The Belgian federal government continues its reform of the Belgian labour market. On 3 February 2026, a new draft act was published. It still needs to go through the full legislati…
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Naar aanleiding van een prejudiciële vraag van het hof van beroep te Brussel besprak het Hof van Justitie (nogmaals) de voorwaarden van een verboden p…
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On 10 January 2017, the Commission presented the new Services Package as part of the roadmap contained in the Single Market Strategy . The goal of the…
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In een arrest van 25 november 2016 (2015/AB/669) maakte het Arbeidshof te Brussel toepassing van het principe dat enkel de personen, ondernemingen of …
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On 31 January 2017, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) issued a guide on bid rigging. This guide is explicitly directed to tendering authori…
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In a recent judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union examines whether a company acting as an intermediary for a private individual in the …
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On 12 January 2017, the Court of Justice fully dismissed the appeal of Timab and its parent company Roullier (the "Roullier group") against an ea…
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The Belgian Federal Government has drafted a Royal Decree modifying the system of Overseas Social Security substantially. The changes will apply to th…
Read MoreThe excessive length of proceedings before the General Court may cause harm and may engage the non-contractual responsibility of the European Union (t…
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On 9 November 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down a judgment in response to a request for a preliminary ruling from t…
Read MoreOn 10 November 2016, the Court of Justice rendered an interesting decision (in Ciclat Soc. coop. v. Consip SpA, C-199/15) regarding the application of…
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Op 7 september 2016 verhelderde het Hof van Justitie de voorwaarden omtrent de toelaatbaarheid van gezamenlijk aanbiedingen. De zaak betrof de verkoop…
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Cross-border assignment of workers is often branded as a source of fraud and unfair competition. The European union tried to do something about it by&…
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In October 2014 and June 2013, the Commission adopted two decisions finding that State aid granted by Spain to finance the transition from analogue to…
Read MoreSince 1 January 2017, the law explicitly provides for a general option for the National Social Security Office (“NSSO”) to recover undisputed debts by…
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We schetsen u deze en de volgende we(e)k(en) de sociaalrechtelijke maatregelen die de voorbije weken in het Belgisch Staatsblad werden …
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In a recent press release, the Belgian Minister of Finance has announced that the monthly advance payments for quarterly VAT declarants will be abolis…
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This update aims to provide you with a practical overview of the most relevant changes resulting from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a…
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CAO 103ter, geadopteerd door de Nationale Arbeidsraad op 20 december 2016, harmoniseert en past sommige regels aan m.b.t. het recht tot tijdskrediet. …
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On 27 October 2016, the Court of First Instance of Mechelen (the “Court”) ordered Skype Communications SARL (“Skype”) to pay a fine of EUR 30,000 foll…
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With effect as of January 1st, 2017, the Act of 25 December 2016 (known as the “Pot-Pourri IV Act”) amended among other things certain provisions of P…
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