News & Articles

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

Monard Law logo
Read More
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…

Read More
Dentons logo
Read More
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…

Read More
Tiberghien logo
Read More
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…

Read More
Caluwaerts Uytterhoeven logo
13/07/26
Bestuurder als borg: hoe uw beperkte aansprakelijkheid kan v…

Caluwaerts Uytterhoeven bespreekt hoe een bestuurder die zich persoonlijk b…

Claeys & Engels logo
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…

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

Loyens & Loeff logo
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…

Read More
Loyens & Loeff logo
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…

Read More
NautaDutilh logo
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…

Read More
Stibbe logo
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…

Read More
NautaDutilh logo
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 …

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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…

Read More
Lydian logo
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 …

Read More
IMPOSTO Advocaten logo
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…

Read More
Fieldfisher (Belgium) LLP logo
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…

Read More
PwC Belgium logo
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…

Read More
Lydian logo
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. …

Read More
Loyens & Loeff logo
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…

Read More
NautaDutilh logo
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 …

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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…

Read More
Loyens & Loeff logo
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 …

Read More
Gomez-Acebo & Pombo logo
15/12/17
The Court of Justice of the EU clarifies antitrust exemption for agricultural associations (Judgement of 14 No…

In 2012, the French Competition Authority fined endive producers €4 million for alleged anticompetitive behaviour implemented by producer organisation…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
15/12/17
Belgian tax measures for maritime transport approved by the European Commission

In March 2015, Belgium notified the European Commission of the extension of a support scheme for maritime transport, which had in 2004 been authorized…

Read More
IMPOSTO Advocaten logo
14/12/17
Bijzondere liquidatiereserve & discriminatie – het Grondwettelijk Hof breidt toepassingsgebied uit tot aan…

De wetgever heeft geleidelijk een einde gemaakt aan de fiscale gunstregeling die de zogenaamde “liquidatieboni” in tegenstelling tot dividenden genote…

Read More
Loyens & Loeff logo
14/12/17
New VAT rules concerning place of supply of certain transport services

Royal VAT Decree n° 57 has been replaced by a new Royal VAT Decree n° 57 aiming to simplify the VAT treatment of B2B freight (and related) s…

Read More
elegis logo
14/12/17
Le Parlement de Wallonie adopte trois décrets modifiant le CoDT

Le 16 novembre dernier, le Parlement de Wallonie a adopté trois décrets modifiant le tout nouveau Code du développement territorial (ou CoDT).

Read More