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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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

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

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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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27/07/11
PROTECTION AGAINST DISMISSAL IN CASE OF TAKING UP PATERNITY LEAVE

On 20 July 2011, a law has been published in the Belgian Official Journal protecting new fathers against dismissal in case they take up paternity leav…

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26/07/11
LE PORTEFEUILLE DE DROITS INTELLECTUELS - UN PATRIMOINE SOUVENT MAL GÉRÉ PAR L'ENTREPRISE

LE PATRIMOINE IMMATÉRIEL EST DE PLUS EN PLUS IMPORTANT Il est devenu banal de souligner que, dans nos économies développées, ce qui fait la valeur de …

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18/07/11
LA MONOPOLISATION DES SENS DE L’OUIE, DE L’ODORAT ET DU TOUCHER PAR LE DROIT DES MARQUES

Quel est le lien entre l'odeur de framboises pour des produits pétroliers, le cri de Tarzan pour des services multimédia et la douce texture d'un emba…

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18/07/11
What is a biocidal product?

In the case, Söll case (C-420/10), that was submitted to the ECJ for preliminary ruling by the District Court of Hamburg (Germany), two competing comp…

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15/07/11
Expected WTO ruling should strengthen EU position on export curbs

On June 14 2011 EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht said that an upcoming ruling of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is likely to strengthen EU cla…

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14/07/11
L’IMPORTANCE DU DROIT D’AUTEUR POUR L’ENTREPRISE

On aurait tendance à l'ignorer mais le droit d'auteur est un droit de propriété intellectuelle qui peut avoir une valeur économique significative pour…

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13/07/11
Soon a European system of origin labelling for goods from third countries?

There is no harmonised EU legislation on origin-marking, nor is there a general obligation to indicate a product's origin in the interest of the consu…

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13/07/11
New regulation extends scope of ban on products containing cadmium

On May 21 2011 the Official Journal published EU Regulation 494/2011, which extends the existing ban on the presence of cadmium in products to cover a…

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13/07/11
Le brevet unitaire pour 680 EUR, une utopie ?

Pour favoriser l'innovation, il est indispensable d'élaborer des outils de protection efficaces et abordables pour maintenir la compétitivité entre ac…

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13/07/11
DISTINCTION BETWEEN BLUE-COLLAR AND WHITE-COLLAR WORKERS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Much has already been written about the in Belgium still existing distinction between blue-collar and white-collar workers. As of 7 July 2011, a new e…

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12/07/11
Qui peut exploiter les créations du salarié ?

Le sort des droits sur les créations réalisées par les salariés est déterminé par des règles qui réalisent un arbitrage entre la logique du droit du t…

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06/07/11
The Commission adopts several Regulations implementing the new Pesticides Regulation

On 11 June 2011, the Commission published five Regulations implementing Regulation (EU) 1107/2009 concerning the placing on the market of plant protec…

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06/07/11
ALLOWANCE FOR STAND BY SERVICES SHOULD NOT NECESSARILY EQUAL USUAL PAY

The Belgian Supreme Court has rendered a new judgment which will be warmly welcomed by employers working with "stand by" or "on call" services. An emp…

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04/07/11
New rules for student labour not yet final

Several media outlets announced at the end of April that legislation with regard to student labour will be made more flexible from 1 January 2012.

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02/07/11
New penalties with regard to the illegal employment of foreign workers

The Social Penal Code reorganizes the penalties that apply in the case of the illegal employment of foreign workers. Even though penalties are severe …

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02/07/11
The competences of the social inspectors to perform home visiting

The new Social Penal Code modifies and clarifies as from 1 July 2011 some rules regarding the competence of social inspectors in their performance of …

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02/07/11
The new uniform approach to dealing with violations of the Social Penal Code

The codification implemented by the Social Penal Code aims to clarify the procedures and penalties available to deal with violations of social legisla…

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02/07/11
The administrative and criminal penalties relating the wage rate

Besides the many questions with regard to the interpretation of the various legislative acts and the note of 1997 which remain unanswered, the questio…

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01/07/11
The prohibition and penalties on the posting of workers

The penalties for the violation of the prohibition of the posting of workers are integrated into the structure of the Social Penal Code. This Code pen…

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01/07/11
CBA's and the new Social Penal Code

Article 189 of the new Social Penal Code states that the violation of a generally binding collective bargaining agreement will be penalized with a lev…

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