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België and VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 hebben wij samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland & Wales, Schotlan…

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Liberius welcomes Ana Jankov as new partner

Liberius is proud to welcome Ana Jankov as a partner, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in privacy, data protection and emerging digital regulation.

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ABILWAYS Belgium devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Belgium annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à SK…

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22/10/25
Simplifying Rules for Listed Companies

Belgium proposes a draft law to simplify disclosure, marketing, and meeting…

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20/10/25
EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

EU Cybersecurity Month is an annual awareness campaign held every October t…

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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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Temps de travail et temps de repos : le repos hebdomadaire précisé par la Cour de justice de l’UE

Dans son arrêt du 9 novembre 2017, la CJUE précise que le droit de l’UE n’exige pas que la période minimale de repos hebdomadaire soit accordée au plu…

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Zelfstandige saneringsplicht en inwerkingtreding hervorming vastgoedmakelaarswet

Het decreet van 8 december 2017 wijzigt onder andere de regeling betreffende de saneringsplicht bij historische bodemverontreiniging, d.i. bodemveront…

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Akkoord inzake hervorming Vlaamse erfbelasting

Op vrijdag 23 februari 2018 heeft de Vlaamse Regering een akkoord bereikt over de hervorming van de erfbelasting. Er zijn nog geen ontwerpteksten van …

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The European Commission fines two maritime car carriers and four car parts suppliersE UR 546 million

Four maritime car carriers, two suppliers of spark plugs and two suppliers of braking systems have been fined EUR 395 million, EUR 76 million and EUR …

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The European Commission fines two maritime car carriers and four car parts suppliersE UR 546 million in three …

Four maritime car carriers, two suppliers of spark plugs and two suppliers of braking systems have been fined EUR 395 million, EUR 76 million and EUR …

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PRIIPs’ KID notification procedure now set in Belgium

A royal decree dated 25 December 2017 (the “Royal Decree”) further implements the packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (“PRIIPs”) r…

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Uber mis sur le bas-côté par la Cour de Justice Impression

Dernièrement, la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a estimé que les services fournis par Uber relevaient du « domaine des transports ». …

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Capital gains on cryptocurrencies: what happens under the Belgian tax regime? Capital gains on cryptocurrencie…

Cryptocurrencies have recently attracted a lot of attention, with many investors seeking to benefit from this new trend. Being a recent phenomenon, cr…

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CJEU judgment on compatibility of Dutch group taxation regime with EU fundamental freedoms

On 22 February 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued its judgment in two joined cases, which were referred to the CJEU…

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No Likelihood of Confusion Between Aldi’s Buval Beer and Jupiler Trade Marks

On 12 December 2017, the Court of Appeal of Brussels (the “Court of Appeal”) annulled a judgment of 13 January 2016 of the President of the Dutch-lang…

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ICOS in Belgium and Europe : a legal perspective

The term ICO stands for ‘Initial Coin Offering’, a rather obvious reference to IPOs (‘Initial Public Offering’). Like IPOs, ICOs can be described as a…

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Hallo wie heb ik aan de lijn?

Werkgevers moeten er rekening mee houden dat achter een sollicitant of een klant voortaan een sociaal inspecteur schuil kan gaan. Maar er moet vo…

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Open source vingt ans plus tard : dispute, dérives et perspectives

Open Source. Ces termes naissaient le 3 février 1998, il y a tout juste vingt ans, à Palo Alto, Californie. Souvent associés à ceux de « Free Software…

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Reform of Belgian Holding Regime: How to benefit from eligibility for exemption from capital gains tax on shar…

Formerly, capital gains on a company’s shares made by a company were exempt from tax, provided two conditions were met: (1) a taxation condition and (…

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European Systemic Risk Board on liquidity and leverage risks in investment funds

On 14 February 2018, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) published a Recommendation addressed to the European Securities and Markets Aut…

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Advocate General Wahl concludes that Ernst & Young did not violate gun-jumping rules in its 2013 takeover …

Gun-jumping rules prevent companies, subject to the obligation to notify, from completing a merger or acquisition, in whole or in part, prior to obtai…

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The differences between Belgium and France concerning retail lease agreements: a practical comparative analysi…

Originating from the law of 30 June 1926, the French law on retail lease agreements influenced Belgium, which then drafted its own regulation on 30 Ap…

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Brexit : ‘farewell’ aux droits européens de propriété intellectuelle!

Le Royaume-Uni cessera de faire partie de l’Union européenne le 30 mars 2019. À cette date, les droits de la propriété intellectuelle de l’Union europ…

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Borderline products: new guidance on the classification of food for special medical purposes

Following the increasing difficulties with the enforcement of the legislative framework applicable to Food for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP) reporte…

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European Commission public consultation on EU funds for strategic infrastructure

This year, the European Commission must present proposals for the financial programmes for the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework. These progra…

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