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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The employers, who employ on 1 January 2013 more than 20 workers (fulltime equivalents, calculated on the basis of the DIMONA-statement, including per…
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In commercial trade, it is not unusual that a distributor or producer of goods refuses to deliver or sell its services or goods to a certain dealer.
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In a preliminary reference of 20 December 2012, the Belgian Constitutional Court (“Grondwettelijk Hof/Cour constitutionelle”) held that EU cartel fine…
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On 21 November 2012 Prime Minister Di Rupo presented the General Policy Statement of the federal government to the federal parliament.
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Cass. 23.11.2012 : « La notion ‘rémunération’ au sens de l’art. 31 CIR92 ne comprend pas les fonds qu’un travailleur s’est indûment octroyés au détrim…
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On 12 December 2012, the General Court upheld the Commission’s € 20 million euro fine on Electrabel for implementing a concentration without notifying…
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The Program Law of 27 December 2006 obliges posted self-employed workers to give prior notification regarding their partial or temporary activity in B…
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The Program Law of 22 June 2012 (I) introduced a new social security contribution of 1.5% on high pension premiums (see Laga Newsflash of July 2012), …
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The new Programme Act has been published in the Belgian State Gazette of 31 December 2012. This new Act contains a number of labour and social securit…
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Ingevolge artikel 32, 1° WIB 1992 worden alle beloningen die worden verleend of toegekend aan de zaakvoerder beschouwd als een bezoldiging van bedrijf…
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Summary: On 21 December 2012 the Flemish Government adopted an order amending the Energy Order of 2010, following the Decree of 13 July 2012 amending …
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On 12 December 2012, the General Court upheld the Commission’s € 20 million euro fine on Electrabel for implementing a concentration without notifying…
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On 6 December 2012, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") dismissed the appeal by AstraZeneca against the General Court judgment that essentially uphe…
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On 30 November 2012, an ICSID Arbitral Tribunal rendered a much-awaited award in a dispute between Electrabel and the State of Hungary regarding early…
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Artikel 18, eerste lid, 4° WIB 1992 voorziet onder bepaalde voorwaarden in de herkwalificatie van interest in dividend. Dit is onder meer het geval wa…
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It is established EU case law that a set of agreements and/or concerted practices may together constitute one single continuous infringement. In a rec…
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Within the Budget 2013 framework, the Di Rupo I government has adopted a new string of measures against fraud. These measures are included in the Prog…
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The Program Act of 27 December 2012 – published in the Belgian State Journal on 31 December 2012 – provides for a new anti-abuse measure related to so…
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On 13 December 2012, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") ruled on a reference from the French Supreme Court in the Expedia case (Case C-226/11). The…
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Unlike the continuous adjustment of the European Union cosmetics legislation (the previous Directive 76/768/EEC was regularly amended, and the same is…
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