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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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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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Can employers grant employees a one-off results-based bonus to incentivize them to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

The Belgian Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue (FPS) is of the opinion that it would, in principle, not be possible to gran…

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Employee party in the company building

We organise a party of freedom linked to a match of the Red Devils on our company premises. What rules do we observe? And in the open air?

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Communication in response to employee departures: limit yourself to the essentials

In the context of the execution of an employment contract, an employer is permitted to inform its employees about the mere fact that an employment con…

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Are employees allowed to return to the office? Yes, but under certain conditions!

As a reminder, in its meeting of 11 May 2021 the Consultative Committee decided that, if there were positive developments in the health situation, it …

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The New Standard Contractual Clauses for Transfers of Personal Data from the EU

On June 4, 2021, the European Commission (EC) issued its long-awaited updated standard contractual clauses (SCCs).  The publication of …

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World Anti-Counterfeiting Day: Fighting fake goods remains a priority

Today is the World Anti-Counterfeiting Day. The day on which we recognize the hard work necessary to stop the manufacture, sale and distribution of co…

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The end of mandatory telework?

On Friday 4 June 2021, a new Ministerial Decree was published in the Belgian State Gazette that includes new provisions regarding telework. For the ti…

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Data transfer tool – Adoption of new sets of Standard Contractual Clauses

In the absence of an adequacy decision or derogations, undertakings may only transfer personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA) if the la…

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Europe proposes first-ever statutory framework for AI

Following its White Paper on AI in 2020, the European Commission released in April of this year a proposal for a regulation laying down harmonised rul…

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Dividendes de sociétés française : circulaire du 28 mai 2021

La date de dépôt des déclarations à l’impôt des personnes physiques approchant à grands pas, beaucoup de contribuables se demandent comment faire pour…

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VAT fixed establishment non-existing without staff

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in the highly anticipated Titanium case that own staff is required for a ‘fixed establishment’ for VAT. In t…

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Neutraliteits- of diversiteitsbeleid: to do’s voor werkgevers

We krijgen de laatste tijd nogal wat vragen van cliënten rond de mogelijkheid om een neutraliteitsbeleid of een diversiteitsbeleid (in) te voeren. Dit…

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New bill for a green(er) mobility

On 18 May 2021, a bill was approved by the Belgian Government to create a green(er) mobility in Belgium by (1) promoting tax incentives for CO2-emissi…

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SPACs or Special Purpose Acquisition Companies - a Belgian perspective

In recent years, Special Purpose Acquisition Companies or “SPACs” have gained tremendous popularity in the United States. In 2020 alone, one hundred S…

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Permis de location en Région wallonne, quoi de neuf ?

Vous disposez un immeuble et avez obtenu un permis d’urbanisme vous permettant de le diviser en plusieurs logements ? Vous souhaitez à présent me…

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The Belgian DPA approved the EU Cloud Code of Conduct for cloud service providers acting as a processor

On 20 May 2021, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (hereinafter DPA) has approved the first transnational code of conduct since the entry into…

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Vlaamse regering keurt renovatieverplichting voor niet-residentiële gebouwen goed

De Vlaamse Regering heeft het besluit dat uitvoering geeft aan de renovatieverplichting van niet-residentiële gebouwen op 7 mei 2021 (het Besluit…

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More Brexit Consequences: the Situation of British EU Officials Having Acquired Belgian Nationality

The withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) has had – and will still have – numerous legal consequences in various areas. O…

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COVID-19: EU General Court upholds Ryanair’s appeals against aid to KLM and TAP

On 19 May 2021, in its judgments T-643/20 and T-465/20, the General Court of the European Union annulled two decisions of the European …

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La location de biens immobiliers par les pouvoirs publics soumise à l’obligation de mise en concurrence?

Dans un arrêt très récent (22 avril 2021, C-537/19), la Cour de Justice s'est prononcée (une fois de plus) sur les contours dans lesquels la conclusio…

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