Actualités et articles

22/12/22

New Royal decree introduces new provisions for advertisements of UCIs offered in Belgium

On 12 December 2022, a new Royal decree (the “Royal Decree”) was published that introduces new rules for UCIs on two different topics: first, by imple…

21/12/22

Sustainability considerations in B2C relationships

Sustainability and the environmental impact of consumer goods are becoming key drivers for consumer transactions and for advertising and marketing cam…

20/12/22

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive published in the Official Journal

20/12/22

E-fulfilment: what is it and what to look out for?

Everyone knows what e-commerce is by now, but what about e-fulfilment? We explain below what this term means and what the points of interest are.

19/12/22

The notion of workday in employment law - Saturday remains a workday after all

The new Book 1 of the New Civil Code enters into force on the 1st of January 2023. This new Book 1 has many new features, including the provision that…

16/12/22

The Whistleblowing Act has been published in the Belgian State Gazette

In our newsflash of 7 December 2022, we wrote that the draft Belgian Act on whistleblowing for the private sector, which transposes EU Directive 2019/…

16/12/22

The EU Whistleblowing Directive enters into force in Belgium

The Act transposing the EU Whistleblowing Directive was published in the Official Gazette yesterday, entering into force in Belgium on 15 February 202…

15/12/22

EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework – Draft Adequacy Decision by the European Commission: The Long-Awaited Replacem…

The European Commission launched the formal process to adopt an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework on December 13, 2022. The fra…

09/12/22

Looking ahead to the Belgian Data Protection Authority’s priorities for 2023

With the end of 2022 in sight, it’s time to look ahead to 2023. The new Executive Committee of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (“Belgian DPA”) c…

08/12/22

Tax and social security reform of copyright income

Copyright and related rights protect literary and artistic works. Employees and company managers can transfer or license these rights to, respectively…

07/12/22

Draft Belgian Whistleblowing Act now adopted in Parliament!

The draft Belgian Act on whistleblowing for the private sector, which transposes EU Directive 2019/1937 (‘the Whistleblowing Directive’) into national…

07/12/22

La Belgique risque de perdre sa place dans le peloton de tête des terres d’accueil des holdings…

Le gouvernement entend écorner notre régime fiscal des holdings. En cas d’adoption des mesures qui sont actuellement sur la table, en particulier l’aj…

06/12/22

Conditions complémentaires pour l’exploitation des parkings en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale

Le Gouvernement bruxellois apporte des précisions quant aux conditions à respecter pour l’exploitation de terrains de parkings par un Arrêté du 29 sep…

06/12/22

A low degree of similarity?

In a recent decision, the General Court held that the trade mark consisting of a figurative animal (right) does not cause a likelihood of confusion wi…

05/12/22

ESG considerations to successfully restructure your business in Belgium

The current economic climate is difficult for many businesses, in particular for energy-intensive companies. The situation may deteriorate to such an …

05/12/22

Nouvelle procédure de rupture du contrat de travail pour force majeure médicale en vigueur depuis le 28 nove…

Dans notre récente Tetralert sur la fin de l’instrumentalisation du trajet de réintégration, nous vous expliquions, d’une part, les modifications appo…

01/12/22

Heiploeg’s impact on Belgian insolvency law

The European Court of Justice’s (“ECJ”) Plessers judgment seemed to cause a serious threat for the applicability of the Belgian reorganisation procedu…

30/11/22

No longer public access to UBO data without legitimate interest

On 22 November 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") struck down the provision of the 5th AML Directive 2018/843 ("AML V") whi…

29/11/22

Can parallel importers (re)brand generic medicines? The CJEU limits the ‘room for manoeuvre’

If a branded medicine and its generic version are put on the EEA market by economically-linked undertakings, is a parallel importer then allowed to re…

29/11/22

La Belgique encadre la commercialisation de polices d'assurance lors de l'achat d'appareils multimédias

L'Autorité des Services et Marchés Financiers (la "FSMA") impose (par un règlement) des conditions restrictives à la commercialisation, vis-à-vis des …