On 22 September 2025, the Royal Decree of 12 September 2025 implementing ar…
In order to make a transfer of a business (“handelszaak”/“fonds de commerce…
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Since 1 July 2016, people participating in the sharing economy benefit from a new tax and social framework. The Royal Decree of 12 January 2017 (Belg…
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Recent oordeelde het Hof van Cassatie dat een verhuurder de diplomaat aan wie hij zijn onroerend goed verhuurde niet voor de Belgische recht…
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The European Commission has opened three investigations to assess whether online sales practices prevent consumers from enjoying cross-border choice a…
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Reeds jaren wordt de aflijning van het toepassingsgebied tussen de vennootschapsbelasting en de rechtspersonenbelasting als problematisch ervaren. Dez…
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This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation, which was published on 4 May 2016 and must be complied wi…
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Op 5 januari 2017 werd het wetsontwerp Werkbaar en Wendbaar Werk in de Kamer ingediend. Dit wetsontwerp werd op 23 februari 2017 goedgekeurd. De meest…
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On 24 January 2017, the European Commission announced it was inviting comments on voluntary commitments offered by Amazon relating to parity clauses i…
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Rocket Lawyer heeft aangekondigd actief te worden op de Nederlandse markt. De stap naar België volgt wel. Dit soort aanbiedingen vertegenwoordigt enor…
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In its decision of 19 October 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") clarified the concept of personal data. The Court held that an…
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On 3 March 2017, the Dutch Supreme Court asked preliminary questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), on the potential discrimi…
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Le Facteur Bradford ou Coefficient Bradford est une méthode d’analyse de l’absentéisme des travailleurs. L’accent est mis sur la fréquence d…
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However, deals worth USD 75bn[1] are reported as having failed to complete, mostly for regulatory reasons. Indeed, several dark clouds have gathe…
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De Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers heeft op 23 februari 2017 het wetsontwerp Werkbaar en Wendbaar Werk aangenomen. Het merendeel van de bepalin…
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The Law of 18 December 2016 on crowdfunding (Wet tot regeling van de erkenning en de afbakening van crowdfunding en houdende diverse bepalingen inzake…
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In the context of a dispute between a Turkish agent and a Belgian principal, the Commercial Court of Ghent (Belgium) referred a request to the Co…
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On 10 January 2017, the General Court (“GC”) issued a judgment in which it ordered the European Union to pay Gascogne and Gascogne Sack Deutschland (“…
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The European Commission has sent a letter of formal notice to 21 Member States, including Spain, for failing to meet the December 2016 deadline to tra…
Read MoreOn 8 February 2017, the Commission adopted a cartel matter decision in the car battery recycling sector.
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The difficult history behind the data retention legislation, i.e., Data Retention Directive 2006/24, at both European and national levels is quite kno…
Read MoreOn 1 July 2016, Belgium became one of the first European countries to pass legislation on the collaborative (or sharing) economy (Program Act of 1 Jul…
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