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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
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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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28/01/14
Modifications légales importantes en matière de commerce électronique et de contrats à distance

Dans le cadre de la mise en place progressive du Code de droit économique et de la transposition de la directive 2011/83/UE relative aux droits des co…

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28/01/14
Despite arbitration clauses, District Court of the Central Netherlands is competent to hear follow-on antitrus…

On 27 November 2013, the District Court of Central Netherlands declared itself competent to rule on antitrust damages claims against five Dutch elevat…

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27/01/14
Stedenbouw 2.0 in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

Op 21 december 2013 traden twee besluiten van de Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Regering in werking, met name het Besluit van 2 mei 2013 tot goedkeuring va…

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27/01/14
State aid and sport infrastructures

The European Commission clears Belgian support scheme for football stadiums.

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24/01/14
New calculation method for social security contributions of self-employed workers

The Parliament recently approved a new law (1) amending the calculation method of social security contributions for the self-employed. The new legisla…

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24/01/14
The Company Manager and Affiliation to a Social Insurance Fund for Self-Employed Persons

Belgian employment law has no specific rules applicable to company managers. As the Brussels Labour Court stated in a judgment issued on 19 April 200…

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24/01/14
Price fixing cartel in the North Sea

Four North Sea shrimps traders fined € 28 million for price fixing cartel.

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23/01/14
New Act on SME financing

On 31 December 2013, the act relating to the financing of small and medium-sized undertakings (the Act) was published in the Belgian State Gazette. Th…

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23/01/14
General terms and conditions: certain focus points

Every company works with its own terms and conditions of sale. However, discussions often arise whether these terms and conditions are opposable or no…

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22/01/14
PPP PROJECTS MUST OBSERVE INDEPENDENCE OF ARCHITECT

On October 22, 2013 the Council of State has rendered two judgments that are highly relevant for local PPP projects (nr. 225.191 and 225.192).

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22/01/14
New Act on Trust Accounts Held by Lawyers, Notaries and Bailiffs

On 10 December 2013, a new act was published in the Belgian State Gazette concerning the trust accounts (kwaliteitsrekeningen/comptes de qualité) held…

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21/01/14
Social security contributions charged on some compensation for special protected employees: the government too…

Since 1 October 2013 social security contributions must be paid on almost all (severance) payments that are due by the employer based on the terminati…

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21/01/14
Europe has fined a group of banks a total amount of €1.7 billion for manipulation of interest rates

The European Commission has imposed a record fine of €1.71 billion on eight financial institutions for participating in cartels in order to manipulate…

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20/01/14
Iran back in business?

Iran counts almost 78 million inhabitants and showed an economic growth of 6 to 8% on average between 2006 and 2008. Economic growth has dropped in th…

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20/01/14
Living in your own region” and “social obligations” measures annulled: what’s next?

In two judgments issued on 7 November 2013, the Belgian Constitutional Court annulled the so-called “living in your own region” and “social obligation…

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20/01/14
Dutch Supreme Court ruled against statutory conversion of anticompetitive effect clauses

On 20 December 2013, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that the "statutory conversion" provision in the Dutch Civil Code does not apply to clauses that ha…

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17/01/14
THE “RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN” AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INTERNET INTERMEDIARIES

On November 6, a Paris Court ordered Google to filter out hyperlinks to images of former F1 boss Max Mosley in an allegedly Nazi-themed sadomasochisti…

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17/01/14
First draft decision of the Prosecution body of the Belgian Competition Authority regarding Electrabel

The Prosecution body filed on 29 November 2013 a draft decision to the President of the Belgian Competition Authority concerning the practices of Elec…

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17/01/14
General Court confirmed that high market shares (80-90%) do not necessarily equal market power in innovative m…

On 11 December 2013, the Commission's approval of Microsoft's acquisition of Skype survived a challenge brought by two competing producers of internet…

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16/01/14
The sixth reform of the Belgian state : what will change for the energy sector ?

The sixth reform of the Belgian State has been recently voted in the federal parliament. This reform includes the modification of the Special Act and,…

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