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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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WP 29 guidelines on the implementation of the Google Spain Case and Google’s Advisory Council Report on “the R…

On 13 May 2014 the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") delivered a landmark ruling, the so-called "Google Spain Case" ("the Ruling"). Because this decis…

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De wetten op de indexsprong en de loonnorm zijn gepubliceerd. Waarover gaan zij nu concreet?

Op 27 en 30 april 2015 werden in het Belgisch Staatsblad de wetten gepubliceerd waarin de indexsprong en de loonmarge worden vastgesteld.[1] Deze twee…

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Belgian Competition Authority Publishes its Enforcement Priorities for 2015

On 21 April 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit / Autorité belge de la concurrence) ("BCA") published its enforc…

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Management of unsold food as condition for environmental permits

On 27 March 2014, the Brussels-Capital Region adopted a Decree modifying article 56 of the Decree of 5 June 1997 on environmental permits (published i…

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Cyberattacks and data breaches: is your company really protected?

Recent events have shown that companies should be concerned about cybersecurity and data protection as well as the possible consequences for their bus…

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Mag de politie de informatie op een smartphone lezen?

De Procureur des Konings mag alles in beslag te nemen wat kan dienen om de waarheid aan de dag te brengen. Volgens een recent arrest van het Bel…

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Belgium court reconfirmed that the finding of an elevators cartel does not imply that all customers suffered d…

On 24 April 2015, the Commercial Court in Brussels dismissed the Belgian State's request for compensation for damages allegedly caused by four elevato…

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Versoepeling fiscale regels voor grensarbeid België-Luxemburg

Inwoners van België en Luxemburg die gewoonlijk werken in de andere staat, maar die gedurende maximaal 24 dagen hun activiteit in de woonstaat uitoefe…

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ECJ Further Extends Scope of Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

On 16 April 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") ruled on a request for a preliminary ruling from the Hungarian Supreme Court rega…

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Courts of a Member State where a work is accessible online have jurisdiction to hear case

On 22 January 2015 the European Court of Justice (ECJ), in its judgment C-441/13, held that a court of a Member State where a work is accessible onlin…

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Contrôles fiscaux : l'administration fiscale annonce les catégories de contribuables qu'elle entend cibler dan…

L'administration fiscale publiait hier un communiqué annonçant les catégories de contribuables qu'elle entend « cibler » dans le cadre de ses contrôle…

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Waste-sorting obligation for Walloon enterprises

On 5 March 2015, the Walloon Government adopted an Executive Act (published in the Belgian Gazette on 16 March 2015), which obliges enterprises to sor…

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Jaarlijkse vakantie: de spelregels

De zomermaanden komen eraan, een periode waarin u wordt geconfronteerd met de jaarlijkse vakantie van uw werknemers... Wat zijn de spelregels?

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Likely postponement of “Transversal Royal Decree”

The entry into force of the Royal Decree of 25 April 2014 imposing certain information obligations when marketing financial products to retail clients…

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Financial assistance- de facto, still prohibited?

Financial assistance (in the context of a company acquisition) has, in principle, been allowed since 2009. However, some conditions provided by the la…

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Opletten met vragen om prijsverantwoording bij overheidsopdrachten: Voorzichtig zijn is riskant, dubbel voorzi…

Tot voor kort nam de Raad van State - terecht - aan dat er geen verplichting bestaat om offertes met abnormale eenheidsprijzen onregelmatig te verklar…

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Residence Secondaire En France : Quelles Consequences Fiscales En France Et En Belgique

Un résident fiscal belge possède une résidence secondaire en France. Quel est le coût fiscal dans les deux pays concernés ?

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TVA et fonds d’investissement : le "statu quo" confirmé

Par sa décision publiée le 30 mars 2015 (décision TVA n° E.T. 127.885 dd 30.03.2015), l'administration fiscale belge apporte quelques éclaircissements…

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Fiscale controles: behoort u tot een prioritaire doelgroep?

De FOD Financiën heeft voor 2015 fiscale controles aangekondigd. Daarbij worden onder meer bedrijfsleiders en grensarbeiders geviseerd. Daarnaast gaan…

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The European Court of Human Rights ruled that national safeguards in dawn raids should be applied by Member St…

On 2 April 2015, the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") ruled that the French state breached two companies' fundamental rights under the Europea…

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