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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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Parties concerned are invited to submit their comments to the proposed harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) of the substance. The CLH public …
On 17 October 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) answered a preliminary question from the Belgian Supreme Court in the case …
On 21 November 2013 the Court of Justice ruled on a set of preliminary questions which were referred to it by the Oberlandes Gericht Koblenz ("German…
ECHA has received seven applications for authorisation for uses of DEHP and DBP and now invites interested parties to submit relevant information on a…
Verordening nr. 608/2013. In 2012 werden door de douaneautoriteiten bijna 40 miljoen namaakgoederen met een totale waarde van ongeveer €1 miljard aan …
On 26 November 2013, the Court of Justice ruled in Kendrion v Commission (C-50/12 P), Gascogne Sack Deutschland GmbH v Commission (C-40/12 P) and Grou…
De regering plant via de Programmawet van eind 2013 in de inkomstenbelastingen een fiscale transparantie voor oprichters van buitenlandse juridische c…
Following the budget negotiations of June 2013, the government decided to adopt a new distinct contribution called ”the fairness tax”. It aims to incr…
The withholding tax due on the distribution of dividends resulting from the liquidation of a company is to increase from 10% to 25% as from 1 October …
Some jurisdictions had supported the view of the tax authorities that such income can be taxed in Belgium as dividends. However, the Court of First In…
In June 2013 the tax shelter regime for the production of audiovisual works and films has been amended to, on the one hand, put an end to certain unwa…
On 2 May 2013, the European Commission approved the proposed public co-financing of a new multi-purpose arena in Uppsala (Sweden) based on EU state ai…
We assume you have already heard that the Belgian Government has increased the withholding tax on liquidation proceeds from 10 to 25% (Programme Act o…
On 16 September 2013, the General Court rejected three applications for annulment and upheld the Commission's decision that the French government gran…
Once again, a favourable withholding tax rate has been established for dividends arising from new capital investments in SMEs. However, several “corpo…
In its judgment of 13 September 2013 (Case T-380/08), the General Court upheld a Commission decision denying the Kingdom of the Netherlands ("the Neth…
On 27 March 2013, the European Commission adopted proposals to revise the Community Trademark Regulation and the Trademark Directive aimed at modernis…
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a directive to facilitate damages claims before the courts of the EU Member States by parties harme…
The Court of Justice ('CJ') has issued two landmark rulings in Cases C-625/11 P and C-626/11 P PPG and SNF v ECHA. The CJ set aside the judgments of t…
The Act of 30 July 2013 has introduced a new, separate corporate income tax, called “fairness tax”. Fairness tax constitutes a separate, non-deductibl…
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