In 2025, the processing of periodic VAT returns (the “VAT chain”) will chan…
On November 12, 2024, the international community closely followed the Cour…
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!
On 4 December 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment regarding the application of Article 101 of the Trea…
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Following new legislation regarding psychosocial risks in the work place, employers need to be aware of several necessary actions.
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De Programmawet van 19 december 2014 voorziet in een verhoging van de taks op de beursverrichtingen en dit vanaf 1 januari 2015. De taks op de beursve…
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Sector specific indexation rules are still applicable while legislation for the 2015 "indexation skip" is pending. Although the governmental agreemen…
Read MoreThe General Court of the European Union ruled that a three-dimensional representation of the Rubik's cube is a valid Community trademark, given that t…
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On the 11th of September the European Court of Justice handed down a decision clarifying the lawfulness of the digitalisation of books by public libra…
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Royal Decree n°38 provides that persons appointed with a mandate as director of a Belgian company are irrefutably presumed to perform a self-employed …
Read MoreIn its judgment in joined (opposition) cases C-581/13 P and C-582/13 P Intra-Presse SAS v. OHIM and Golden Balls Ltd regarding the registration of the…
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The Decree of still imposes the obligation to use the Dutch language but allows the use of another language known by all parties for employment contra…
Read MoreThe ban on employing temporary agency workers during a strike, which can be found in article 19 of the collective labour agreement n° 108 of 16 July 2…
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Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) n° 109 introduces an obligation to state the reasons for dismissal.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeal of Brussels has decided that red soles of the brand Louboutin are a valid trademark. As a consequence [of this decision], other sh…
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In our VAT newsflash of 27 November 2014, we informed you that, as of 1 January 2015, legal entities would no longer be able to choose whether their s…
Read MoreThe Directive of the European Commission of 26 November 2014, published on 5 December 2014, aims at ensuring an effective enforcement of competition l…
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The Parliament recently approved a new law (1) amending the calculation method of social security contributions for the self-employed. The new legisla…
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Les titres qui n'avaient pas encore fait l'objet d'une conversion de plein droit ou à l'initiative de leurs titulaires au 1er janvier 2014 ont en prin…
Read MoreDuring the final days before the year-end celebrations, certain employers like to offer a gift or gift vouchers to their employees but have questions …
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The Royal Decree of 10 December 2014 containing the wage withholding tax scales for income year 2015 was published in the Belgian Official Gazette of …
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In an earlier newsletter, we wrote that the Article 29 Working Party ("Working Party 29″) has adopted guidelines relating to the implementation of the…
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On 24 November 2014, the Brussels Commercial Court ("the Court") dismissed, for lack of sufficient evidence, the first action for damages ever brought…
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