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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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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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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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21/11/24
Legal Operations: Entity Management as a Foundation for Succ…

More and more heads of legal departments are aware that maintaining the sta…

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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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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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EU Considers Adding More Teeth to Sanctions Enforcement with Adoption of Draft Law Criminalizing Sanctions Eva…

On July 6, 2023, members of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (CLC) adopted a draft negotiating mandate that would target those viol…

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EU reaches agreement on Data Act – Comprehensive EU data law is on the way

On 27 June 2023, the European Parliament and Council resolved the remaining open points and reached a political agreement on the EU Data Act, paving t…

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Uitkeringen door Liechtensteinse stichting niet belastbaar als fictielegaat!

De Liechtensteinse stichting – Stiftung – heeft dezelfde wezenskenmerken als stichtingen naar Belgisch recht: (i) de stichting wordt opgericht door ee…

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Artificial intelligence and (product) liability

In the age of artificial intelligence (“AI”), many legal questions arise around the compensation for damage caused by defective products. For example,…

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De impact van de overheidsmaatregelen tijdens de coronapandemie op de lopende huurovereenkomsten in het licht …

In een arrest van 26 mei 2023 sprak het Hof van Cassatie zich voor het eerst uit over de vraag of de lockdown overheidsmaatregelen de huurder het rech…

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Opzegtermijn beperkt tot 13 weken voor alle werknemers die ontslag nemen

De maximale wettelijke opzeggingstermijnen ingeval de werknemer ontslag neemt, zoals voorzien in het "eenheidsstatuut", worden aangepast door een wet …

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Hoe zorg je voor de uitvoering van buitenlandse vonnissen in België?

In België zijn verschillende regels en formaliteiten van toepassing op de tenuitvoerlegging en erkenning van buitenlandse vonnissen, afhankelijk van d…

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Data protection & privacy at the workplace

To keep companies informed of the most important developments on data protection and privacy in an employment context, Strelia’s Employment & Bene…

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