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 the event of non-payment of fees and expenses, an accountant cannot use the possessory lien to retain the accounting [papers] of his client.
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The Belgian Court of Cassation recently confirmed an order by an investigative judge to block all domain names leading to the filesharing website, “Th…
Read MoreThe Constitutional Court decided that former article 3 of the law on the continuity of enterprises violates articles 10 and 11 of the Constitution ins…
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De enorme evolutie van de landbouw in de voorbije decennia heeft er voor gezorgd dat de 44-jaar oude Pachtwet, die ooit ter bescherming van de pachter…
Read MoreThe renewed Act on the continuity of enterprises provides that, from now on, in judicial reorganizations by collective agreement, the debtor cannot tr…
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Within a dispute between two German newspapers the ECJ was again asked to bring clarification over the scope of the Directive 2005/29 concerning unfai…
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Artikel 52, §2 van het Koninklijk Besluit Plaatsing overheidsopdrachten klassieke sectoren van 15 juli 2011 schrijft voor dat elke offerte schriftelij…
Read MoreAccountants will from now on play an important role in both the identification of companies facing difficulties and in the preparation of the request …
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The SNCB has announced today that they will change their general conditions of carriage so as to provide that passengers will receive compensation in …
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Sustainability becomes more and more important when it comes to subsidizing business parks
Read MoreIn its decision of 18 July 2013, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled that the Belgian prohibition of combined offers of which at least one component …
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De regering plant via de Programmawet van eind 2013 in de inkomstenbelastingen een fiscale transparantie voor oprichters van buitenlandse juridische c…
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On 5 September 2013, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation) confirmed that directors of a limited liability company (naamloze …
Read MoreOn 24 September 2013, the Belgian government introduced a new bill in the Chamber of Representatives regarding the insertion of commercial practices a…
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Le 24 septembre 2013 a été déposé au Parlement un nouveau projet de loi portant insertion du Livre VI « Pratiques du marché et protection du consommat…
Read MoreA general assessment of online tradesmen showed that 10% of undertakings active in e-commerce infringe the law. Most of them undertake an independent …
Read MoreFollowing the budget negotiations of June 2013, the government decided to adopt a new distinct contribution called ”the fairness tax”. It aims to incr…
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On 24 September 2013, the government submitted a bill to the Chamber of Representatives to insert a Book VI entitled “Market Practices and Consumer Pr…
Read MoreThe withholding tax due on the distribution of dividends resulting from the liquidation of a company is to increase from 10% to 25% as from 1 October …
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The Flemish Government introduced the new decree on immovable heritage sites (1) to address this subject’s scattered legal landscape. Going forward, t…
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