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AVOCATS.BE travaille depuis plus d’un an à la création d’une campagne de communication, de promotion, osons le mot, de l’avocat(e) à l’instar des campagnes radiophoniques passées a…

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Liselot Claeys joins law firm Liedekerke as Counsel

Leading independent law firm Liedekerke is pleased to announce the addition of Liselot Claeys as Counsel to its Corporate & Finance practice.

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Monard strengthens its Insolvency and Restructuring team

Monard law welcomes a new member to its Insolvency and Restructuring team. Jente Dengler has joined the firm as of October 1, 2024.

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26/11/24
VAT refunds and compliance: from 2025, you better be complia…

In 2025, the processing of periodic VAT returns (the “VAT chain”) will chan…

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23/11/24
The Court of Appeal in the Hague rules on the Shell case: ke…

On November 12, 2024, the international community closely followed the Cour…

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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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Ook de overheid (en dus ook de fiscus) dient de rechtsplegingsvergoeding te betalen

Het Grondwettelijk Hof heeft op 3 maart 2016 het artikel vernietigd waarin wordt bepaald dat publiekrechtelijke rechtspersonen die in het algemeen bel…

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Online Dispute Resolution (‘ODR’) Verordening : wat verandert er voor mijn e-commerce business?

Op 9 januari 2016 is Verordening nr. 524/2013 van het Europese Parlement en de Raad betreffende onlinebeslechting van consumentengeschillen in werking…

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The EU-US Privacy Package revealed : a solid shield ?

Further to the invalidation of the Safe Harbor by the European Court of Justice on 6 October 2015, the legal uncertainty on personal data tr…

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SGEI in the airport sector

On 19 January 2016, the European Commission approved compensation for public service obligations to two Swedish airports (Sundsvall Timra and Skelleft…

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European Commission qualified Dutch and Belgian tax regimes for seaports as state aid

On 21 January 2016, the European Commission decided that the corporate tax exemptions granted to seaports under the existing Dutch and Belgi…

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La taxe Caïman se peaufine

La loi du 26 décembre 20151 et l’arrêté royal d’exécution du 18 décembre 20152 modifient le régime de taxation connu sous le nom de « taxe Caïman ». L…

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BEREC Official Report sheds further light on the controversial status of OTT services

The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (“BEREC”) has published the final version of its Report on OTT services.  This rep…

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The new EU-legislation on Trade Marks gets finalised

Since the recent publication of new EU-legislation, the EU Trade Mark is getting finalised since the start of the ongoing reforming plans in 2008…

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Aanvullende gezinsbijslag als optimaliseringsinstrument

In de loop van de decennia zijn de mogelijkheden waarover werkgevers beschikken om werknemers “socialezekerheidsvriendelijke” voordelen toe te kennen,…

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Mise à disposition de travailleurs entre sociétés d’un même groupe: attention au respect des règles !

La mise à disposition de travailleurs, excepté par une société de travail intérimaire, est interdite en vertu de la loi du 24 juillet 1987 sur le …

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General Court largely confirmed Commission's freight forwarding cartel decision

On 29 February 2016, the General Court ("GC") dismissed most of the appeal grounds brought by 14 international groups of air freight forwarders and la…

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The European Commission has adopted several recent decisions on State aid relating to the port sector.

Firstly, on 15 January 2016, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation into alleged aid to two container-terminal operators in the Port of Antwe…

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What are social elections? An overview for the unitiated

In Belgium, all major companies are required by law  to organize at every 4 years interval social elections within their enterprise. In…

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GDPR: Applicability of the new regime and respective responsibilities

The GDPR will inevitably impact a larger number of companies than before. The GDPR will indeed apply to any business that acts as a data controller or…

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New data protection rules for Europe

In December 2015 a political agreement about new EU data protection rules was reached following final negotiations between the Parliament, the Council…

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Sociale verkiezingen: wat met de kandidaatstelling van een vertrouwenspersoon?

Hilde, verantwoordelijke voor het keukenteam, is benoemd tot vertrouwenspersoon. Ze stelt zich kandidaat bij het ACV. Wat te doen? Wat als ze haar man…

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Publication of the new Belgian Supervision Act

The new Belgian Supervision Act, the Act of 13 March 2016 concerning the status and supervision of insurance and reinsurance undertakings, has be…

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Illegal and incompatible State aid for 35 multinationals as part of the Belgian excess profit scheme

Since taking on her new role, the Commissioner in charge of competition policy, Margrethe Vestager, has targeted selective tax advantages granted by c…

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No loyal customers for dominant companies

Imagine: you are a key account manager at a successful company with top-quality products. Over the years, the company has built up a valuable and loya…

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The speculation-tax : the present situation

In our Newsflash of 14 December 2015, we announced that the Belgian federal government was planning to introduce a speculation-tax.

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