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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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Conflit d’intérêt et PME Prudence en cas de changement de contrôle de la société

La matière des conflits d’intérêt est bien connue des praticiens du droit et donne lieu à de nombreux écrits. Cependant, force est de constater que da…

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Sauver sa société en cas de crise par la prj ?

La loi du 31 janvier 2009 sur la Réorganisation judiciaire a conduit, d’après les statistiques disponibles, au prononcé de plus de 857 jugements sur u…

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Pour une saine émulation entre le Code des Sociétés et le Code de Gouvernance d’entreprise!

Les sociétés évoluent dans un environnement en constant mutation. Elles sont tenues de s’adapter rapidement à de nombreux défis, que ce soit la mondia…

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Les conventions d’actionnaires : instruments de relance économique ?

Dans la mesure où les sociétés constituent incontestablement des vecteurs primordiaux de la relance, il convient que celles-ci puissant se développer …

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Changes to the consumer credit act: a more rigorous framework

The Belgian ”Consumer Credit Act” was recently amended (1) in order to implement the Consumer Credit Directive (2) into Belgian law. These amendments …

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Fusions - acquisitions Céder son entreprise à un fonds de private equity plutôt qu’à un concurrent: quelles so…

Même si la crise a significativement réduit leur activité, les fonds de private equity sont de plus en plus présents dans notre paysage économique et …

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European Parliament backs mandatory country of origin labelling

The European Union has taken a step towards the adoption of a law which will make the origin labelling of several types of consumer product compulsory…

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Indexation of salary levels for work permits

In application of article 131 of the law of 3 July 1978 on employment contracts and article 9 of the Royal Decree of 9 June 1999 enforcing the law of …

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Permis de travail – nouvelles directives

Recently, the regional immigration authorities have been increasingly stringent in processing applications relating to work permits “B” for highly qua…

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Le délai d'exécution

Exécuter les travaux dans le délai imparti constitue une des obligations majeures de l'entrepreneur de travaux, au même titre que l'exécution de la …

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Le délai d'exécution

Exécuter les travaux dans le délai imparti constitue une des obligations majeures de l'entrepreneur de travaux, au même titre que l'exécution de la …

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La travailleuse reclassée en raison de sa grossesse doit continuer à percevoir l’entièreté de sa rémunération

C'est la réponse à laquelle arrive la Cour de justice des communautés européennes lors d'une question préjudicielle posée par une juridiction finlanda…

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Revised WEEE Directive one step closer

November 22 2010 has been set as the indicative date for the first reading of the proposed text of the recast EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equip…

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The employer’s right to control versus the employee’s private life

The employer, who submits evidence of violations by his employee, should best – also after the decision of the Dutch-speaking Chamber of the Belgian S…

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Summons of Lidl concerning bait and switch practices

The supermarket chain Lidl will have to appear before the criminal court of Ghent since it has been accused of distributing misleading publicity.

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From the hard to repair damage to the balance of interests

The suspension of the awarding decision does not longer require a hard to repair damage. From now on, the Council of State shall examine the balance o…

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Does public procurement law necessarily have to be culpably breached in order to open a case for damages?

The European Court of Justice has judged that Directive 89/665 must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which makes the right to damages…

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Public procurement – interruption of the execution – indemnity – formula Flamme

It is not possible for a contractor to receive an indemnity in case of an interruption if the time allowed for the contract has not been extended beca…

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The Court of Justice of the European Union makes clear the concept of “public works procurements”

Public works contracts – concept – economic benefit to the contracting authority – obligation to provide the works – difference between public works p…

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Confidentiality of EU Transactions : opinion of Advocate General

Does information related to EUA transactions fall into the scope of the Environmental Information Directive?

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