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 18 March 2013, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published revised guidance on the conduct of on-the-spot inspections at the business prem…
Read MoreThe attribution of a bonus linked to results is no longer interesting from a social security point of view (with the exception of a reduction of 2% of…
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La Cour de justice a jugé que l'interdiction belge de la vente à perte est contraire au droit européen, pour autant que cette interdiction vise à prot…
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Cooperating with a would-be independent worker may turn out to be an expensive exercise for the disguised employer in case of a requalification (possi…
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On 7 February 2013, the Brussels Labour Court of Appeal rendered a judgment on the admissibility into evidence of e-mails obtained in violation of the…
Read MoreThis contribution comments on the most important changes adopted by the program law of 27 December 2012 and briefly discusses what changes are expecte…
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Every independent entrepreneur, undertaking, family business shall be confronted sooner or later with the difficult question regarding the future of t…
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On 5 March 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal delivered a landmark judgment finding that in-house lawyers' communications benefit from the so-c…
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By judgment of 13 February 2013 the Brussels’ Court of Appeal ("CoA") annulled the decision of the Competition Council (Raad voor de Mededinging, "CC"…
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Over the past three years, Belgian listed companies have made considerable progress in complying with corporate governance rules. This is the conclusi…
Read MoreCooperation contracts – common public task – privileged position for a private service provider.
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In a landmark case decided on 15 March 2013, the Dutch Supreme Court recognised the existence of a general legal privilege for in-house attorneys. On …
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The Commission has taken a new step in revising the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (the "TTBER") and its accompanying guidelines (the …
Read MoreTous les éléments pris en considération par le pouvoir adjudicateur pour identifier l’offre économiquement la plus avantageuse et leur importance rela…
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On 1 June 2011, the federal government signed a cooperation agreement with the regions and communities on coordination of the controls on illeg…
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As usual, the end of 2012 brought about its share of reforms in the area of taxation. Following a tense budget meeting, due to politically sensitive i…
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The Brussels Labour Court of Appeals gave judgment on 7 February 2013 on the privacy of e-mails in the professional inbox of an employee (the “Judgmen…
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As from 2005, the Belgian Competition Council received a number of complaints against Bpost for abuse of its dominant position in the Belgian postal s…
Read MorePublic procurement of work – Licence for public work – Moment.
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On 20 December 2012, the Belgian Constitutional Court rendered an important judgment which will certainly have significant consequences for large comp…
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