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Beroepsopleiding advocaten-stagiairs herzien

Sinds 2 oktober 2025 gelden er belangrijke veranderingen in de beroepsopleiding van advocaten-stagiairs. Onze algemene vergadering keurde op 24 september een nieuw reglement goed d…

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Force probante des extraits du registre national

Le Fil RGPD quitte ses chemins habituels cette quinzaine et s’aventure sur le terrain du régime de la preuve. En effet, une circulaire commune des ministres de la Justice et de l’I…

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BDO welcomes new law firm BDO Legal

BDO Belgium broadens its legal services with BDO Legal. A team of lawyers and paralegals will support Belgian and international businesses with specialised, pragmatic legal advice …

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Maximum wage cost increase margin for the 2025-2026 period s…

On 22 September 2025, the Royal Decree of 12 September 2025 implementing ar…

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Buyer Beware: Don’t Pay Twice for the Business

In order to make a transfer of a business (“handelszaak”/“fonds de commerce…

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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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Eindejaarsprogrammawet voert een nieuwe winstpremie in

De eindejaarsprogrammawet werd gepubliceerd in het Belgisch Staatsblad van 29 december 2017. Eén van de nieuwe sociaalrechtel…

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Fiscus bevestigt FAQ’s btw-plicht lokalen besturen in circulaire

Op 22 december 2017 heeft de fiscus de “Frequently Asked Questions” omtrent de btw-plicht van publieke rechtspersonen bevestigd in een circulaire (Cir…

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GDPR : les règles de mise en œuvre se précisent de plus en plus

La date butoir d’entrée en vigueur du Règlement Général sur la Protection des Données (« GDPR ») ce 25 mai 2018 prochain arrivant à grand pa…

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Belgium adopts guidelines on the use of the term ‘artisanal’

Belgian authorities have recently adopted guidelines on the use of the term ‘artisanal’ and its derivatives in the names of products.

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Proposed changes to Belgian labour legislation

The draft laws of 6 November 2017, 9 November 2017, and 11 December 2017 aim to modify some aspects of current Belgian labour law regarding supplement…

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Les contrats d’assurance dans le viseur de la taxe Caïman : uniquement en cas d’abus ?

Le 4 octobre dernier, le ministre des finances avait fait savoir, par un communiqué de presse, qu’il souhaitait faire entrer dans le champ d’applicati…

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The European Commission finds the International Skating Union’s (“ISU”) rules, which foresee significant penal…

The ISU is the only body recognised by the International Olympic Commi ee (“IOC”) in charge of managing gure skating and speed skating on ice. The ISU…

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Circulaire régionale du 2 octobre 2017 e-Procurement – Utilisation des applications e-Procurement par les enti…

La circulaire régionale du 2 octobre 2017, encadrant l’utilisation des applications e-Procurement par les entités de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, …

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Invoering van een nieuwe aansprakelijkheidsgrond wegens ‘wrongful trading’

Bent u bestuurder of zaakvoerder van een onderneming die in zware economische moeilijkheden verkeert en tracht u kost wat kost deze onderneming t…

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Brussels-Capital Region - The First to Reform

The power to adopt rules governing residential leases was transferred to the regions further to the Sixth State Reform of 1 July 2014. In the Fl…

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Out with the old, in with the new: Belgian Privacy Commission becomes “Belgian Data Protection Authority”

Reform of the Belgian Privacy Commission The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 creates a new privacy regime immediately applicable acr…

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National UBO registers publicly accessible as from end 2019

The European Parliament and the European Council have reached a political agreement on the fifth anti-money laundering Directive. Several measures rel…

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My Home is My Castle: Flemish Environmental and Zoning Law Update

On 23 February 2017, the Flemish region and provinces started granting the so-called single permit (omgevingsvergunning) which replaces and consolidat…

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Nieuwe Europese drempelbedragen vanaf 1 januari 2018

Op 19 december 2017 zijn in het Europees Publicatieblad de verordeningen[1] verschenen waarbij met ingang van 1 januari 2018 de Europes…

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Bill to Align Belgian Patent Law to the UPC Agreement

Although Brexit has called into question the future of the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court, the Belgian legislature is nonetheless laying …

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European Commission consults on sustainable finance

On 13 November 2017, the European Commission launched a public consultation on sustainable finance to assess how asset managers and institutional inve…

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The 5 major changes you need to know about the new Business Law

The Belgian Federal Government has recently approved a draft legislation which aims to modernize our business law. The idea raised by the Minister of …

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Bouwperikelen - vergeet de schade niet te beperken!

Op de benadeelde rust de plicht om de door hem opgelopen schade – in de mate van het mogelijke –  te beperken. De schadebeperkingsplicht houdt in…

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The Court of Justice dismisses the appeal brought by the Commission and confirms the unlawful classification o…

On 22 November 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") delivered its judgment in Case C-691/15 P European Commission v Bilbaína…

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Belgian corporate tax reform enacted by Parliament

On 22 December 2017, the Belgian Parliament approved the major corporate tax reform announced in July. The final Act is expected to be publi…

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