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19/11/25
19/11/25
Hof van beroep te Gent bevestigt - nieuwe mildere strafwet heeft gevolgen voor oude belastingve…

Het hof van beroep te Gent bevestigt vandaag (18 november 2025) in een dossier behartigd door ons kantoor onze zienswijze dat de mildere strafwet van 18 juli 2025 ook van toepassin…

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14/08/25
14/08/25
Legal tech company Afriwise acquires LawExplorer and boosts regulatory intelligence in Africa

Afriwise, Africa’s fastest-growing legal-intelligence platform founded by Belgian lawyer Steven De Backer, has acquired LawExplorer, South Africa’s most established provider of reg…

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04/08/25
04/08/25
Promotion at DALDEWOLF

DALDEWOLF is pleased to announce the promotion of Lucie MARCHAL to the position of Counsel in the European Union Law team.

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05/12/25
Belgium: Increase of the withholding tax on dividends – Does…

Despite the recent tax measures, single-person management companies remain …

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25/11/25
2026 Budget agreement – Tax and social measures

Today, the government reached a budget agreement, setting a multi-year path…

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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!

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03/10/11
European green light for BNP Paribas restructuring

On 6 September 2011, the European Commission approved the acquisition of Fortis Commercial Finance Holding by BNP Paribas under its merger regulation.…

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03/10/11
La nouvelle version de l’Exit Tax en France : un come-back « euro-compatible » ?

La présente contribution a pour objet l'examen de la nouvelle version de l'Exit Tax réinstaurée en France dans le Code Général des Impôts, à l'article…

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01/10/11
Btw-Tarief Voor Renovatie En Arbeidsintensieve Herstellingen: Permanent Verlaagd Naar 6%

In de programmawet van 04.07.2011, gepubliceerd in het Belgisch Staatsblad van 19.07.2011, is het BTW-tarief voor renovatie en arbeidsintensieve herst…

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29/09/11
Classification of footwear, infant safety seat base and some electronic goods helps clarify application of cus…

On 2 to 4 August 2011, the EU's Official Journal published a number of regulations that regulations concern the classification of goods in the EU's Co…

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25/09/11
Developments in EU ecodesign law reveal forthcoming product categories

A draft report published on 24 August 2011 sheds light on which products may soon be affected by EU environmental rules under the EU's ecodesign Direc…

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23/09/11
ECJ again rules in favour of repackaging of parallel-traded pharmaceuticals

On 28 July 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment addressing questions referred to it by the Danish Supre…

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14/09/11
Cross-border injunctions tested in Apple v. Samsung saga

Two preliminary procedures pitting Apple Inc. ("Apple") against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd ("Samsung Korea") and its affiliates illustrate interestin…

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14/09/11
EU Court of Justice rules on liability of Internet marketplace operator for trade mark infringements by Intern…

On 12 July 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") gave judgment in a case involving the liability of an operator of an Internet …

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13/09/11
Limits of European Commission's investigative powers under scrutiny before General Court

The limits of the European Commission's investigative powers in competition cases are being challenged in a wave of appeals by Deutsche Bahn ("DB") an…

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12/09/11
Article 29 Working Party Explains Notion of “Consent” under EU Data Protection Directive

On 13 July 2011, the Article 29 Working Party (the "Working Party"), the independent European advisory body on data protection and privacy, adopted an…

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23/08/11
WTO panel upholds EU challenge against export restrictions in China

On July 5 2011 a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel published a report in which it ruled in favour of the European Union in a challenge against expo…

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22/08/11
Updated guidance issued laying out important clarifications for chemicals in articles that are sold to Europea…

On 29 June 2011, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) issued a helpful shortened version of the guidance documents on the requirements for substances …

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04/08/11
Livre vert sur la distribution en ligne d’oeuvres audiovisueles Réponses et comentaires au plus tard le 18 nov…

Le 13 juillet 2011, la Commission européenne a publié son Livre vert sur la distribution en ligne d’oeuvres audiovisuelles (COM (2011) 427/3). Cette d…

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03/08/11
L’exploitation patrimoniale d’un nom déjà reconu dans le domaine comercial peut-ele être interdite ?

La saga Fiorucci touche à sa fin. Dans un arrêt prononcé le 5 juillet 2011 (aff. C-263/09 P), la CJUE a, en effet, tranché : la notion de « droit au n…

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02/08/11
Le monopole du PMU français est-il justifié ?

Cette question s’est trouvée au coeur d’un litige opposant Zeturf Ltd, une société de droit maltais prestataire de services de paris hippiques sur Int…

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29/07/11
Commission adopts a proposal on specialized food products

Dietetic foods are foods for particular nutritional purposes, such as gluten-free foods for people who are celiac, or foods for infants, pregnant wome…

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18/07/11
What is a biocidal product?

In the case, Söll case (C-420/10), that was submitted to the ECJ for preliminary ruling by the District Court of Hamburg (Germany), two competing comp…

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15/07/11
Expected WTO ruling should strengthen EU position on export curbs

On June 14 2011 EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht said that an upcoming ruling of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is likely to strengthen EU cla…

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13/07/11
Soon a European system of origin labelling for goods from third countries?

There is no harmonised EU legislation on origin-marking, nor is there a general obligation to indicate a product's origin in the interest of the consu…

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13/07/11
New regulation extends scope of ban on products containing cadmium

On May 21 2011 the Official Journal published EU Regulation 494/2011, which extends the existing ban on the presence of cadmium in products to cover a…

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