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Circular letter 2026/C/94 confirms that non-profit organisations and foundations subject to the legal entities tax calculate, declare and pay the withholding tax on their capital g…
Liedekerke launches a dedicated Non-Profit practice with the arrival of Antoine Druetz as Partner, together with Alix Degrez and Fantine Miroir, effective 2 November 2026.
The Delegated Regulation revising the EMIR clearing thresholds was published in the Official Journal on 21 October 2026 and applies from 10 November 2026. Linklaters outlines the n…
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According to the Court of Cassation (18 June 2026), a taxpayer without acco…
A judgment of the Ghent Enterprise Court of 5 August 2026 held an investor-…
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TIP 4 Kernpunten - De jaarrekening moet tijdig ter goedkeuring worden voorgelegd aan de algemene vergadering en neergelegd bij de Nationale Ba…
The revision of the Company Code forms part of a major overhaul of Belgian corporate law. Since the Middle Ages, merchants (and companies with a comme…
The Act of 2 August 2002 on the supervision of the financial sector and financial services (“Loi relative à la surveillance du secteur financier et au…
On 22 May 2018, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) adopted two decisions implementing temporary product intervention measures.&nbs…
You work at a company that is undergoing rapid international growth. One day headquarters asks for your help on expanding the Belgian activities. What…
On 25 May 2018, the Federal Council of Ministers approved at the second reading the draft Companies and Associations Code proposed by Minister of Just…
The long-awaited reform of the Belgian Companies Code has recently taken a giant step forward: a text is finally available.
On June 4, the draft new Code of companies and associations was submitted to the Parliament for discussion and approval, after receivi…
Verstopt in de wet van 3 september 2017 betreffende niet-financiële informatie werd aan door de overheid of publiekrechtelijke rechtspersonen gecontro…
De taks op effectenrekeningen werd vorige zomer aangekondigd en heeft sindsdien veel inkt doen vloeien. In een publicatie van 5 oktober 2017 hadden we…
On 25 April 2018, the European Commission published two proposals for directives: a proposal to make it easier for companies to merge, divide and tran…
Op 1 mei 2018 treedt het Boek XX “Insolventie van ondernemingen” van het Wetboek van Economisch Recht (WER) in werking, dat van toepassing zal zijn op…
Over the past few years, the Belgian legislature has consolidated various pieces of legislation regulating businesses into a single instrument: the Co…
Op 1 mei 2018 is Boek XX van het Wetboek van Economisch Recht in werking getreden. Daarmee is een ware revolutie in het insolventierech…
Le livre XX du Code droit économique entre en vigueur ce 01.05.2018. Pour rappel, cela implique que toutes les professions libérales, la nôtre y …
On 22 January 2018, the government filed a bill aimed at extending the Belgian mechanism for collective remedy to SMEs.
On 16 October 2017, new, more flexible rules on cash payments came into force, introduced by the Law of 18 September 2017 on the prevention of money l…
Sinds enige maanden werkt de regering aan de tweede versie van een voorontwerp van wet tot invoering van het Wetboek van Vennootschappen en Vereniging…
As previously announced by our Commercial & Litigation Team, the Belgian Federal Government approved a draft legislation which aims to modernize o…
The Act of 18 September 2017 on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing and on restriction of the use of cash added new articles 14…
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