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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By two decisions of 5 May 2011, the Court of Justice gave more certainty 'as to what constitutes information rather than prohibited advertising for me…
Read MoreLe 5 août dernier paraissait au Moniteur belge la loi, annoncée de longue date, interdisant la publicité et réglementant l'information relatives aux a…
Read MoreOn 5 August 2011, the European Commission approved a merger between the French company Rhodia and the Belgium-based group Solvay, on the grounds that …
Read MoreIn 2010, bpost discriminated between business customers and mail handlers by way of the so-called ‘per sender’ tariff model. BIPT also finds the tarif…
Read MoreThe European Commission announced on 29 July this year that it has opened an in-depth investigation to determine whether the United Kingdom's plans to…
Read MoreIn July 2011, the Commission launched three in-depth investigations about state aid in France, Germany and Ireland in the air transport sector. On the…
Read MoreA new decision confirms that the differential treatment of creditors in a reorganization plan does not necessarily infringe the constitutional princip…
Read MoreOn 6 September 2011, the European Commission approved the acquisition of Fortis Commercial Finance Holding by BNP Paribas under its merger regulation.…
Read MoreIn 2010, 47,830 companies did not file their annual accounts with the BNB. Penalties for such an versight may be quite serious.
Read MoreSubject to compliance with certain conditions, the fact that a pledgor is contractually allowed to dispose of pledged financial securities can affect …
Read MoreA decision of the Supreme Court dispenses with custom and a well-established case law relating to portfolio management.
Read MorePropagation of over-complicated financial products has to be stopped! While waiting for a mandatory regulation applicable to all financial sector acto…
Read MoreAs from 31 August 2011, financial institutions that are significant in terms of their size, internal organisation and the nature, the scope and the co…
Read MoreAccording to the Court of Justice, the exemption from liability under Article 14 of the Electronic Commerce Directive must be interpreted as applying …
Read MoreAs from September 2011, pornographic websites with a .XXX extension are available. How can you avoid any unwanted association between your trademark a…
Read MoreOn 24 August 2011, the District Court of The Hague granted Apple a cross-border injunction blocking sales of smart-phones produced by Samsung's Dutch …
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La présente contribution a pour objet l'examen de la nouvelle version de l'Exit Tax réinstaurée en France dans le Code Général des Impôts, à l'article…
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On 14 April 2011, the Belgian Parliament approved an important adjustment to the existing system of judicial settlement in criminal matters (art. 216b…
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In de programmawet van 04.07.2011, gepubliceerd in het Belgisch Staatsblad van 19.07.2011, is het BTW-tarief voor renovatie en arbeidsintensieve herst…
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Vanaf 1 juli jl. zijn alle horecazaken in België rookvrij geworden.
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