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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
11/12/25
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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16/12/25
Legal Structures for Not‑for‑Profits in Belgium: Choosing th…

The not‑for‑profit landscape in Belgium is vibrant, more diverse than ever,…

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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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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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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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02/01/18
The European Commission finds the International Skating Union’s (“ISU”) rules, which foresee significant penal…

The ISU is the only body recognised by the International Olympic Commi ee (“IOC”) in charge of managing gure skating and speed skating on ice. The ISU…

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01/01/18
Circulaire régionale du 2 octobre 2017 e-Procurement – Utilisation des applications e-Procurement par les enti…

La circulaire régionale du 2 octobre 2017, encadrant l’utilisation des applications e-Procurement par les entités de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, …

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29/12/17
Invoering van een nieuwe aansprakelijkheidsgrond wegens ‘wrongful trading’

Bent u bestuurder of zaakvoerder van een onderneming die in zware economische moeilijkheden verkeert en tracht u kost wat kost deze onderneming t…

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29/12/17
Brussels-Capital Region - The First to Reform

The power to adopt rules governing residential leases was transferred to the regions further to the Sixth State Reform of 1 July 2014. In the Fl…

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28/12/17
Out with the old, in with the new: Belgian Privacy Commission becomes “Belgian Data Protection Authority”

Reform of the Belgian Privacy Commission The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 creates a new privacy regime immediately applicable acr…

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28/12/17
National UBO registers publicly accessible as from end 2019

The European Parliament and the European Council have reached a political agreement on the fifth anti-money laundering Directive. Several measures rel…

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27/12/17
My Home is My Castle: Flemish Environmental and Zoning Law Update

On 23 February 2017, the Flemish region and provinces started granting the so-called single permit (omgevingsvergunning) which replaces and consolidat…

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27/12/17
Nieuwe Europese drempelbedragen vanaf 1 januari 2018

Op 19 december 2017 zijn in het Europees Publicatieblad de verordeningen[1] verschenen waarbij met ingang van 1 januari 2018 de Europes…

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26/12/17
Bill to Align Belgian Patent Law to the UPC Agreement

Although Brexit has called into question the future of the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court, the Belgian legislature is nonetheless laying …

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26/12/17
European Commission consults on sustainable finance

On 13 November 2017, the European Commission launched a public consultation on sustainable finance to assess how asset managers and institutional inve…

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26/12/17
The 5 major changes you need to know about the new Business Law

The Belgian Federal Government has recently approved a draft legislation which aims to modernize our business law. The idea raised by the Minister of …

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23/12/17
Bouwperikelen - vergeet de schade niet te beperken!

Op de benadeelde rust de plicht om de door hem opgelopen schade – in de mate van het mogelijke –  te beperken. De schadebeperkingsplicht houdt in…

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22/12/17
The Court of Justice dismisses the appeal brought by the Commission and confirms the unlawful classification o…

On 22 November 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") delivered its judgment in Case C-691/15 P European Commission v Bilbaína…

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22/12/17
Belgian corporate tax reform enacted by Parliament

On 22 December 2017, the Belgian Parliament approved the major corporate tax reform announced in July. The final Act is expected to be publi…

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22/12/17
Nouvelle date d’application de la directive IDD

Ce 20 décembre 2017, la Commission Européenne a proposé de reporter la date d’application de la Directive IDD de sept mois, soit au 1er octobre 2018. …

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22/12/17
CJEU does not allow too general anti-abuse and substance provisions for holding companies (Deister Holding an…

On 20 December 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgment in joined cases Deister Holding AG (C-504/16) and…

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19/12/17
Court of Justice Finds Prescription-support Software to Be a Medical Device

On 7 December 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that to the extent software constitutes a medical device and bears the CE …

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19/12/17
European Commission approves easyJet's acquisition of certain Air Berlin assets

In August 2017, Air Berlin filed for insolvency. Air Berlin's insolvency administrator launched a sales process for Air Berlin assets, with a deadline…

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18/12/17
Updated guidance on the application of quantitative ingredients declaration

On 21 November 2017, the European Commission has published the Commission Notice on the application of the principle of quantitative ingredients …

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