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 6 September 2011, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued its judgement on Case C-442/09 Bablok and Others, a preliminary reference from the G…
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Today, the European Commission published its much awaited Recommendation on a definition for nanomaterials.The definition reads "Nanomaterials means a…
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In February 2011, the European Commission adopted a new strategy document which sets out targeted measures to secure and improve access to raw materia…
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On 13 October 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered a decision in Pierre Fabre v. Autorité de la Concurrence (case C-439/09…
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On 27 September 2011, the FSMA (the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority) recently published a new study (1) on the application of the 200…
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On 22 September 2011, the European Court of Justice dismissed an appeal from Belgium against the annulment, by the General Court, of the Commission's …
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The new co-ownership law of 2 June 2010 (see Newsflash: “New Belgian property co-ownership law explained”) mandated the co-property manager (‘syndic’)…
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On 29 August 2011, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published proposals to identify twenty chemicals as "Substances of Very High Concern" (SVHCs).…
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Un « senior field ingénieur », employé auprès d'une entreprise IT doit pour partie de son travail exécuter des gardes (stand-by) pour répondre à certa…
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Pouvez-vous, en tant qu'employeur, contrôler la boîte mail de vos travailleurs? Pouvez-vous vérifier quels sites ont été visités? Pouvez-vous lire les…
Read MoreWhen spouses agree that a part exceeding half of the community of proprety would be attributed to one of the spouses in case the community is dissolve…
Read MoreAs with common debt claims in adjournment, fiscal debt claims can be taxed with decreases in capital of the juridical reorganization plan.
Read MoreThe tax authorities have recently published two circulars about the bill of 14 April 2011 allowing the lifting of bank secrecy in Belgium.
Read MoreThe latest legislation regarding public procurements creates a new possibility of negotiated procedure with announcement for the public procurements t…
Read MoreThe new Royal Decree dedicates an entire section to variants, options and lots.
Read MoreFormal and substantive regularity, substantial and relative regularity
Read MoreRoyal Decree of 15 July 2011 authorizes the use of this exceptional procedure.
Read MorePublic procurements – new article – authorized market research – conditions
Read MoreAdopted on 19 August 2011, the royal decree relating to the planning of dental provision sets the number of candidates that will have access to specia…
Read MoreIn order to support innovative pharmaceutical researches, European law foresees the possibility for pharmaceutical companies to file a request for the…
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