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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 rejoint Liedekerke en tant que Counsel

Liedekerke, cabinet d'avocats indépendant de premier plan, a le plaisir d'annoncer l'arrivée de Liselot Claeys en tant que Counsel au sein de son département Corporate & Fin…

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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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Upcoming developments: a new Belgian real estate investment fund and the liberalisation of the existing SIR/GV…

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Food Labelling: Belgium clarifies scope of certain categories of food exempt from labelling obligations

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Court of Justice rules on companies' liability for anti-competitive practices of third-party contractors

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The European Court of Justice ruled that the obligation to draw up cross-border invoices exclusively in a particular language (under penalty of nullit…

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Trustees must consider the reporting obligations of Belgium resident settlors and beneficiaries under the so-called Cayman-tax. These obligations incl…

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New Belgian legislation on fiscal regularisation

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Commission fines truck producers 2.93 billion euros for participating in a cartel

The European Commission has fined MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco and DAF EUR 2.93 million for coordinating prices at “gross lists” level for mediu…

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Ground-breaking CJEU judgment on reimbursement of lawyers’ fees in IP litigation

Everyone knows that judicial proceedings are often time-consuming and costly, and involve considerable lawyers’ fees. In Belgium, the capped ‘procedur…

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The EU-US Privacy Shield adequacy decision has been adopted by the European Commission on 12 July 2016. This decision replaces the old Safe Harbor Reg…

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Nieuwe fiscale regularisatieprocedure is er!

Na de éénmalige bevrijdende aangifte in 2004, de regularisatieprocedure vanaf 2006 en de laatste regularisatieprocedure in 2013, is er een nieuwe perm…

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New EU Directive on VAT and vouchers

On 27 June 2016, the EU Council adopted a directive on transactions involving vouchers by harmonising national VAT rules in this area. The directive w…

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