News & Articles

The perfect place for any legal or tax professional to keep abreast of everything that’s happening on the Belgian legal scene

EY Law logo
Read More
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…

Read More
AVOCATS.BE logo
Read More
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,…

Read More
Lexing logo
Read More
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…

Read More
ICTRecht logo
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…

Monard Law logo
09/09/26
Antwerp Enterprise Court holds that disputes concerning the …

In a judgment of 26 June 2026, the Antwerp Enterprise Court confirmed that …

Dotted texture left
Dotted texture left

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!

Dotted texture right

More News & Articles

CMS Belgium logo
03/10/11
Law on the continuity of companies: judgment of the Court of Cassation of 30 June 2011

As with common debt claims in adjournment, fiscal debt claims can be taxed with decreases in capital of the juridical reorganization plan.

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
03/10/11
Guidelines regarding the lifting of bank secrecy in Belgium

The tax authorities have recently published two circulars about the bill of 14 April 2011 allowing the lifting of bank secrecy in Belgium.

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
03/10/11
New possibility of negotiated procedure with announcement

The latest legislation regarding public procurements creates a new possibility of negotiated procedure with announcement for the public procurements t…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
03/10/11
Variants, options and lots

The new Royal Decree dedicates an entire section to variants, options and lots.

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
03/10/11
Regularity of the offers – new concepts

Formal and substantive regularity, substantial and relative regularity

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
03/10/11
Competitive dialogue rules!

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

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
03/10/11
Market research: what can a contracting authority do?

Public procurements – new article – authorized market research – conditions

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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 …

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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.…

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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.

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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 …

Read More
CMS Belgium logo
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.

Read More