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10/09/26
10/09/26
European Commission publishes official proposal for new Public Procurement Regulation

Following the leaked draft, the European Commission has now officially unveiled its proposal for a new Public Procurement Regulation. The proposal seeks to simplify procurement pro…

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10/09/26
10/09/26
Un développement majeur pour les avocats en matière de lutte contre le blanchiment

Dans La Tribune n°294, AVOCATS.BE (O.B.F.G.) annonce le lancement prochain d’une plateforme électronique antiblanchiment pour les avocats belges, inspirée du modèle luxembourgeois,…

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09/09/26
09/09/26
Greenwashing : quand le droit s’invite dans votre stratégie marketing

En vue de dissuader les entreprises de recourir au « greenwashing » ou « écoblanchiment » – soit la stratégie visant à donner l’impression trompeuse qu’un produ…

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09/09/26
Wanneer is jouw recruitment AI-tool een high risk systeem?

Op basis van de concept guidelines van de Europese Commissie over high risk…

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09/09/26
Antwerp Enterprise Court holds that disputes concerning the …

In a judgment of 26 June 2026, the Antwerp Enterprise Court confirmed that …

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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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03/08/15
Legal and Commercial Guarantees for Online Sales

On 1 June 2015, the economic inspectorate of the FPS Finance participated in a European investigation intended to detect violations of the guarantee l…

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31/07/15
De aanbreng van cliënteel en het concurrentiebeding bij handelsvertegenwoordigers

In heel wat arbeidsovereenkomsten voor handelsvertegenwoordigers wordt quasi automatisch een concurrentiebeding voorzien. Waarom zou men dit als werkg…

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31/07/15
The year of the Cayman

The long awaited look-through tax, also referred to as the ‘Cayman tax’, has finally been adopted by the Belgian Federal Parliament on 24 July 2015. A…

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30/07/15
Hertekent Europa straks ons systeem van reprografierechten?

Auteurs en uitgevers krijgen voor het kopiëren van hun beschermde werken een compensatie. Deze compensatie heet ‘reprografie’-vergoeding. Beheersvenno…

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30/07/15
Weldra maaltijdcheques van 8 EUR!

De maximale werkgeverstussenkomst in de maaltijdcheques wordt met 1 EUR verhoogd. Ze wordt dus van 5,91 EUR op 6,91 EUR gebracht.

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30/07/15
Belgian laws on Consumer Credit and Residential Mortgage Credit – recent changes

In recent years, the Belgian Parliament has codified substantial parts of Belgian economic legislation into a new Code of Economic Law. This …

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29/07/15
Régimes dérogatoires applicables aux OPC mais quels OPC ? Position de l’administration

La législation fiscale belge prévoit divers régimes dérogatoires applicables aux OPC qui se réfèrent à la loi du 3 aout 2012 « relative à certaines fo…

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29/07/15
Belgian and German settlement decisions highlight "hub-and-spoke" and retail price maintenance practices

The Belgian and German competition authorities handed down settlement decisions for hub-and-spoke and retail price maintenance practices. These settle…

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28/07/15
Honey, is that a drone outside our bathroom window?

Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles or remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), are not new. Indeed, drones were first developed in the '50s and ha…

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28/07/15
Belgian Privacy Commission Urges Facebook to Improve Compliance

On 13 May 2015, the Belgian Privacy Commission (Commissie voor de bescherming van de persoonlijke levenssfeer/Commission de la protection de la vie pr…

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27/07/15
Acquisition through a joint venture: have you thought of the competition law aspects ?

Real estate investments are increasingly being channelled through joint ventures. Although this can be a helpful investment structure, joint venture a…

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24/07/15
Outplacement et statut unique: pas de discrimination selon la Cour constitutionnelle

Dans son arrêt du 25 juin 2015, la Cour constitutionnelle a eu à traiter d’un recours en annulation introduit notamment à l’encontre des dispositions …

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24/07/15
TAXE - A Fundamental Shift in Ruling Practice?

The LuxLeaks financial scandal, which entailed disclosure by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists of tax rulings, galvanized publ…

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23/07/15
Tenants in distress

Belgian Insolvency law mainly consists of two separate regimes: bankruptcy (Belgian Bankruptcy Act of 8 August 1997) and judicial reorganisation (Belg…

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23/07/15
Sterfhuisclausule: fiscaal dood en bijna begraven

Het gebruik van een zogenaamde “sterfhuisclausule” is al enkele jaren een doorn in het oog van de fiscus. De sterfhuisclausule is een huwelijksve…

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22/07/15
EU Commission's Skyteam decision confirms room for Efficiency Defense

On 29 June 2015, the Commission published a summary of its decision to clear a joint venture between Air France/KLM, Alitalia and Delta Airlines …

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22/07/15
The confidentiality of documents held by the Council of State

Companies can no longer rely on documents (containing information about their prices) that they considered to be confidential remaining as such under …

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21/07/15
Sociale verkiezingen 2016: de nieuwe wet is er!

De nieuwe wet betreffende de volgende sociale verkiezingen is verschenen in het Belgisch Staatsblad van 22 juni 2015.  De wet brengt zeer weinig …

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21/07/15
Belgian Competition Authority Closes Investigation into Electrabel’s Pricing Policy

On 11 May 2015, the College of Competition Prosecutors (Auditoraat / Auditorat) of the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit…

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20/07/15
The Securities Litigation Review

The sources of Belgian securities law are relatively widespread. These sources include several federal acts and royal decrees, as well as specific reg…

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