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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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Les travailleurs en incapacité de travail (de longue durée) peuvent à partir du 1er janvier 2017 demander un t…

Dans une tentative de remettre au travail des malades de longue durée, le gouvernement donne la possibilité aux travailleurs de reprendre le travail à…

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EU Court of Justice landmark rulings on access to environmental information

On 23 November 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (''CJEU'') delivered two important judgments in cases C-442/14 Bayer CropSci…

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The CJEU determines scope of implicit consent of authors to use their works

Earlier this month the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) has rendered a decision in the Marc Soulier, Sara Dokes v. Premier Ministre, Ministre de la…

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Year End Tax Bulletin 2016

This Year End Tax Bulletin summarises the most significant 2016 tax developments in our home markets, the Benelux and Switzerland, and highlights the …

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The Specialised Real Estate Investment Fund (SREIF)

The Specialised Real Estate Investment Fund (SREIF) is subject to the Law of 19 April 2014 relating to the alternative investment funds and their mana…

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Nieuwe B2B-invorderingsprocedure voor onbetwiste geldschulden (IOS): ondernemer, u hoeft niet meer naar de rec…

Sinds juli 2016 kan u, in uitvoering van de zogenaamde ‘Potpourri I-wet’ van minister Geens, een uitvoerbare titel bekomen voor uw onbetaalde en onbet…

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Adidas Three-Stripe Trademark vs. Nike Blaugrana Stripes: Earn Your Stripes!

For more than one hundred years, generations of FC Barcelona fans have witnessed amazing players wearing the famous Blaugrana shirt with garnet and bl…

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Launch of multilateral treaty to implement BEPS measures

On 24 November 2016, a group of more than 100 jurisdictions concluded negotiations on a multilateral instrument (“MLI”) that will modify the applicati…

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Re-integratietraject langdurig arbeidsongeschikte werknemers kan al worden aangevraagd vanaf 1 januari 2017

In een poging om langdurig zieken aan het werk te zetten, geeft de regering aan arbeidsongeschikte werknemers de mogelijkheid om via een re-integratie…

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ECJ clarifies that “rights in rem” under Art. 5 Insolvency Regulation also includes “rights in rem” of public …

On 26 October 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union has rendered a decision (case C-195/15) on the interpretation of “rights in rem” under …

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Publication of implementing decree on Belgian specialised real estate investment funds

The Royal Decree of 9 November 2016 on Belgian specialised real estate investment funds has been published in the Belgian Official Gazette of 18 Novem…

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Nouvelle proposition de modification de la loi Renault pour protéger les sous-traitants

Les annonces de restructurations au cours des derniers mois mènent les parlementaires à plancher sur la loi “Renault”. Récemment c’était l’inform…

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European in-depth investigation into Brussels Airlines and TAP Portugal code-sharing

The European Commission announced on 27 October 2016 that it had issued a Statement of Objections to Brussels Airlines and TAP Portugal on their code-…

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Regularisatie van ontdoken Vlaamse belastingen in de maak

Sinds 1 augustus 2016 kan men ontdoken federale belastingen regulariseren. De federale wet voorziet ook in de mogelijkheid om gewestelijke belastingen…

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EU General Court Finds Body-builder Silhouette is Descriptive and Cannot Be Registered as Trade Mark

On 29 September 2016, the EU General Court (“GC”) ruled on the validity of a trade mark registration sought by Universal Protein Supplements Corp. (“U…

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Wie betaalt de advocaatkosten in zaken over intellectuele eigendom?

Om de toegang tot het gerecht te waarborgen, bestaan er verschillende soorten systemen om advocaatkosten op de verliezende partij te verhalen. Zo is h…

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No licence needed for the ‘public lending’ of digital copies of books

The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in the VOB v. Stichting Leenrecht case (C-174/15) has recently provided some clarificati…

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In uitzonderlijke omstandigheden kunnen bepaalde stakingspiketten preventief verboden worden

Zowel bij een ziekenhuis als bij een pretpark werd er gedreigd om op de nationale stakingsdag van 24 juni 2016 stakingspiketten op te zetten. Bei…

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Bij vergissing aan een werknemer betaalde bedragen kunnen tot tien jaar worden teruggevorderd

Iedereen weet dat wat onverschuldigd betaald is, moet worden terugbetaald. (Soms kan er wel de discussie bestaan over de vraag of een betaling wel onv…

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Minister Peeters’ General Policy Note Announces Measures to Strengthen Belgian Competition Law Procedures and …

On 27 October 2016, Belgium’s deputy prime minister and minister of Employment, Economy and Consumer Affairs, in charge of Foreign Trade, Kris Peeters…

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