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

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16/07/26
16/07/26
New notification obligation for automatic renewals also affects estate agency services

A new bill introduces an active notification obligation in Article VI.91 of the Belgian Code of Economic Law: businesses must proactively warn consumers, no later than fifteen days…

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16/07/26
16/07/26
White collar and investigations partner Isabelle De Smedt joins Dentons’ Litigation practice in…

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Compliance and Investigations practices in Belgium with the recruitment of partner Isabelle De Sm…

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16/07/26
16/07/26
Grondwettelijk Hof bevestigt: geen belastingverhoging bij eerste overtreding te goeder trouw ge…

Het Grondwettelijk Hof heeft op 18 juni 2026 (nr. 76/2026) geoordeeld dat het nieuwe vermoeden van goede trouw bij een eerste overtreding (artikel 444 WIB92) ook geldt voor aanslag…

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13/07/26
Bestuurder als borg: hoe uw beperkte aansprakelijkheid kan v…

Caluwaerts Uytterhoeven bespreekt hoe een bestuurder die zich persoonlijk b…

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09/07/26
If it's AI, say so: new transparency rules upcoming

The AI Act's transparency obligations under Article 50 become applicable on…

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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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06/02/18
Beer, chocolates & corporate law … Hoe de geplande hervorming van het vennootschapsrecht België op de kaar…

Nu het voorontwerp voor een nieuw Wetboek Vennootschappen en Verenigingen de laatste rechte lijn nadert, krijgen we stilaan zicht op de voornaamste he…

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06/02/18
Réduction des cotisations sociales pour « indépendants starters »

La Chambre a adopté, ce 25 janvier 2018, un projet de loi permettant aux indépendants « starters » d’obtenir, à partir du 1er avril 2018 (et…

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06/02/18
Court of Justice clarifies exhaustion of trademark principles and broadens test for economic links between tra…

On 20 December 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down its judgment in Case C-291/16 Schweppes v Red Paralela and Others.…

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06/02/18
EU Commission warns stakeholders of customs and indirect tax impact of Brexit

On 30 January 2018, the EU Commission issued a notice regarding the impact of Brexit in the field of customs and indirect taxation. In its …

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06/02/18
Reform of security interests over movable assets: is your Belgian collateral under threat?

The reform of security interests over movable assets finally took effect on 1 January 2018. The original law dated 11 July 2013 (the “Law”) was meant …

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05/02/18
Belgian Data Protection Authority Act published

On 10 January 2018, the Act from 3 December 2017 on the creation of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) was published in the Belgian Official …

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05/02/18
The Belgian corporate income tax reform

As announced since several months, the new Belgian corporate income tax reform was recently enacted by the law of 25 December 2017 (hereafter: “Law”),…

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02/02/18
Mag je je mailinglijst nog gebruiken na 25 mei 2018?

Met de deadline van 25 mei 2018 in het verschiet, hebben ondernemingen nog enkele maanden om zich in regel te stellen met de nieuwe privacyregels neer…

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02/02/18
Hoeveel RSZ-bijdragen bent u als werkgever verschuldigd in 2018?

Op 1 januari 2018 werd de vooropgestelde verlaging van het basispercentage van de socialezekerheidsbijdragen voor werkgevers van de profitsector …

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02/02/18
Brexit Business Brief newsletter | The transition period

After the EU27 and the UK reached outline agreement on the terms of the UK’s withdrawal just before Christmas, we now await negotiations on the terms …

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02/02/18
Qualcomm fined for abusing exclusivity rebates

Qualcomm has been fined nearly EUR 1 billion over an exclusivity agreement with Apple. Under a 2011 agreement, Apple committed to exclusively sourcin…

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02/02/18
Guideline ruling commission on proportionate use of warrants

Belgian ruling commission has just published rulings in which it made explicit in what circumstances the grant of warrants and options (exempted from …

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01/02/18
Les dentistes peuvent faire de la publicité contrairement aux chirurgiens esthétiques ?

Par la voie d’une question préjudicielle, un juge belge a demandé à la Cour de justice si la loi belge du 23 mai 2013, laquelle prévoit une interdicti…

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01/02/18
The European Commission fines Qualcomm EUR 997 million for abuse of dominance .

The Commission investigation has shown that Qualcomm held a dominant position in the worldwide market for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) baseband chipsets …

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01/02/18
Data Protection and Privacy Update – January 2018

This month brought the following interesting data protection developments: Update home market: The Netherlands, Belgium, L…

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31/01/18
Minorité digitale, votre entreprise est-elle prête ?

Le Règlement général sur la protection des données (RGPD) entrera en vigueur le 25 mai 2018, soit dans moins de 5 mois. Il introduit une nouveauté im…

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31/01/18
Mesure entrée en vigueur - Assouplissement des règles dans l’e-commerce

Depuis quelques années, l’e-commerce est un secteur qui est en développement significatif, or celui-ci requiert pour son développement en Belgique un …

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30/01/18
European Commission assesses adequacy of General Food Law in food and feed industry

In an evaluation of the EU legislative framework for the 2002 General Food Law Regulation (GFLR), the European Commission has found that this framewor…

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29/01/18
Demotion & older employees who reduce their workload

On January 25, 2018 a Royal Decree was published, which introduces an exemption from social security contributions for the compensatory indemnity gran…

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29/01/18
La Région de Bruxelles-Capitale adapte et simplifie les règles relatives aux implantations commerciales

Dans le cadre de la réforme du CoBAT votée le 13 octobre 2017, le législateur bruxellois a révisé les dispositions spécifiques relatives aux implantat…

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