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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Le 29 octobre 2015, la Cour de cassation a tranché une question importante : la réglementation concernant la période d’attente (interdiction d’annonce…
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled again on the scope of VAT exemption regarding the "management of special investment funds as defined by …
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Vrijdag 11 december ll. keurde de federale ministerraad, op voorstel van minister van Digitale Agenda en Telecommunicatie, Alexander De Croo, een voor…
Read MoreOn 13 November 2015, the European Commission announced the opening of two separate in-depth investigations into plans of the French government to remu…
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The new reference CO2 emission for calculating the taxable benefit in kind for the private use of a company car in the hands of company directors and …
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Within Joint Committee (JC) 200 (formerly JC 218), employees will be entitled to a yearly gross premium of EUR 250 from June 2016. This premium can be…
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On 13 November 2015, a draft bill introducing into Belgian competition law a new infringement called “abuse of significant dominant position” (the “Dr…
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As mentioned in our previous newsletter (See, VBB on Business Law, Volume 2015, No. 10, p. 16, available at www.vbb.com), social elections will take p…
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When negotiating a share purchase agreement ("SPA"), the parties typically spend a lot of time discussing the representations and warranties.
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Sous le sapin, une donation immobilière pour 2016? Le point sur la réduction des droits de donation sur les immeubles dans les trois régions.
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On 27 July 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") imposed provisional measures on the Fédération Equestre internationale ("FEI"), the in…
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This December 15, the EU Commission, Parliament and the Council reached an agreement, via the so called "trilogue" meetings on EU data protection refo…
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On 10 November 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) launched a public consultation on new draft leniency guidelines (the “Draft Guidelines”…
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On 15th December 2015, the European Parliament has approved the trademark reform package. The purpose of this package, consisting in one directive (t…
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In een arrest van 11 november 2015, spreekt het Europees Hof van Justitie zich uit over de manier waarop we de grens moeten vastleggen die determinere…
Read MoreArticle 37 of the Act on Continuity of Enterprises states that "claims against the debtor related to services provided by its co-contractor during a j…
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Een arrest van 26 november 2015 van het Europees Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens (“EHRM”) oordeelt dat het hoofddoekenverbod in de Franse publieke sec…
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On 3 December 2015, the plenary session of the Chamber of Representatives adopted the draft act "amending the Act of 21 March 1991 regarding the refor…
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A lot has been written about two recent court cases related to Facebook. The first one is the decision of 6 October in the case of the Austrian studen…
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On 30 November 2015, the European Commission published a proposal to replace the existing Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC) with a regulatio…
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