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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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26/01/10
New regulation for D&O insurance: 10pc deductible to be personally borne by the directors

Directors' and officers' liability insurance is not compulsory under German law,  but obviously as well the directors as their companies enter in…

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21/01/10
Ferrero Faces Price-Fixing Inquest

The report is the result of an investigation that began two years ago in Germany, where the competition authorities investigated the commercial behavi…

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21/01/10
Crisis premium: who pays?

If an employer wishes to dismiss a blue-collar worker during the period 1 January 2010 - 1 July 2010, the employee is entitled, along with the ordinar…

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19/01/10
Bientôt des sanctions pour les pouvoirs publics mauvais payeurs

C'est connu les pouvoirs publics en Europe paient presque systématiquement leurs factures avec retard. En 2010, le législateur européen pourrait cepen…

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18/01/10
Plant variety rights in the distribution chain

Under the system of plant breeders rights, also known as plant variety rights, the breeder of a new variety can obtain an exclusive right to perform c…

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18/01/10
Implementation of the Payment Services Directive in Belgium

On 15 January 2010, the first of three acts transposing into Belgian law the Payment Services Directive or “PSD” (Directive 2007/64 of the European Pa…

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13/01/10
Generic entry: a challenge to traditional EC competition law

Traditionally, innovative pharmaceutical companies lose up to 70% of their market share in the first year after a generic pharmaceutical has entered t…

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11/01/10
Belgian employers now bear the burden of proof of lump sum cost allowances

The programme law of 23 December 2009 looks to turn around the burden of proof procedure – as far as social security is concerned – of lump sum cost a…

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23/12/09
Un manquement continu ou répété peut constituer une faute grave

Il peut arriver qu'un travailleur se rende coupable d'une faute qui ne constitue pas nécessairement un motif grave en tant que tel mais qui peut acqué…

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23/12/09
Des turbulences du Secret bancaire...

A cette époque de l’année, beaucoup de Belges vont traditionnellement remplir leur portefeuille au-delà des sapins, voire des montagnes. Mais le jeu e…

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22/12/09
Programme Law - December 2009

The main social law measures provided by the draft Programme Law introduced to the Chamber of Representatives on 25 November 2009 can be summarised as…

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18/12/09
Tips and tricks on management employees and working time

Management employees at numerous firms work significantly more time than the weekly working time set down in the company regulations would allow.

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16/12/09
Negative indexation at the beginning of 2010

The probability that nearly half a million employees of the Belgian private sector will see their wages decrease from the beginning of next year is ve…

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14/12/09
Public procurement law amended

The Belgian public procurement regulation is governed by the Public Procurement Act of 1993 [1] (hereinafter “the Act”) and its implementing Decrees […

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14/12/09
"Forfaitary" valuation of mobile phone benefits foreseen

The Council of Ministers recently approved a draft Royal Decree which defines the way in which the benefits of private mobile phone use (cell phone, B…

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10/12/09
Social security agreement between India and Belgium

On 1 September 2009, the long-anticipated Social Security Agreement between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of India (the “SSA”) entered into …

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01/12/09
Update on the EU Blue Card

Further to the determination of the European Union to attract highly qualified workers from third countries, the Council recently adopted the “Blue Ca…

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26/11/09
An update on the disclosure of shareholdings in joint stock companies

On 16 July 2009 [1], the Belgian Chamber of Representatives adopted a draft law aimed at preventing the use of the financial system for the purpose …

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25/11/09
The impact of Commission v. Italy (Case C-540/07) on Belgian withholding taxes

On 19 November 2009 the Court of Justice of the European Communities (“ECJ” hereinafter) issued its decision in Case C-540/07 (Commission v. Italy), i…

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17/11/09
New soil regulations in the Brussels Region

The new ordinance on the management of polluted soils of the Brussels Capital Region [1], will be applicable from 1 January 2010. Undoubtedly your org…

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