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Belgium Employment Law – Another set of upcoming reforms relating to working time and work regu…

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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Belgium tightens rules on subcontracting chains in the construction sector

Belgium and the Flanders region have recently introduced a set of new rules that significantly impact the use of subcontracting chains in the construction sector (and in other sect…

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Legal interest rate for 2026 fixed at 4.50%

The legal interest rate for 2026 remains 4.50%.

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16/02/26
Auteursrechten en architecten: positieve rechtspraak zet de …

Het debat inzake het fiscaal gunstregime voor auteursrechten, voor de aansl…

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16/02/26
2026 compliance timeline – Key deadlines

With regulatory expectations continuing to tighten, staying compliant on ti…

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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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Dutch Courts apply ECJ Google ruling on keywords

Over the past years much has been said and written about a party using keywords for its ads, where those keywords are identical to another party's tra…

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Collective bonus plans: changes applicable as from 1 April 2011

As you know, since 1 January 2008, it has been possible for Belgian employers to introduce a collective bonus plan which qualifies for favourable tax …

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Commission issues guidance on standardised mobile phone charger

On February 8 2011 the European Commission published a question-and-answer document to explain the issues surrounding the common mobile phone charger …

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EU law allows national measures preventing exclusive broadcast of World Cup and EURO

A Member State may prohibit the exclusive broadcast of all World Cup and EURO football matches on pay television, in order to allow the general public…

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Sinds 1 januari 2011: BTW op nieuw gebouw en bijhorend terrein

Tot 1 januari 2011 waren verkopen van onroerende goederen van BTW vrijgestelde handelingen. De verkoop van een nieuw gebouw viel wel reeds onder het B…

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Le travailleur peut disposer à sa guise de son temps de pause

La Cour du travail de Liège a récemment été confrontée à la problématique du temps de repos d’un travailleur chargé d’effectuer des tournées avec un v…

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Extension of the guarantee scheme in the Flemish Region

In 2009, as a result of the financial crisis, the Flemish region introduced a new guarantee scheme (“waarborgregeling”) for small, medium and large bu…

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The Evolution of the Choice of Court Clauses : the “Hague Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreem…

The evolution of jurisdiction clauses : from the Hague Convention of 30 June 2005 to the report of 29 June 2010 on the implementation and review of Br…

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Maaltijdcheques: wat is er nieuw in 2011?

De maaltijdcheques zijn in België een goed gekend sociaal voordeel en 1,3 miljoen werknemers in de private sector genieten ervan. In 2011 zal voor dez…

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Syndicale actiedag op vrijdag 4 maart: bent u voldoende voorbereid?

Aangezien de stakers geen arbeidsprestaties leveren, hebben zij voor de gestaakte tijd geen recht op loon. Indien de staking werd erkend door de vakbo…

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Social elections

Last week, the National labour Council issued an opinion, in which it recommended that the next social elections be held from 7 until 20 May 2012, inc…

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Compliance Officer Now Required in Non-financial Sectors

The Third Anti-money Laundering Directive (Directive 2005/60/EC of 26 October 2005) was implemented in Belgian law by the Act of 18 January 2010 (the …

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2012 Social Elections

As you know, so-called social elections or elections for the purpose of establishing employee representative bodies (i.e. a works council and committe…

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Update on the Shareholders' Rights Bill

Implementation of the Shareholders' Rights Directive in Belgium seems to be a never-ending process. We summarised the implementing legislation (the "S…

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ICANN launches new gTLD Programme

Organisations that wish to establish a presence on the Web usually apply for a second-level domain. For example, in nautadutilh.com or nautadutilh.be,…

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Financial and technical capability : not to be confused!

Financial and technical capability – Motivation – Balance of interests.

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Confidentiality of tenders versus effective judicial protection

Council of State reiterates that, in the framework of litigation relating to the awarding of a public contract, the tenders’ confidentiality must be p…

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Decision of a company to go before the Court

Strict principles of the Administrative Court’s caselaw.

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Obligation about the weighting of award criteria

Weighting of the award criteria determined after tenders have been submitted – alteration of the weighting – violation of the principle of equal treat…

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The EU Commission keeps a strong watch on horizontal cooperation agreements

The recently adopted European new rules concerning horizontal cooperation agreements are already being applied by the EU Commission.

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