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 its ruling n°144/2012, the Constitutional Court quashed the Walloon decree of 17 July 2008 relating to “certain permits for which there exist imper…
Read MoreOn 22 November 2012, the Belgian Government submitted to the Parliament a bill aiming to provide the Institute of real estate professionals with more …
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On 2 November 2012, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation) gave judgment in the long-running legal saga concerning the (lack o…
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Suite à nos précédentes newsletters, nous tenions à vous informer que la Chambre des Représentants a adopté aujourd’hui le texte de la traditionnelle …
Read MorePerte du capital social : lorsque le conseil d'administration ou le gérant, alors qu'il a connaissance de la réduction de l'actif net de la socié…
Read MoreAgainst the background of a dispute between two candidate buyers, the Belgian Supreme Court has recently clarified the conditions that apply to the ti…
Read MoreAfter several years of negotiation and consideration, the administration has adopted a long-awaited circular on the VAT regime applicable to shopping …
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Dans son arrêt du 21 juin 2012, la CJUE considère que l’incapacité de travail survenant pendant la période de congé d’un salarié ne peut le priver de …
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Voici un aperçu de certains principes régissant les délégations de pouvoirs au sein des sociétés anonymes qui ne sont pas cotées et dont les a…
Read MoreIn a decision of 14 November 2012, the Belgian Constitutional Court ruled that article 17 of the law on retail leases does not violate articles 10 and…
Read MoreA recent decision of the Belgian Supreme Court (18 October 2012) has put an end to the controversy regarding the conditions for the payment of an incr…
Read MoreQue l'on soit en présence d'un indépendant désireux, pour des raisons fiscales ou de séparation de ses patrimoines privé et professionnel, de constitu…
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La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (ci-après la Cour) a rendu, le 19 avril 2012, un arrêt intéressant au regard des éléments devant être pris en…
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Une distinction est classiquement opérée entre la gestion d'une société (fonctionnement interne) et la représentation de celle-ci vis-à-vis des tiers …
Read MoreThe Vale judgment makes cross-border conversion of companies and legal entities possible and thereby lifts a significant barrier to the freedom of est…
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Today, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) has imposed a EUR 0.9 million fine on Bang & Olufsen France and its Danish pa…
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The Energy Efficiency Directive brings forward legally binding measures to step up Member States' efforts to use energy more efficiently at all stages…
Read MoreBy authorising under certain conditions the dissolution and liquidation of a company in one single act, the new law of 19 March 2012 has put an end to…
Read MoreThe irrebuttable presumption that foreign directors of a Belgian company exercise their mandate as an independent in Belgium has been declared contrar…
Read MoreThe new article 551bis of the Companies Code introduces the obligation for a public limited liability company to respect the principle of equality of …
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