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17/07/26
17/07/26
New European rules on consumer credit transposed into Belgian law

On 9 July 2026, the Belgian Parliament adopted the act transposing the European Consumer Credit Directive (CCD II), extending Belgian consumer credit rules to certain deferred-paym…

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16/07/26
16/07/26
White collar and investigations partner Isabelle De Smedt joins Dentons’ Litigation practice in…

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Compliance and Investigations practices in Belgium with the recruitment of partner Isabelle De Sm…

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15/07/26
15/07/26
European Union: New UBO Rules Come into Force

The EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 ("AMLR") establishes a fully harmonized framework for the identification and disclosure of ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) …

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17/07/26
The three-times-rent rule holds: Council of State clarifies …

Can a landlord refuse a prospective tenant because their income is less tha…

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16/07/26
New notification obligation for automatic renewals also affe…

A new bill introduces an active notification obligation in Article VI.91 of…

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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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03/10/11
Competitive dialogue rules!

Royal Decree of 15 July 2011 authorizes the use of this exceptional procedure.

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03/10/11
Market research: what can a contracting authority do?

Public procurements – new article – authorized market research – conditions

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03/10/11
Increase in the number of students for the complementary masters in general dentistry, orthodontics and period…

Adopted 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…

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03/10/11
No supplementary protection certificate (SPC) for a medicinal product without prior evaluation of its safety a…

In order to support innovative pharmaceutical researches, European law foresees the possibility for pharmaceutical companies to file a request for the…

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03/10/11
Distinction between advertising and information relating to medicines

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…

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03/10/11
Prohibition on advertising of aesthetic acts

Le 5 août dernier paraissait au Moniteur belge la loi, annoncée de longue date, interdisant la publicité et réglementant l'information relatives aux a…

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03/10/11
Commission clears the acquisition of French chemicals company Rhodia by Solvay

On 5 August 2011, the European Commission approved a merger between the French company Rhodia and the Belgium-based group Solvay, on the grounds that …

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03/10/11
BIPT imposes a EUR 2.3 million fine on bpost

In 2010, bpost discriminated between business customers and mail handlers by way of the so-called ‘per sender’ tariff model. BIPT also finds the tarif…

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03/10/11
The Commission opens an investigation into state aid to Royal Mail

The 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…

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03/10/11
Airports and airlines in the European spotlight

In July 2011, the Commission launched three in-depth investigations about state aid in France, Germany and Ireland in the air transport sector. On the…

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03/10/11
Judicial reorganization: Olivier Strelli plays poker and wins!

A new decision confirms that the differential treatment of creditors in a reorganization plan does not necessarily infringe the constitutional princip…

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03/10/11
European green light for BNP Paribas restructuring

On 6 September 2011, the European Commission approved the acquisition of Fortis Commercial Finance Holding by BNP Paribas under its merger regulation.…

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03/10/11
Do not forget to file your annual accounts with the Belgian National Bank!

In 2010, 47,830 companies did not file their annual accounts with the BNB. Penalties for such an versight may be quite serious.

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03/10/11
Can the pledgor be allowed to dispose of pledged financial securities?

Subject to compliance with certain conditions, the fact that a pledgor is contractually allowed to dispose of pledged financial securities can affect …

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03/10/11
Portfolio management : Objectives ≠ Risk

A decision of the Supreme Court dispenses with custom and a well-established case law relating to portfolio management.

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03/10/11
Commercialization of structured products

Propagation of over-complicated financial products has to be stopped! While waiting for a mandatory regulation applicable to all financial sector acto…

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03/10/11
Compulsory remuneration committee in financial institutions

As from 31 August 2011, financial institutions that are significant in terms of their size, internal organisation and the nature, the scope and the co…

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03/10/11
Operators of online marketplaces – such as eBay - are not always neutral

According to the Court of Justice, the exemption from liability under Article 14 of the Electronic Commerce Directive must be interpreted as applying …

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03/10/11
Internet: opening of .XXX top-level domain

As from September 2011, pornographic websites with a .XXX extension are available. How can you avoid any unwanted association between your trademark a…

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03/10/11
Cross-border injunctions are back in the Netherlands

On 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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