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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In July 2013 a legal obligation was introduced for founders and beneficiaries to report foreign legal structures in their respective annual income tax…
Read MoreThe Walloon Government finally adopts executive decision on sectoral operating conditions for wind farms.
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Le paquet législatif visant à moderniser les procédures de passation des marchés publics européens a été publié le vendredi 28 mars au Journal Officie…
Read MoreThe Brussels Government submitted a draft ordinance in order to regionalize the so called IKEA federal law.
Read MoreThe Belgian parliament has approved a new bill introducing a brand new action for collective redress under Belgian law. The bill forms part of the new…
Read MoreA new regime governing securities interests over moveable assets, based on a registration system (and payment of tax duties), will enter into force in…
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In de Kamer werd gisteren (27 maart) het wetsontwerp goedgekeurd dat een geleidelijke opheffing beoogt van de verschillen in behandeling op basis van …
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In a country where 15% of all income earned by families in 2013 was transferred to savings accounts ("Regulated Savings Accounts"), the tax rules appl…
Read MoreSo-called MiFID rules will apply to all insurance professionals carrying on business in Belgium as from 30 April 2014. Both Belgian and foreign insure…
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Before the end of the year, an account of the vacation pay has to be made for the workers who, during the course of the year, shifted from fulltime em…
Read MoreA new regime is being prepared to remove Belgian real estate collective investment undertakings from the scope of application of the Alternative Inves…
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On 30 December 2013, an act to insert Volume VI (Market Practices and Consumer Protection) into the Commercial Code was published in the Belgian State…
Read MoreTeneinde het verkrijgen van kredieten voor KMO’s te vergemakkelijken en hen te beschermen tegen bepaalde onevenwichtige bankpraktijken, heeft de wetge…
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The Walloon Parliament adopted its Climate Decree on 20 February 2014. The Climate Decree is intended to allow Wallonia to meet its own commitments to…
Read MoreThe European Court of Justice recently examined the question of whether the intervention of European customs authorities based on Council Regulation (…
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On 12 February 2014, the social stakeholders concluded Collective Bargaining Agreement No 109 regarding the obligation to provide a reason for dismiss…
Read MoreLast month, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its decision in the Svensson case about hyperlinks to copyright-protected works. The Cou…
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Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) n° 109 introduces an obligation to state the reasons for dismissal.
Read MoreThe European Commission opened on 4 February 2014 in-depth investigations into restructuring aid for Cyprus Airways and Estonian Air.
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Seminar in French - 8 May 2014 - Faculté de droit et de criminologie, Université catholique de Louvain
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