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België en VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 heeft de Orde van Vlaamse Balies samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland…

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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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New Royal Decree organizes the supervision of clinical trials

Following the European Regulation on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, the Belgian legislator adopted a law on 7 May 2017 applying …

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Why the repair of your luxury watch may cost a bit more

When your brand new car breaks down, you can contact an official garage, or opt for an often less expensive independent repair service. If your expens…

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Tax Rulings vs State Aids : European Commission 1 – Ireland 0

That title is normally used in sport games rather for than tax or competition issues. Nevertheless, it reflects the fact that the European Commission …

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Voitures intelligentes : en route pour la révolution de la mobilité

Les premières voitures autonomes ont fait leur apparition sur les routes du Nevada aux Etats-Unis en 2012. Cinq ans après, vingt-un Etats américains e…

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Nieuwe stimulansen voor KMO financiering

De omstandigheden voor KMO’s die een financiering willen afsluiten worden binnenkort gunstiger. Zo zullen ze kunnen rekenen op grotere transparantie e…

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Tax reform and its impact for the real estate sector

We would like to inform you about the details of the tax reform based on the draft bill submitted to the Council of State for comments.

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CJEU Upholds Prohibition on the Sale of Luxury Goods via Branded Third-party Internet Platforms

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has just ruled, in the context of a selective distribution system for luxury goods, that contractual clauses pro…

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EU adopts list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (black list)

On 5 December 2017, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) determined a list of 17 non-cooperative jurisdictions, i.e. the EU black list.…

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The General Court of the EU annuls the Commission’s clearance decision of Liberty Global’s acquisition of Zigg…

In October 2014, the European Commission approved the proposed acquisition of Dutch cable TV operator Ziggo by Liberty Global, subject to commitments.…

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E-commerce towards flexibility!

In Belgium, night work, i.e. work undertaken between 8pm and 6am, is prohibited. The legislator can, nevertheless, stipulate exceptions to this prohib…

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Belgium: proposal for legislation for outlawing “platform parity clauses” in the hotel sector

On 23 November 2017, the Belgian Government proposed draft legislation to outlaw so-called “platform parity clauses” in the hotel sector.

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De FOD Economie als mystery shopper in uw (web)shop

Sinds deze zomer kan de Economische Inspectie in het kader van haar onderzoeksbevoegdheid, aan mystery shopping doen in een fysieke winkel maar ook in…

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Total diet replacement products: EU Commission specifies compositional and labelling requirements

As of 27 October 2022, a new framework of rules will apply to total diet replacement products, both in terms of compositional and labelling requiremen…

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Het (bijna) absolute recht op vakantie

Het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie heeft vroeger al in verschillende arresten duidelijk gemaakt dat een werknemer die om redenen buiten zijn wi…

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Commission’s green light for the acquisition of Banque Internationale à Luxembourg by the Chinese Legend Holdi…

On 9 October 2017, Chinese company Legend Holdings Corporation notified the European Commission of its plan to acquire sole control of Banque Internat…

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New Belgian act on security interests on movable assets

The new Belgian act on security interests on movable assets has been adopted (“the Act”)1 . It introduces a fundamental modification of the Belgian pl…

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Directive IDD : Quel impact sur le secteur belge des assurances ?

Le 23 février 2018, la nouvelle directive européenne n°2016/97/EU du 20 janvier 2016 sur la distribution en matière d’assurances (Insurance Distributi…

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Tax shelter voor investeringen in startende micro-ondernemingen via crowdfundingplatform stijgt retroactief va…

Heeft u in 2016 een investering in een startende micro-onderneming gedaan via een financieringsvehikel en claimden u of uw boekhouder slechts een bela…

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Laagsteprijsclausules Booking.com in Oostenrijk onwettelijk. Ook België neemt initiatief.

Het Oostenrijks Grondwettelijk Hof heeft zich op 17.10.2017 uitgesproken over de handelswijze van Booking.com waarbij zij hoteleigenaars liet garander…

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Check your family planning now: The reformed inheritance law changes a lot!

Soon much in inheritance law will be changing. For example, the reserves have been adapted, the rules on the valuation of donations are changing, and …

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