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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
10/09/26
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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24/09/12
Employment Plan for Older Workers

Effective 1 January 2013, all Belgian companies with more than 20 employees must have in place an employment plan for older workers, for the purpose o…

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24/09/12
Prospectus Directive II: The FSMA Decides to Apply the Rules Despite Lack of Implementing Legislation in Belgi…

On 24 November 2010, a new directive was adopted, amending the Prospectus Directive of 2003. The deadline for transposition of the Prospectus Directiv…

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24/09/12
CJEU Undermines Software Online Sales Model

In a groundbreaking judgment of 3 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) seriously undermined the online sales model used by sof…

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24/09/12
Recast of EU Regulation Implementing the Rotterdam Convention enters into force

The new EU Prior Informed Consent Regulation (PIC Regulation (EU) 649/2012) came into force on 16 August 2012. The Regulation is a recast of the previ…

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21/09/12
Possibility to Claim Back Belgian Withholding Tax on Outbound Dividends: Does Your Company Qualify?

On 12 July 2012, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") ruled that the Belgian withholding tax rules on dividends paid by Belgian companies to non-resi…

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21/09/12
The rates of social security contributions applicable to early retirement (''unemployment with employer’s inte…

The increase of the social security contributions due on the additional allowance payable by the employer in the framework of the UEI seems to be fina…

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21/09/12
Implementing Regulation for Active Substance Renewal Procedure close to be Issued

The EU Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health has approved in July the new rules which will result in changes to the procedure for ren…

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21/09/12
Students @ work during the whole year

The modification of the legal provisions on student employment since January 1, 2012 has a positive effect on the number of students employed in the c…

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21/09/12
Plan for the employment of workers of 45 years and older

The Program Act of 29 March 2012, introduced for employers employing more than 20 workers, brings in the requirement to establish an annual plan for t…

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21/09/12
New rules on “European” paid leave

The European Commission has forced Belgium to change its law on paid leave. Every worker now has the right to take a holiday in the first year he star…

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21/09/12
The declared fight against false self-employment; construction, surveillance, transport and cleaning industrie…

A draft law intensifying the fight against self-employment in a number of industries was introduced in the Chamber on 2 July 2012. In these industries…

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20/09/12
Vers des marchés public électroniques!

Un pouvoir adjudicateur peut autoriser ou imposer le dépôt d’une offre par un moyen électronique. Il s’agit d’une faculté, et non d’une obligation. Il…

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20/09/12
Order of pharmaceuticals by a public welfare center on behalf of the residents of a care home

Public Procurement – CSA – Order of pharmaceuticals – Article 26Bis of the Royal Decree of 31 May 1885 – agreement on behalf of the residents of the h…

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20/09/12
Where there is no equal opportunity between tenderers due to a competitive advantage, this breach of equal opp…

Competitive advantage – restoring equal opportunity between tenderers – evidence

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20/09/12
Het Milieuhandhavingscollege: een juridische wandeling doorheen de rechtspraak inzake milieuhandhaving

Tegen de beslissingen tot het opleggen van een alternatieve bestuurlijke geldboete (voor milieumisdrijven) of een exclusieve bestuurlijke geldboete (v…

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19/09/12
Cosmetic products

Publication of a new royal decree on cosmetic products.

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19/09/12
Proposal for a new regulation about clinical trials in Europe

Proposal for a regulation on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC.

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19/09/12
Body material and transplantation

The law of 3 July 2012 amending the law of 13 June 1986 on the removal and transplantation of organs and the law of 19 December 2008 on obtaining and …

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19/09/12
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) – new Directive 2012/19/EU

Nearly all electrical and electronic equipment fall withing the scope of this Directive (including medical devices or photovoltaic panels), which inte…

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19/09/12
National Airport Brussels - noice disturbance – administrative fines

New efforts by airport companies to contest the administrative fines imposed on them due to violation of legislation regarding noise.

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