ruled (14 July 2016, C-6/15) on the question of whether contracting authorities are obliged to notify and estab…

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Benefit in kind – Private use of a company car: updated formula for 2017

The new reference CO2 emission for calculating the taxable benefit in kind for the private use of a company car in the hands of company directors and …

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Les droits des auteurs encore négligés

Un an après le prononcé de l’arrêt HP contre Reprobel par la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne, le gouvernement belge vient de déposer u…

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Repackaging: when is it allowed?

On 10 November 2016, the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered a judgment regarding the "need of repackaging" of pharmaceuticals and the reaf…

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Aannemer moet niet enkel informeren, maar (soms) ook waarschuwen en reageren!

De informatieplicht van de aannemer betekent in de eerste plaats het verschaffen van informatie inzake de aannemingsovereenkomst. Deze informatieplich…

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When the walls (and the competition authorities) have ears…

Your company is involved in a cartel investigation: the competition authority conducting it believes that your company made price agreements and excha…

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Nouvelle adaptation de la loi sur la continuité des entreprises : Accord collectif et appel du jugement d…

La loi sur la continuité des entreprises (LCE) a, une fois de plus, fait l’objet d’une modification législative et ce afin de mettre un terme à la dif…

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Stopzetting onderzoek Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit na verbintenissen Immoweb

Op 16 November 2016 heeft de Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit haar onderzoek ten aanzien van de populaire vastgoedsite Immoweb stopgezet naar aanleidi…

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Another attempt to tackle the wage gap

On 2 November 2016, the Council of Ministers approved a proposal of Minister of Employment Kris Peeters to modify the Law of 26 July 1996 regarding em…

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Labour & Employment - Long-term incapacity for work: the importance of a reintegration program and the pos…

Long-term incapacity for work: the importance of a reintegration program and the possibility to terminate an employment agreement due to force majeure…

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Regering stelt nieuwe aftrek innovatieinkomsten voor

Op de ministerraad van 2 december 2016 bereikten de regeringspartijen een akkoord over een nieuwe aftrek voor innovatie inkomsten. Deze nieuwe aftrek …

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EU Commission proposes legislation on modernising VAT for cross-border e-commerce

On 1 December 2016, the European Commission (“the Commission”) proposed changes to the EU VAT Directive for cross-border “B2C e-commerce”. The proposa…

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New act significantly broadens the right to assistance by an attorney during an interrogation

On 27 November, a new act came into force which significantly broadens the right to assistance by an attorney during an interrogation. This means that…

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Are dynamic IP addresses personal data? Europe’s highest court says they are in certain circumstances

On 19 October 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued its judgment in Patrick Breyer v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

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