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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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Chronique législative et réglementaire belge IP/IT (du 1er avril au 30 juin 2014)

09/01/2014 - Arrêté royal rendant obligatoire la convention collective de travail du 19 avril 2013, conclue au sein de la Commission paritaire pour le…

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European Commission approval of the new restructuring plan of Ethias

The European Commission approved on 12 June 2014 the amendments to the restructuring plan of Ethias.  

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Grondwettelijk Hof velt arrest over wilde dieren in het circus

Tot begin 2014 vielen circussen of rondreizende tentoonstellingen niet onder het algemene verbod op het houden van bepaalde wilde dieren. Na lang…

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ECJ Guidance on Acquired Distinctiveness of Colour Trade Mark

On 19 June 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down a preliminary ruling in joined cases C-217/13 and C-218/13 on the regi…

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Municipalities are allowed to levy fees at cost when an individual exercises its right of access

On 12 December 2013, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) delivered an interesting judgment on the amount of charges municipalities are allowed to le…

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ECJ Interprets Rules of Jurisdiction for Community Trade Mark Infringements and Unfair Competition Actions

On 5 June 2014, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) ruled on a preliminary reference from the German Supreme Court regarding the interpretation …

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General Court reduces ExxonMobile's fine in the paraffin wax cartel

On 11 July 2014 the General Court ("GC") rendered its decision T-540/08 on appeal by Esso Deutschland GmbH, Esso S.A., ExxonMobil Petroleum and Chemic…

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Hoeveel cash mag ik van m'n klant ontvangen?

Vanaf 1 januari 2014 mag voor de aankoop van goederen of diensten nog slechts een maximum 3.000 EUR cash betaald worden. We frissen de regels nog eens…

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Judgment in Dahmane case troubles Belgian soccer clubs

By judgement of 6 May 2014, the Labour Court of Appeal of Antwerp has decided to review the judgement of the Labour Court of Hasselt in the case of th…

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New Legislation regarding Psychosocial Risks at Work

A new regulatory framework governing the prevention of psychosocial risks at work will come into force on 1 September 2014. It consists of the followi…

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The filing of a complaint before a competition authority

On 26 May 2014, the European Commission dismissed the antitrust complaint filed by Federauto (the Italian trade association of car retailers) against …

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Ignoring the stand-still obligation under the EU Merger Control Regulation ("EMCR") leads to very high fines

Ignoring the stand-still obligation under the EU Merger Control Regulation ("EMCR") leads to very high fines. This was confirmed by European Commissio…

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The representation of a retail store layout can be registered as a Community trademark

On 10th July 2010, in the case C-421/13, the European Court of Justice has decided that the representation of the layout of a retail store can be regi…

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Support system for photovoltaic plants with a capacity of over 10 kW

The Walloon Government has revised the support system: generally speaking, 2.5 GC/MWh and 60% self-use.

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Updated Legislative Framework for Markets in Financial Instruments (MiFID II)

Directive 214/65/EU on Markets in Financial Instruments repealing Directive 2004/39/EC (“MiFID I”) and Regulation (EU) 600/2014 on Markets in Financia…

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Détective ou vie privé(e)

L’affaire fait suite à un litige entre l’institut professionnel des agents immobiliers (IPI) d’une part, et Monsieur ENGLEBERT, la SPRL IMMO 9 et Mons…

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The Law of 15 May 2014 amending the law of 29 April 1999 on the organization of the electricity market

Un fonds budgétaire intitulé “production flexible d’électricité” est créé. Il constitue un fonds budgétaire au sens de l’article 62 de la loi du 22 ma…

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L'énergie dans l'accord de Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale pour la législature 2014-2019

Le 14 juillet dernier, le nouveau Gouvernement bruxellois a rendu public son projet d'accord de Gouvernement pour la législature 2014-2019. Aux termes…

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European Court of Justice clarifies the scope of technological prevention measures designed to prevent unautho…

On 23 January 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued a judgment in response to a request from the Tribunale di Milano (“Milan Court of Fir…

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Search engines and the right to be forgotten

The European Court of Justice acknowledged the right to be forgotten. But is it really that easy to implement this principle?

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