News & Articles

The perfect place for any legal or tax professional to keep abreast of everything that’s happening on the Belgian legal scene

Brussels School of Governance (VUB) logo
Read More
10/01/24
10/01/24
New LLM opportunity in Belgium: VUB-BSoG transforms its LLM to evening classes and announces ne…

The Brussels School of Governance (BSoG) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has announced a significant overhaul of its English-taught LLM in International and European Law pr…

Read More
Liberius logo
Read More
18/12/23
18/12/23
Liberius welcomes a new EU Competition Partner in Brussels

Liberius welcomes Jurgen Smits as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU & Competition Practice Group. Jurgen joins from HEINEKEN International, where he was Global Head of Competi…

Read More
Liberius logo
Read More
04/12/23
04/12/23
Liberius welcomes a new EU Competition and Regulatory Partner in Brussels

Liberius welcomes Wilko van Weert as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU & Competition Practice Group. Wilko specialises in EU competition and regulatory matters, with a pr…

Read More
Crowell & Moring logo
26/04/24
Making the EU Courts More Efficient for Trade-Related Decisi…

On March 19, 2024, the European Council adopted changes to the Statute of t…

Bloom logo
25/04/24
Is de Kaaimantaks van toepassing op de Franse société civile…

Duizenden Belgen bezitten een tweede verblijf in Frankrijk via een Franse S…

Dotted texture left
Dotted texture left

Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

Dotted texture right

More News & Articles

Altius logo
01/03/24
EU citizens rally for medical cannabis but face a rigid European Commission

In the EU, access to medical cannabis is a matter of national policy. A group of citizens wants to change that by leveraging a citizens’ initiative an…

Read More
Crowell & Moring logo
01/03/24
Notice and Action Mechanisms in the DSA – Balancing the Removal of Illegal Content and the Freedom of Expressi…

On February 17, 2024, The Digital Services Act (DSA) will become applicable, introducing a new regulatory framework for providers of intermediary serv…

Read More
Bloom Law logo
01/03/24
La société civile immobilière française est-elle visée par la taxe Caïman ?

Des milliers de Belges détiennent une résidence secondaire en France à travers une SCI française. Ils pourraient dans certains cas être visés par la t…

Read More
Loyens & Loeff logo
27/02/24
Belgium is getting ready for the Digital Services Act: Are you impacted?

On 17 February 2024, the EU Digital Services Act became fully applicable to online intermediaries and platforms (online marketplaces, social networks,…

Read More
Loyens & Loeff logo
26/02/24
EPPO – First ruling of the ECJ: a Solomon’s judgement on cross-border investigations

In its Grand Chamber judgement of 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union rendered its very first decision on the functioning of …

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
21/02/24
Proposed EU Directive on harmonisation of avoidance actions to have limited effect on Belgian law

The principles outlined in the European Commission's proposal for a Directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law is not expected to lead to…

Read More
Seeds of Law logo
13/02/24
Waiver of debt in a reorganization agreement is now taxed

Recently, insolvency law was fundamentally amended in terms of reorganization procedures. The tax legislation was subsequently adapted to these new pr…

Read More
Seeds of Law logo
12/02/24
Opgepast voor fiscaal misbruik bij afbraak- en heropbouwprojecten

In onze artikels van 28 november 2023 en 30 januari 2024 werd reeds uitvoerig ingegaan op de nieuwe BTW-regeling die vanaf 1 januari 2024 van toepassi…

Read More
PwC Belgium logo
09/02/24
Wage withholding tax exemption for shift work - important decision of the Constitutional Court

In a request for preliminary ruling, the Belgian Constitutional Court was asked to rule on the discriminatory character (or not) of one of the conditi…

Read More
Altius logo
09/02/24
EU Court of Justice: Parallel importer may not remove PPP batch number

On 7 December 2023, the EU Court of Justice (‘CJEU’) handed down its ruling in case C-830/21 between Syngenta Agro GmbH (‘Syngenta Agro’) and Agro Tra…

Read More
Crowell & Moring logo
06/02/24
Surely the Kids are Safe? – What the European Commission’s Updated Guidance Says About Joint Venture Agreement…

On July 1, 2023, the European Commission’s revised Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements entered into force (see our previous alert for a co…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
02/02/24
State aid: The European Commission approves an Italian aid scheme for the launch of new air routes at Calabria…

On 15 January 2024, the European Commission approved a EUR 120 million Italian aid scheme for all airlines establishing new connections between one of…

Read More
Stibbe logo
01/02/24
European Court of Justice plays hardball in Sports rulings

The rulings by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the discretionary powers of international sports associations to authorise alternative competiti…

Read More
Stibbe logo
19/01/24
Competition law in 2024: putting theory into practice

023 marked the near finale of the European Commission’s overhaul of its competition policy, leaving only a few loose ends to tie up in 2024/2025. No…

Read More
Brussels School of Governance (VUB) logo
10/01/24
New LLM opportunity in Belgium: VUB-BSoG transforms its LLM to evening classes and announces new curriculum fo…

The Brussels School of Governance (BSoG) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has announced a significant overhaul of its English-taught LLM in Int…

Read More
Eubelius logo
10/01/24
New rules for small amounts of aid

On 1 January 2024, the revised general regulation on de minimis aid (the de minimis Regulation) and the regulation on de minimis aid for providers of …

Read More
Cazimir logo
09/01/24
Italië: nieuw gunstig belastingregime vervangt het “impatriati”-regime

Italië introduceert een nieuw gunstig belastingregime ter vervanging van de vroegere belastingvermindering van het “impatriati”-regime.

Read More
Stibbe logo
26/12/23
EU institutions agree on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: what to expect?

In 14 December 2023, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament agreed on a compromise text for the Corporate Sustainability Due Di…

Read More
Crowell & Moring logo
25/12/23
Regulating the Buzzword – What the AI Act Means for Your Business

On Friday 8 December 2023, after a period of lengthy and intense negotiations, European legislators have reached a political agreement on the AI Act. …

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
22/12/23
The programme law for the end of the year 2023, containing fiscal measures

The tax laws for the end of 2023 were passed today. The draft programme law had been submitted to the Chamber on 23 November 2023 and the draft law co…

Read More