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11/12/25
11/12/25
Job mobility in Belgian business law firms: Trends from the past judicial year

At YouConnect, we believe it is essential to closely monitor the legal labor market and its developments in order to provide our clients and candidates with well-founded and high-q…

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11/12/25
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Formez-vous en médiation !

Nous lançons en effet, dès ce mois de janvier 2026, une nouvelle édition de la formation de base en médiation que nous proposons depuis plus de 20 ans maintenant.

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05/12/25
05/12/25
Belgium: Recording working time to become mandatory for Belgian employers from 2027

On 27 November 2025, it was announced that the recent budgetary agreement of the Belgian federal government provides that recording working time will become mandatory for all Belgi…

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15/12/25
Kennis blijft sleutel tot vertrouwen in de rechtstaat

Uit de Jongerenbarometer 2025 blijkt dat jongeren de rechtstaat fundamentee…

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11/12/25
Taxation minimale des multinationales (Pilier 2) : sero…

Pilier 2 : pour rappel, c’est ainsi que l’on désigne le volet d’un accord i…

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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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15/01/18
Netherlands to become a new hub for international commercial dispute resolution

Recent years has seen a downward trend in international trade and commercial cases brought before Dutch courts. But with the Dutch parliament schedule…

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15/01/18
Clauses abusives et risques relatifs au taux de change dans le cadre de contrats de crédit à la consommation

Une banque roumaine a conclu un contrat de crédit avec un consommateur en franc suisse. En vertu d’une clause du contrat, les consommateurs se voyaien…

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15/01/18
Bill Implementing Unitary Patent and European Unified Patent Court

On 6 November 2017, the Belgian government submitted a bill to the Federal Chamber of Representatives amending various provisions concerning patents i…

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15/01/18
New Data Protection Authority Act Published

On 10 January 2018, the act on the creation of the Data Protection Authority (the "Act") was published in the Belgian State Gazette. The Act will…

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12/01/18
Watch out … price breakers, dead ahead!

You have just developed a new product that you are eager to launch as a ‘premium’ quality product. To do so, you join forces with an established netwo…

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12/01/18
"Whole genome sequencing" coming soon to a clinical practice in Belgium?

On 19 October, Belgian health Minister Maggie De Block submitted to Parliament her traditional "note de politique générale" on health for the year 201…

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11/01/18
EU issues draft guidance on data breach handling

There has been a lot to do about the changes that are to be implemented by companies processing personal data due to the GDPR. One of those changes is…

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11/01/18
E-commerce et geoblocking : accord en vue au niveau européen

Le blocage géographique fait désormais l’objet d’un accord provisoire entre le Parlement européen, le Conseil et la Commission. Cet article fait le po…

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10/01/18
La directive relative aux pratiques commerciales déloyales s’étend aux activités de recouvrement de créances

Gelvora UAB est une société de recouvrement de créances qui, en vertu d’un contrat de cession, avait acquis des créances.

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09/01/18
Overeenkomsten tot verlenen van zakelijk recht op gronden geherkwalificeerd tot overheidsopdrachten

Vastgoedtransacties (bv. de overdracht van zakelijke rechten op onroerende goederen) zijn in beginsel niet onderworpen aan de reglementering inzake ov…

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09/01/18
Nieuw in 2018 I - Overzicht belangrijkste HR-Maatregelen uit de programmawet

Het begin van 2018 voorspelt alvast veel nieuwigheden in het sociaal recht. Een eerste reeks wijzigingen volgt uit de Programmawet van 25 december 201…

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08/01/18
Federal government to amend notice periods for employment contracts terminated during the first six months

Following the ban on the trial period in 2014, the federal government now plans to further amend the notice periods for the dismissal of employees who…

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08/01/18
Prime pour candidats indépendants depuis le 1er janvier 2018

Depuis ce 1er janvier 2018, les candidats indépendants qui s’installent à Bruxelles comme travailleur indépendant à titre principal en vue de dév…

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08/01/18
The Court of Justice of the EU nds that luxury goods’ suppliers can prevent authorized distributors from sell…

Coty Germany (“Coty”) is a luxury cosmetic goods’ supplier in Germany Coty preserves the luxury image of its products by marketing certain brands thro…

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05/01/18
Eindejaarsprogrammawet voert een nieuwe winstpremie in

De eindejaarsprogrammawet werd gepubliceerd in het Belgisch Staatsblad van 29 december 2017. Eén van de nieuwe sociaalrechtel…

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05/01/18
Fiscus bevestigt FAQ’s btw-plicht lokalen besturen in circulaire

Op 22 december 2017 heeft de fiscus de “Frequently Asked Questions” omtrent de btw-plicht van publieke rechtspersonen bevestigd in een circulaire (Cir…

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05/01/18
GDPR : les règles de mise en œuvre se précisent de plus en plus

La date butoir d’entrée en vigueur du Règlement Général sur la Protection des Données (« GDPR ») ce 25 mai 2018 prochain arrivant à grand pa…

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04/01/18
Belgium adopts guidelines on the use of the term ‘artisanal’

Belgian authorities have recently adopted guidelines on the use of the term ‘artisanal’ and its derivatives in the names of products.

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03/01/18
Proposed changes to Belgian labour legislation

The draft laws of 6 November 2017, 9 November 2017, and 11 December 2017 aim to modify some aspects of current Belgian labour law regarding supplement…

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02/01/18
Les contrats d’assurance dans le viseur de la taxe Caïman : uniquement en cas d’abus ?

Le 4 octobre dernier, le ministre des finances avait fait savoir, par un communiqué de presse, qu’il souhaitait faire entrer dans le champ d’applicati…

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