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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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Chinese outbound M&A in 2016 reached record levels, with announced transactions equaling USD 408bn, double…

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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Wet Werkbaar en Wendbaar Werk goedgekeurd door de Kamer

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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New Crowdfunding Rules

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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The CJEU decides: it is lawful to exclude Turkish Agents from the Belgian Agency Act’s scope

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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EU must pay damages for excessively long court proceedings for first time

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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Commission sends letter of formal notice to 21 Member States for failing to transpose the EU Damages Directive…

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…

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Revealing the existence of a cartel can make a big difference: Johnson Controls avoids a EUR 38.5 million fine…

On 8 February 2017, the Commission adopted a cartel matter decision in the car battery recycling sector.

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General data retention obligation once again under legal crossfire

The difficult history behind the data retention legislation, i.e., Data Retention Directive 2006/24, at both European and national levels is quite kno…

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Collaborative economy: new legal framework enters into full force on 1 March 2017

On 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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Le projet de Loi Peeters (travail faisable et maniable) a été adopté à la Chambre – Quelle flexibilité ces mes…

Le 5 janvier 2017, le projet de loi concernant le travail faisable et maniable a été déposé à la Chambre. Ce projet a été adopté le 23 février. La plu…

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Arco Guarantee Found Incompatible with EU Law

On 21 December 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) delivered a judgment on the guarantee scheme granted by Belgium to three finan…

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GDPR – Obligations of data processors

This update aims to provide you with a practical overview of the most relevant changes resulting from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a…

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Article 29 Working Party guidelines on data portability, data protection officers, and lead supervisory author…

The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will come into effect on 25 May 2018. It will have  significant impact on how companies handle th…

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Prohibition of Sales at a Loss: Supreme Court Ruling

On 16 September 2016, the Supreme Court held that the prohibition of sales at a loss as laid down in Article 101, §1 of the now repealed and replaced …

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Council agrees its position on hybrid mismatches with third countries

Following to the European Commission’s proposal on amendments to the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) as part of the Corporate Tax P…

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General Court awards damages for failure to adjudicate within a reasonable time

On 10 January 2017, the General Court ("GC") ruled on the non-contractual liability of EU institutions in an action for damages brought by Gascog…

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Flexible Employment of Students: New Rules

As a general rule, every employee, even if a student, must pay social security contributions (13.07 %) to the National Social Security Office (Rijksdi…

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Law on innovation income deduction: finally published

Finally, the new innovation income deduction (IID) has entered into force. Today, on 20 February 2017, the law with respect the IID has been…

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New European Commission decisions in Lübeck airport case

On 21 December 2016, the Court of Justice of the EU confirmed the General Court Judgment annulling a Commission decision on the issue of selectivity u…

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GDPR Series Part 6: Legal Grounds for Processing

The GDPR does not change the legal grounds for processing. However, certain interpretations and practices are now expressly included in the GDPR, as f…

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