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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.

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Commercial town planning / first concret element of the assesment from the ECJ

In her Opinion delivered on 7 October 2010 in the case C 400/08 (Commission v. Spain), the Advocate General expresses her view on the restrictions on …

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Accordance of fonctions in residential zoning with a parking

Accordance of a parking with residential function – Council of the State, nr 207.163 of 31 August 2010.

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EU-clearance of an aid for rehabilitating polluted site in Austria

The European Commission authorised on 12 October 2010 a subsidy of 150.000.000 € granted by the Austrian state to VOESTALPINE STAHL for the remediatio…

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Soil certificate in the Brussels Region

On 24 September 2010, the Brussels Government has adopted a Regional Decree concerning soil certificate.

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CWaPE : closed distribution system and direct line

On 10 and 13 September 2010, CWaPE has published two proposals regarding closed distribution system and direct line.

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EU regulators consider draft law on capacity labelling of batteries

The EU Council recently made available an early draft of a regulation on the capacity labelling of portable, secondary (rechargeable) and automotive b…

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A first step to the regulation of mergers and splits of Non-profit Organisations

Revival of activity in the reorganisation processes of Non-profit Organisations since the modification of the law of 27 June 1921 providing an automat…

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Presentation: Multi-branding reform of the regulatory framework of the motor vehicle distribution

Multi-branding –change in sight

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Assurance solde restant dû La Commission des Assurances met fin à ses travaux dans le cadre de l’élabo-ration …

Dans la Newsletter N°4 (Janvier 2010), nous évo-quions l’actualité en matière d’assurance solde res-tant dû, et plus particulièrement le projet de loi…

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Tailor made reorganisation plans?

We already discussed the possibility to preview a differentiated treatment of different categories of creditors in a reorganization plan, in so far as…

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EU consultation on temporary State aids against the crisis

The Commission suggests a prolongation of the temporary framework for State aid measures until the end of 2011 in order to facilitate companies’ acces…

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Law concerning the continuity of enterprises: The tax administration strikes back illegally

More than one year after the coming into force of the law on the continuity of enterprises (LCE), the tax administration still seems unwilling to acce…

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Does the succession of services’ suppliers constitute a transfer of undertaking under CBA 32bis?

The ECJ’s case-law interprets the notion of “transfer of undertaking” in such a broad way that it considers in certain cases that the existence of a d…

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Life insurance - Follow up on tax information exchange : The new national procedure for Liechtenstein

We reported in our Newsletter n°5 (April 2010) on the new national procedure adopted by the Luxem-bourg Parliament in order to comply with the inter-n…

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Assurances de responsabilités Expertise et prescription

Une dame fut victime d’un accident de la circulation le 19 juillet 1998.  Les parties ont convenu de fixer son préjudice sur base d’un rapport mé…

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Assurances de responsabilité Construction : le vice indécelable d’un matériau

La cour d’appel d’Anvers a rendu un intéressant ar-rêt, le 26 janvier 2009, qui après de longues discus-sions (vu le nombre des parties) est à pré-sen…

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Assurances de responsabilité Construction : les pactes de garantie et les marchés publics

L’entreprise de construction comporte certains ris-ques pour les immeubles voisins du chantier. Fort heureusement, la Cour de cassation a reconnu en f…

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General legal information Confirmation of the denial of the benefit of professional secrecy for in-house lawye…

By a decision of September 14th 2010 in the Akzo No-bel Chemicals Ltd v. Commission (competition law) case (C-550/07), the European Court of Justice r…

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Shorter notice period for retirement age employees: discrimination?

Article 83, § 1 of the Act on employment contracts determines that when an employee reaches the age of 65 (the legal retirement age), the employer can…

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Sociaal Strafwetboek goedgekeurd door het parlement

In onze nieuwsbrief 2010/1 deelden wij reeds mee dat het sociaal strafwetboek eraan zat te komen. Intussen keurde het parlement net voor het begin van…

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