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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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Bill on Reform of Belgian Business Law

On 7 December 2017, a Bill on the reform of business law (Wetsontwerp houdende hervorming van het ondernemingsrecht/Projet de loi portant réforme du d…

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Facebook condamnée à détruire des données sous peine d’une astreinte de 100 millions d’euros

La justice a tranché : Facebook devra cesser de suivre et d’enregistrer le comportement de navigation des personnes qui surfent depuis la Belgique tan…

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A drug prescription assistance software can be a medical device

In its judgment dated 7 December 2017 (case C-329/16), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) considered that software, of which at least o…

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The Code of Companies and Associations - Upcoming law

An important reform of our corporate law is being prepared. The reason for this is that corporate law has become extremely complicated due to numerous…

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Dutch wage tax exemption withdrawals affecting Belgian residents’ Dutch pension schemes

Since end of last year, about 1,300 pensioners who receive benefits of EUR 25,000 or more per annum under a Dutch pension scheme and who are resident …

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Geen beroep op economische werkloosheid mogelijk voor werkgever die werk uitbesteedt aan derden

De wet van 15 januari 2018 houdende diverse bepalingen inzake werk schrijft nu in de Arbeidsovereenkomstenwet in dat het gebrek aan werk wegens econom…

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Is your Property Manager’s mandate already registered with the Crossroads Bank?

Since 1 April 2017, associations of co-owners must ensure that the mandate that their Property Manager receives from them, is registered with the…

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Important decision of the ECJ concerning seconded employees: ability to revoke the E101/ A1 certificate issued…

On the 6th of February 2018 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered an important judgement concerning the social security-certificate E101/…

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The US government applies to intervene in Apple’s EU State Aid case for a second time

Apple and the Irish government have appealed the 2016 Commission’s Decision whereby Ireland was ordered to recover up to EUR 13 billion from the Ameri…

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Can an agreement that was void at any moment due to a violation of competition law be revived?

When a court invalidates an agreement because the rules of contract law were violated (for example because the agreement was concluded as a result of …

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A1 verklaring kan (enkel) bij fraude opzij geschoven worden

Zoals verwacht heeft het Hof van Justitie vandaag geoordeeld dat de nationale rechter een A1 formulier buiten toepassing kan laten in geval van fraude…

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The new profit premium and the CBA 90 bonus

As announced in our December 2017 article, the Law of 25 December 2017 establishes a new form of employees’ financial participation, allowing com…

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Pand op ondernemingsgoederen

Op 1 januari 2018 zal de Pandwet van 11 juli 2013 na herhaaldelijk uitstel eindelijk in werking treden. In de nieuwe Pandwet worden aanzienlijke hervo…

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Mesures en devenir - Période d’essai et nouveaux préavis

Le mécanisme de la période d’essai a disparu avec l’introduction des nouveaux préavis à partir du 1er janvier 2014.  En cas de licenciement par l…

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Tax Ruling Service specifies “disproportional grant” of warrants or OTCs in two particular cases

In the past, the Tax Ruling Service has taken several decisions whereby it was not excluded that the grant of warrants/options on Beveks/Sicavs or the…

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The European Commission undertakes the review of SMEs’ definition

The European Commission is reviewing the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) established by Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6…

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Holiday accumulation – (no) news under the sun

Holiday accumulation is the next step for employees to plan their career and work – life balance. Since these provisions of the law on agile and worka…

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Nieuw in 2018 – Overzicht belangrijkste HR-maatregelen uit de wet diverse bepalingen inzake werk

Naast de wijzigingen uit de Programmawet (zie vorige e-zine), voorziet ook de Wet houdende diverse bepalingen inzake werk, gepubliceerd in het Be…

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Beer, chocolates & corporate law … Hoe de geplande hervorming van het vennootschapsrecht België op de kaar…

Nu het voorontwerp voor een nieuw Wetboek Vennootschappen en Verenigingen de laatste rechte lijn nadert, krijgen we stilaan zicht op de voornaamste he…

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Réduction des cotisations sociales pour « indépendants starters »

La Chambre a adopté, ce 25 janvier 2018, un projet de loi permettant aux indépendants « starters » d’obtenir, à partir du 1er avril 2018 (et…

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