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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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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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Inwerkingtreding Van De « Brussel I Bis » Verordening

Sedert 10 januari 2015, heeft de Europese Verordening nr. 1215/2012 van 12 december 2012, de Europese Verordening nr. 44/2001 betreffende de rechterli…

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What Does “Legal Risk” Mean?

Defining "legal risk" is tricky. Risk management professionals disagree as to whether the risk that a company would breach anti-corruption laws consti…

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And on the seventh day He shopped?

In Belgium, shopkeepers are limited in their right to trade on Sundays or after 8pm. The Belgian liberal party has introduced a proposal to amend the …

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Is een IP-adres een persoonsgegeven? Het Europees Hof van Justitie moet beslissen…

Het Duitse Bundesgerichtshof stelde enkele dagen geleden twee prejudiciële vragen aan het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie om te achterhalen of I…

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Hospitals

Le financement des hôpitaux est un sujet sur la table de nos gouvernements depuis longtemps. Il y reste.

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Constitutional Court rules: different tax treatment of capital reduction is not discriminatory

On 19 February 2015, the Belgian Constitutional Court ruled that the tax treatment of income from a capital reduction in the hands of a Belgian compan…

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Handelsagentuur - uitbreiding bijkomende vergoeding handelsagent

Een recent arrest van het Hof van Beroep te Brussel verduidelijkt de mogelijkheid voor een bijkomende schadevergoeding voor de handelsagent boven…

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Administrative cost charged for certain Belgian residence applications from 2 March 2015

The intention of the Government to apply charges for residence applications in order to cover the administrative costs was already present in the…

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Brussels Court of Appeal declares travel sector dawn raids from 2006 illegal

On February 18, 2015 the Brussels Court of Appeal rendered a groundbreaking judgment regarding the legality of dawn raids organized under the Belgian …

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How to award a procurement covering several activities?

Public procurement - Classic sectors - Special sectors - Several activities    

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La détermination de la politique de soins de santé

Parallèlement à l'exposé des mesures et réformes qui devront accompagner la législature, l'accord de gouvernement s'arrête sur la méthode qu'il entend…

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Een uitdrukkelijk ontbindend beding in een huurovereenkomst is nietig

In principe kan in een overeenkomst een uitdrukkelijk ontbindend beding worden opgenomen. In dat beding bepalen de partijen aan de overeenkomst in wel…

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Additional wave of tax audits to be expected with respect to withholding tax exemptions

During 2014, the Belgian tax authorities audited 2,000 companies for the correct application of these exemptions. Although we noticed that these …

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The Court of Justice provides further guidance on long-term exclusive purchase/non-compete obligations

On 4 December 2014, the European Court of Justice (the "ECJ") issued an order addressing two preliminary questions from the Spanish Supreme Court conc…

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Further Strengthens Protection of Consumers When Booking Flights Online

On 15 January 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") further strengthened the protection of consumers when booking flights onlin…

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Precontractual information

Picture this: you started working with a new distributor a year ago. However, the sales have not really lived up to expectations. The distributor has …

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Framework agreement for emergency transport

Direct award to volunteer organization    

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Intellectual property legislation is now integrated into the new Belgian Code of economic law

The book XI of the new Belgian Code of economic law («CEL») gathers a significate part of different economic legislations such as intellectual propert…

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Final registration round for chemicals under REACH

  The European Regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals EC No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) …

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ECJ Further Strengthens Protection of Consumers When Booking Flights Online

On 15 January 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") further strengthened the protection of consumers when booking flights onlin…

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