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On 3 November 2026, CJEU Advocate General Szpunar delivered an Opinion examining when AI chatbots’ use of online news may infringe press publishers’ rights. His proposed approach d…
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…
Since 1 November 2026, product identifiers (PIDs) are mandatory in customs declarations for B2C distance sales up to €150, and a €2 handling fee per item applies. What do businesse…
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According to the Court of Cassation (18 June 2026), a taxpayer without acco…
In a judgment of 8 May 2026, the Court of Cassation confirms that an ex off…
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Kunstmatige of artificiële intelligentie (of afgekort AI) is niet meer weg te denken uit onze dagdagelijkse leefwereld. Bewust of onbewust maken we ie…
On December 1st, the Belgian government formally filed draft legislation in parliament regarding i.a. changes to the Belgian expat tax regime.
Private equity funds, or so called Private Privaks/Pricafs Privées, have gained enormous popularity in Belgium during the last couple of years. T…
A bill to reform the special tax regime for foreign executives as of 1 January 2022 is currently under consideration in the House of Representatives. …
When submitted a request for a preliminary ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is expect to answer questions – not raise too man…
After more than 20 years of negotiations, Belgium and France have recently signed a new double tax treaty (new treaty).
The European Commission has decided to prolong the State aid Temporary Framework until 30 June 2022. The amendment, aside from the temporal extension,…
the Belgian tax authorities have sent a questionnaire to many taxpayers, in order to gather specific information which will allow them to attrib…
During the COVID-19 pandemic and for approximately two years, the EU Commission and the National Competition Authorities have stopped carrying out daw…
The new tax treaty between Belgium and France was signed on 9 November 2021. It will enter into force at the end of its ratification process by both c…
On the 29th October, the council of ministers agreed on the draft program law outlining the 2022 Belgian budget measures.
On 26 October 2021, the European Commission has for the second time initiated a call for proposals of large-scale projects, i.e. those with a capital …
On 14 October 2021, the European Commission published its guidelines on the closure of operational programmes adopted for assistance from th…
Op 8 oktober 2021 verscheen de circulaire van de Centrale Administratie die de jaarlijkse effectentaks (JTER) verder preciseert én zelfs uit…
The ongoing energy price crisis in the aftermath of COVID-19, which has curtailed industrial production and left consumers across Europe facing higher…
What has been in the air for some time is probably becoming a reality, at an accelerated pace. In the framework of the agreement on the Belgian budget…
We hebben nog maar net de nieuwe Belgische B2B-regels verorberd, of er komt al een nieuwe lading Europees contractenrecht op ons af. Europees di…
Licensees are in certain cases permitted to decompile software code without infringing the Software Directive. In a judgement of 6 October 2021 in the…
On 2 September 2021, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) annulled the judgments of the General Court of 19 June 2019 declaring the plaintiffs’ act…
The European Commission launched a consultation process on 30 September 2021, sending a proposal to Member States on a sixth draft amendment to the&nb…
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