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AVOCATS.BE se mobilise pour la défense de l’État de droit

Face aux atteintes croissantes à l’État de droit en Belgique, comme ailleurs dans le monde, AVOCATS.BE annonce la création d’un Observatoire de l’État de droit. Cette initiative vi…

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New EU De-minimis Registration Obligation: What Businesses Receiving Public Subsidies Need to K…

As of 1 January 2026, the administrative landscape for de-minimis aid in the EU has changed significantly. Businesses that receive public subsidies should understand how this new s…

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Liedekerke welcomes Anne Bonet as Of Counsel within its Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) practic…

Liedekerke is pleased to announce that Anne Bonet, the former First President of the Interfederal Screening Commission (ISC), will be joining the firm's Foreign Direct Investment p…

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CSRD and CSDDD: a smaller universe and clearer boundaries

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ('CSRD') requires "in-scop…

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Belgian Court confirms: you can transfer more ‘interest dedu…

In Belgian acquisition structures, the application of the 30% EBITDA intere…

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Opnieuw wijzigingen in de overheidsopdrachtenreglementering

Op 22 augustus jl. verscheen het KB van 13 augustus 2023 in het Belgisch Staatsblad, met betrekking tot de wijzigingen in het KB Plaatsing in de Klass…

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Data Protection & Privacy at the Workplace Series – August 2023

In this edition of our Series, we analyze Decision no. 40/2023 of April 3, 2023 rendered by the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA). The DPA answe…

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New insolvency landscape on the horizon: more options for companies to reorganise and restructure

Belgium had accumulated a significant legislative backlog within insolvency law. The European Directive 2019/1023 on restructuring had to be transpose…

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Taxpayer can revoke consent to dawn raid of premises

Until now, there was no unanimity on the necessity for the taxpayer’s consent when the tax authorities want to execute an unannounced dawn raid at the…

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The fight against social dumping: the Flemish government optimises contractor chain responsibility schemes in …

In the aftermath of some highly-publicised social dumping cases in the media, the Flemish government has proposed a zero tolerance policy for bogus po…

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Uitbreng van vastgoed middels ontbinding-vereffening BV: VLABEL aan het woord

In dit artikel gaan we nader in op de uitbreng van vastgoed middels ontbinding-vereffening naar aanleiding van het herwerkte standpunt van VLABEL in d…

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Irregularly obtained e-mails after the departure of an employee still accepted as evidence

A recent decision of the Liège Labour Tribunal examined a trade representative's breach of a non-compete clause and third-party complicity in it. It a…

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Colour shifting risks: cartel fines for alleged indirect info exchange upheld

Companies should be wary of the novel approach taken by two national competition authorities towards indirect information exchange. A Dutch and a Belg…

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Interest paid to qualifying foreign EEA AIFs may now benefit from the Belgian WHT exemption.

On 26 July, a new Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree implementing the Belgian Income tax code (RD/BITC) was published. The Decree includes various…

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Zittende opdrachtnemers: is er een voordeel aan een thuismatch?

Het is gebruikelijk dat een zittende opdrachtnemer opnieuw deelneemt aan een overheidsopdracht die de lopende opdracht opvolgt. Het is ook logisch dat…

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Reforming the Union Customs Code: a proposal from the European Commission towards harmonizing European Union c…

On May 17, 2023, ten years after the EU adopted its Union Customs Code (UCC), the European Commission published a proposal intended to begin the compl…

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Sick during annual leave - employment law framing modalities

On 31 July 2023, a law was published in the Belgian State Gazette that makes some amendments to the Employment Contracts Act and the Work Regulations …

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Data Privacy Framework (DPF) vs. Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC): At-A-Glance Comparison

On 10 July 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The decision concludes that th…

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Wetsontwerp tot uitvoering van het afsprakenkader in het kader van de interprofessionele onderhandelingen 2023…

De Kamer keurde op 19 juli – net voor het zomerreces - het wetsontwerp goed dat een aantal maatregelen invoert waarover de sociale partners eerder dit…

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Belgian Competition Authority confirms use of data rooms in merger cases

What’s Cooking? (formerly Ter Beke) announced in October 2021 its plan to acquire Imperial Meat Products VOF, the Belgian and Dutch subsidiary of the …

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Het charter voor bouwzaken: naar een meer duurzame, effectieve en proceseconomische oplossing voor bouwgeschil…

Op 21 juni 2023 ondertekenden de balie Antwerpen en de bouwkamer van de rechtbank van eerste aanleg Antwerpen, afdeling Antwerpen een charter om de mi…

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Competition Newsflash - July 2023

The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 (FSR) adopted on 14 December 2022 aims to address the distortions caused by foreign subsidies to the E…

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New payment services and financial data access package proposed by the European Commission

On 28 June 2023, the European Commission introduced a package of three proposals aimed at improving the functioning of the payment services market and…

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Arbeidsongeschiktheid tijdens jaarlijkse vakantie

Op 13 juli 2023 keurde de Kamer een wetsontwerp goed dat voorziet in de arbeidsrechtelijke omkadering van een arbeidsongeschiktheid wegens ziekte of o…

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Deposit for returnable containers - part of the selling price or not?

In a recent case, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) had to consider whether the ‘selling price’ under EU consumer protection rules should include …

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