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Liberius welcomes new EU Competition and Trade Law Partner in Brussels

Liberius is thrilled to announce the arrival of David Henry as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU, Competition & Trade Practice. David, a member of the Brussels Bar and a quali…

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Toestemming voor boekenonderzoek: geen vrijgeleide voor fiscale visitatie

In een arrest van 3 oktober 2024 heeft het Hof van Cassatie de krijtlijnen voor een fiscale visitatie verder afgebakend en daarbij nogmaals het belang van een geldige toestemming b…

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Laura Jakobs Joins DALDEWOLF: A New Asset for the EU Law Practice

DALDEWOLF is pleased to announce the arrival of Laura Jakobs in its European Union law team. Laura brings significant expertise in European litigation.

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21/11/24
The Cyber Resilience Act - A new step forward for the cybers…

The Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 of the European Parlia…

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18/11/24
Overview of the new legal framework for Designs in the EU - …

Often misunderstood and definitely underused, EU design law is about to rec…

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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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European Commission publishes non confidential version of its internal manual of procedure for antitrust cases…

On 30 March 2012, the European Commission published its Antitrust Manual of Procedures, comprising internal working documents on the procedures relati…

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Traitement TVA de la gestion discrétionnaire de portefeuille

Le 8 mai 2012, Madame Sharpston, Avocat Général près la Cour de Justice de l'Union européenne (ci-après, « CJUE »), a rendu ses conclusions dans l'aff…

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Recent developments on Bisphenol A (BPA) at EU and national level

The regulatory landscape is changing rapidly for manufacturers and users of Bisphenol A (BPA), a substance allegedly susceptible to have endocrine dis…

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Upshot of recent pesticide decisions and relevant deadlines

Find below the summaries of recent substance approval decisions accordingly the transitional regime stipulated in Article 80 of Regulation 1107/2009 c…

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European Commission publishes REACH scope review

The European Commission has published the REACH Review study on the scope of REACH and other relevant EU legislation to assess overlaps.

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ECHA will start publishing more information on chemical substances

ECHA has announced that it will release a new version of IUCLID 5 in late May 2012 as well as a new version of REACH-IT later during the summer and th…

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ECJ: Advocate General Reopens Door for Interim Cross-border Injunctions in Patent Cases

As interpreted by Advocate General Cruz Villalón in his opinion of 29 March 2012, Council Regulation 44/2001 on the jurisdiction and the recognition a…

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European Commission Issues Guidelines on Border Measures regarding Counterfeits in Transit

In February 2012, the European Commission (the “Commission”) issued guidelines concerning the enforcement by EU customs authorities of intellectual pr…

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European Union: European Commission publishes internal procedures under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU

On 30 March 2012, the European Commission published its Antitrust Manual of Procedures (the so-called “ManProc”), which comprises internal working doc…

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ECJ: EU Data Protection Rules Do Not Preclude Obtaining IP addresses of Copyright Infringers

On 19 April 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) held that EU data protection rules do not preclude national legislation from prov…

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New regulations on the cars of company

Since January 1st 2012, the calculation of the amount of the advantage in kind of a car company has been changed for the employee who has a company ca…

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OTHER TAX NEWS: COMPETENCE TO TAX

Fiscal residency Recent jurisprudence reconfirms the importance of the correct interpretation and of the substance requirements for the "permanent hom…

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NEW ANTI-ABUSE RULE

  Without any doubt the most "notorious" new tax rule, concerns the substantially modified article 344, § 1 of the Income Tax Code or the so-call…

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DEBT-EQUITY RATIO

Belgian tax law already provided for a debt-equity ratio of 7:1 for interest on loans paid to companies incorporated in tax havens or subject to a par…

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CAPITAL GAINS ON SHARES REALIZED BY COMPANIES

Until recently, capital gains on shares were fully exempt from corporate income tax, provided that certain conditions are fulfilled. The most essentia…

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BENEFITS IN KIND OF FREE HOUSING, ELECTRICITY AND HEATING

The taxable benefit in kind related to the free disposal of housing facilities enjoyed by a company director has almost doubled.

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BENEFIT IN KIND OF COMPANY CARS

As explained in our previous newsletter (www.lydian.be , E-zine, "Changes in Belgian tax legislation), the Belgian Government has - as of January 1st,…

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REACH: substance evaluation

REACH on cruise control: ECHA publishes its first Community Rolling Action Plan

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Dangerous Preparations Directive recast

The European Commission, on 26 January 2012, adopted a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the classification, p…

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Marco Del Corso and Phonographic cases, the notion of “communication to the public”

n two judgements of 15 March in Marco Del Corso (C-135/10) and Phonographic(C-162/10) cases, the Court of Justice of the European Union…

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