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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On 22 April 2013, the Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation) held that if an obligation to perform is subject to a purely potestative cond…
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On 26 April 2013 the Dutch Supreme Court (the “Hoge Raad”) rendered two judgments in the state aid cases concerning guarantees provided by the Port of…
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In a decision of 19 March 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal held that hyperlinking to an infringing video is not a criminal offence if malicious inte…
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The European Commission has adopted its long-awaited Directive on private actions. It explains how citizens and companies can claim damages when they …
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A new list of authorised functional health claims was published on 11 June 2013 under the Commission Regulation (EU) No 536/201311. This Regulation ad…
Read MoreModifications de la loi du 25 mars 1964 sur les médicaments.
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Many companies allow staff to work from home for one or more days per week. Most of these workers operate from home using a computer, phone and/or oth…
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On 1 May 2013, the District Court of The Hague ruled in an interim decision on various preliminary defences in an antitrust 'follow-on' litigation cas…
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Depuis le 1er janvier 2011, les assujettis sont - en principe - obligés de limiter la déduction de la TVA sur leurs véhicules de société à concurrence…
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On 30 April 2013, the General Court of the European Union (the “General Court”) upheld the decision of the Office of Harmonization for the Internal Ma…
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On 16 May 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") dismissed an appeal of the European Commission (the "Commission") against a judgment of the Gene…
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Het langverwachte koninklijk besluit tot bepaling van de datum van inwerkingtreding van de nieuwe overheidsopdrachtenreglementering is verschen…
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L'arrêté royal tant attendu déterminant la date d'entrée en vigueur de la nouvelle réglementation des marchés publics a été publié au Moniteur …
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The public procurement act and related implementation measures’ effective entry into force is finally set for 1 July 2013. This news comes with the pu…
Read MoreModification to the law of 7 May 2004 on medical experiments on human beings.
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Article 21.5º of the Belgian Income Tax Code 1992 (“ITC”) provides that the first tranche of € 1,830 (for 2013 fiscal year) per year of income from sa…
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Studies show that global warming can only be combated by heavily reducing greenhouse gases. How will the EU Emission Trading Scheme adapt itself after…
Read MoreAmendments to the Act of 31 March 2010 on compensation for damages resulting from health care and to health care and benefits insurance act of 14 July…
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On 8 May 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") rendered its judgement in the case Eni SpA v. Commission (C-508/11 P), upholding the General Cour…
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