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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After more than a year of intense negotiation and political manoeuvring, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (the “AIFMD”) was finally …
Read MoreBelgian banks do not give their clients a break in the matter of obtaining the required information in their battle against money laundering. Clients …
Read MoreAfter legal proceedings that lasted several years, the Brussels Court of Appeal ruled that a Chinese domain name grabber must release 10,200 .eu domai…
Read MorePursuant to the guidelines issued in its previous decisions , the European Court of Justice states that comparative advertising on foodstuff is also a…
Read MoreThe European Commission decided on 30 November 2010 to start formal proceedings against Google, accused of abusing its a dominant position in online s…
Read MoreThe European Union has failed to end the linguistic battle that has delayed the launch of a single European patent.
Read MoreThe President of the First Instance Court of Brussels qualifies Sabam as a merchant in the framework of cease and desist proceedings based on an infri…
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Requesting potential employees to provide a certificate of good conduct has been a long-standing practice for many Belgian employers.
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On 10 September 2010, new rules on the notification of the foreign companies register in the case of a cross-border merger were adopted by means of a …
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Shareholder participation in corporate life is a prerequisite for good corporate governance. It is thus essential to strengthen shareholder protection…
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In order to discourage Belgian companies from hiring part-time employees but letting them work on a full-time basis and only paying social security co…
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Since acceding to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July 2010, Belgium has diligently tried to advance the European Union ("EU"…
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Criminal law could be considered an unlikely area of interest for business lawyers. However, over the course of the past decade, criminal sanctions ha…
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Over the last few years, it has not been easy to form a government in Belgium. For instance, it took 194 days to form a government after the June 2007…
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La Cour de justice des communautés européennes a dû se prononcer sur la question de savoir s'il était nécessaire, en cas de transfert d'entreprise que…
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L'acte équipollent à rupture ou « impliciet ontslag » en néerlandais, est un mode de rupture du contrat de travail. Pour qu'il y ait acte équipollent …
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L'article 83, § 1 de la Loi relative aux contrats de travail permet de mettre fin au contrat de travail à durée indéterminée d'un employé qui atteint …
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Vous trouverez ci-après le compte-rendu intégral des échanges de la table ronde du 8 novembre dernier, organisée par la Libre Belgique dans le c…
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Today, the World Trade Organization ("WTO") issued a Panel Report strongly condemning one of the main pillars of the EU's anti-dumping policy against …
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Les délégations de pouvoirs au sein des sociétés permettent de simplifier ou d’optimaliser leur gestion. La simplifier, d’abord, en réduisant le nombr…
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