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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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On 11 December 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment on a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Su…
By a judgment of the 10th of July 2014, the European Court of Justice sanctioned the Kingdom of Belgium for, inter alia, imposing via the national leg…
On 4 December 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment regarding the application of Article 101 of the Trea…
De Programmawet van 19 december 2014 voorziet in een verhoging van de taks op de beursverrichtingen en dit vanaf 1 januari 2015. De taks op de beursve…
The General Court of the European Union ruled that a three-dimensional representation of the Rubik's cube is a valid Community trademark, given that t…
On the 11th of September the European Court of Justice handed down a decision clarifying the lawfulness of the digitalisation of books by public libra…
In our VAT newsflash of 27 November 2014, we informed you that, as of 1 January 2015, legal entities would no longer be able to choose whether their s…
The Royal Decree of 10 December 2014 containing the wage withholding tax scales for income year 2015 was published in the Belgian Official Gazette of …
Based on previous administrative decisions and guidelines, companies acting as director in Belgium had the choice whether or not to charge VAT on thei…
Until now legal entities serving as board members, directors, or liquidators of companies could choose whether to subject themselves to VAT for the se…
On 9 September 2014, the General Court annulled the decision of the European Commission concerning airport charges at Lübeck Airport. The General Cour…
On 21 November 2014, the OECD published the discussion draft "Follow Up Work on BEPS Action 6: Preventing Treaty Abuse" (the "Discussion Draft"). In i…
Door een beslissing van 20 november 2014, heeft de BTW-administratie de toepasselijke BTW-toegeving voor rechtspersonen die optreden als bestuurders, …
One of the key pillars of the EU internal market, the Council Directive 2011/96/EU of 30 November 2011 (the "Parent-Subsidiary Directive") was origina…
On 7 October 2014, the General Court ("GC") handed down a judgment in the hotly debated area of access to the file. Damage claimants are frequently se…
The EU's main data protection body, the Article 29 Working Party, recently published an Opinion on the application of European data protection rules t…
Levert u als online verkoper diensten,-zoals webhosting, SEO diensten, maar bijvoorbeeld ook de verkoop van e-boeken of elke vorm van online advies en…
Since the EU Court of Justice made its ruling on the right to be forgotten in May 2014, the topic has been in the media almost incessantly. Most of th…
In het kader van de afschaffing van de effecten aan toonder, werd eind 2011 een taks op de omzetting van effecten aan toonder ingevoerd. Deze taks bed…
Aucun précompte professionnel n'est dû sur les rémunérations payées ou attribuées durant les mois d'octobre, novembre et/ou décembre aux jeunes travai…
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