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On 3 November 2026, CJEU Advocate General Szpunar delivered an Opinion examining when AI chatbots’ use of online news may infringe press publishers’ rights. His proposed approach d…
In de Kamer is op 28 oktober 2026 een nieuw wetsvoorstel ingediend dat artikel 2 van de wet van 8 november 2023 wil opheffen nog vóór de geplande inwerkingtreding op 1 september 20…
Onze manier van verplaatsen is de voorbije vijftig jaar ingrijpend veranderd. Elektrische fietsen, steps en deelwagens maken vandaag deel uit van het dagelijkse verkeer. De Wegcode…
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Drawing on Belgian experience since 2023, this article examines how Directi…
According to the Court of Cassation (18 June 2026), a taxpayer without acco…
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Dans notre E-Zine du mois d’avril dernier, nous mentionnions que la loi du 18 janvier 2010 (qui modifiait la loi anti-blanchiment du 11 janvier 1993) …
La Commission européenne a entamé la révision de la directive en matière d’intermédiation en assurances ou IMD (Insurance Mediation Directive - 2002/9…
The Constitutional Court has published a preliminary ruling request from the Court of First Instance Liège of 3 November 2010 regarding the constituti…
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the Belgian supplementary municipal tax is incompatible with the free movement of capital. T…
The income that a Belgian resident receives from a French SCI (“société civile immobilière”) regarded as transparent for tax purposes is exclusively t…
In the absence of a formal administrative decision awarding the contract, a letter of notification can be considered as an awarding decision. It must …
Negotiated procedure – term – « the original terms of the contract are not substantially altered” – concept.
From the First of January 2011, Public services will be obliged to submit their postal services to public procurements.
As stated before, the Court of Cassation decided on 10 March 2008 that "except in the event of a breach of procedural formalities sanctioned by nullit…
Force majeure and compelling grounds are legal concepts that provide for employees’ absences due to unavoidable or unforeseeable events beyond their c…
If an independent worker is free to accept a task, but is not free to organize his work as he wishes, he is not a true independent, and thus is an emp…
Dans le courant de l’année 2008, la Commission européenne avait reçu une plainte introduite contre l’Etat belge pour infraction aux règles du marché i…
Dans notre numéro d’avril dernier, nous vous informions de la volonté des pouvoirs politiques et des autorités de contrôle de réorganiser le secteur d…
On 21 December 2010, the Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (“CBFA”) published two notices regarding public offerings of corporate bonds in Bel…
On November 18 2010 the European Commission adopted Regulation 1063/2010 which amends the rules on the generalised system of preferences (GSP).(1) The…
Sellers of chemical substances, preparations and articles that contain substances that must be registered according to the EU Regulation on the Regist…
In a 22 December 2010 decision in the case Solvay v Honeywell e.a., the District Court of The Hague has referred several questions to the Court of Jus…
By a recent decision, the Belgian VAT Authorities stated that clinical research is an activity that requires VAT. It is likely that researchers will (…
The lack of government with full powers has frozen, for nearly eight months, the entry into force of the law of 31 March 2010 relating to indemnificat…
In Belgium, no legal provision prohibits surrogacy, but the contract for surrogate motherhood is considered by the courts as contrary to public order …
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