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In Inter Rao Lietuva (C-147/25), the CJEU held that a chain of shareholdings alone does not prove that a non-listed company is controlled by a sanctioned person. Authorities must s…
As of 1 October 2026, the Walloon Region applies an updated list of bottleneck professions for the employment of third-country nationals, cut from 56 to 31 professions. Altius expl…
Sinds 1 april 2026 geldt het Kaderdecreet Vlaamse Handhaving voor onder meer de VCRO en het omgevingsrecht. Vooral het digitale Maatregelenregister, de nieuwe informatieplicht bij …
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The Royal Decree of 29 September 2026 on the profession of orthoptist enter…
Uiterlijk op 31 december 2026 moet iedere VME van een appartementsgebouw va…
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Public procurements – Award of a contract without a prior request for competition - lack of suitable tenders – legal notion.
The Walloon region postpones the entry into force of the urbanisation permit, which will now take effect on 1 September 2010.
Facing the transposition deadline of the so-called “services directive”, the legislator tries to respond in extremis by adopting a law modifying the …
C'est connu les pouvoirs publics en Europe paient presque systématiquement leurs factures avec retard. En 2010, le législateur européen pourrait cepen…
The Acoset judgment of the ECJ dated 15 October 2009 (C-196/08) was related to a dispute about an institutionalised public-private partnership (…
In the Horizon Pleiades case, the Council of State was confronted with an interesting question: if a public authority organises a procedure to select …
On 23 April 2009, the ECJ held that Belgium did not properly transpose Procurement Directive 2004/18 into national law (case C-292/07). In fact, Belgi…
On 9 October, the Belgian government has taken the decision to strengthen the requirements for acquiring Belgian nationality. As a result, Belgian nat…
These new levels relate to the authorisations for employing and granting work permits to foreign nationals (from outside the EEA).
Dans un précédent article, nous avons examiné les questions que soulevait la succession d’architecte concernant les prescriptions déontologiques et le…
We discussed the effects of the 2007 Braunschweig judgment of the ECJ on judicial protection in public procurement law. Following this judgment, EU Me…
The Belgian government and India signed a historical agreement on social security on 3 November 2006. The agreement is expected to apply from July 200…
Contrary to what takes place in other countries (for example in France), in Belgium, a person interrogated in the framework of a criminal investigatio…
As from 12 January 2009, all nationals of countries belonging to the Visa Waiver Program (such as Belgian nationals), will be required to obtain an el…
On 27 November 2008 the EU-Ministers of Home affairs gave the green light to Switzerland to effectively apply the Schengen rules.
As of 1 July 2007, the retrieval of professional cards for self-employed foreigners is entrusted to the approved business desks and no longer to the c…
With the publication of the Royal Decree of 18 December 2008 with respect to the employment of foreign workers, Belgium has used its possibility to pr…
In November 2008, the Belgian parliament approved a draft bill to implement the social security agreement between Belgium and India. The agreement, wh…
The Belgian Minister of Migration has decided that a medical certificate should no longer be joined to a visa application (type D) for employees who a…
In application of article 131 of the law of 3 July 1978 on employment contracts and article 9 of the Royal Decree of 9 June 1999 enforcing the law of …
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