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Alles wat u nodig hebt om succesvol te ondernemen in de advocatuur

Een advocatenkantoor leiden is meer dan alleen het recht beheersen. Het is ook ondernemen: met visie, structuur en durf. Daarom lanceert de Orde van Vlaamse Balies twee nieuwe hulp…

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Universités d’hiver 2026 - les inscriptions sont ouvertes

Après le succès des Universités d’été, AVOCATS.BE vous présente sa première édition hivernale : une journée de formation et de réflexion, le 21 janvier 2026, au Château de Courrièr…

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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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03/11/25
Significant update for family businesses in Flanders

On 3 October 2025, the Flemish Government gave preliminary approval to a dr…

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30/10/25
Pay more to your employees and less to the social security r…

In Belgium, employers’ social security contributions have always been due o…

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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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Belgian Government Announces a Decrease of Labour Cost by Lowering the Employer’s Contribution to 25%

The Belgian federal government has announced a considerable decrease in the social security contributions of employers in the context of the so-called…

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Does business relocation to Flanders equal employment documents translation?

With its recently published ruling of 13 February 2015, the Brussels Labour Court of Appeal seems to reverse its previous case law by ruling that an e…

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The Act on the Uniform Status partially declared void by the Constitutional Court

In its recent Arrest of September 17, the Court declared void two provisions of the 26 December 2013 Act on the uniform status which entered into…

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Confidentiality Agreements Are Not Data Processing Agreements

Companies often rely on third parties to manage their websites, host databases, maintain their IT infrastructure, organize marketing campaigns, etc.

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Are you creating “Superior Value” for your clients?

Many firms and professionals claim that their fundamental strategic objective is to create superior value for their clients. If you are one …

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Betere consumentenbescherming in EU vanaf 1 januari via Online Dispute Resolution platform

E-commerce groeit nog steeds erg snel in de EU, vooral ook in een aantal landen die in tegenstelling tot Nederland en Duitsland in eerste instantie de…

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Tax shift and federal budget measures

The announced set of tax measures aimed at balancing the federal budget for 2015/16, including the so-called ‘tax shift’ (a shift from taxes on labour…

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HR-law overview for the fall of 2015

Companies that usually have, on average, more than 50 or 100 employees, must organize social elections to install respectively a Health and Safety Com…

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L'accord transatlantique sur l'échange de données en matières judiciaire et de police

Les négociateurs européens et américains viennent d'arriver à un accord-cadre sur l'échange de données personnelles en matières judicaire et de police…

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Moderating an invalid non-competition clause: the Supreme Court’s recent case law

On 23 January 2015, the Supreme Court delivered a judgment concerning the moderation of an invalid non-competition clause in a business transfer agree…

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Dringende reden en beschermde werknemers: herhaling van de procedure

Een werkgever die een beschermde werknemer wenst te ontslaan moet hiervan de nationale, representatieve werknemersorganisatie op de hoogte brengen, zo…

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Possible adjustment to the tax-free amount for tax equalisation for foreign executives

The Belgian tax authorities have recently introduced some changes to the so-called “technical note” detailing the calculation of the recurring tax-fre…

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The Accounting Directive’s transposition: the impact on Belgian corporate law

Although the deadline to transpose the Accounting Directive 2013/34/EU into Belgian law elapsed on 20 July 2015, the Belgian legislator failed to tran…

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Advocate General Bot Proposes That CJEU Declare the Safe Harbor Invalid

On September 23, 2015, Advocate General Yves Bot delivered an opinion on the issue of the transfer of personal data from Facebook Ireland to Facebook …

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Hoofdelijke aansprakelijkheid voor sociale en fiscale schulden bij werken in onroerende staat uitgebreid naar …

De nieuwe regeling inzake de hoofdelijke aansprakelijkheid voor sociale en fiscale schulden bij werken in onroerende staat werd uitgebreid naar d…

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EU Court clarifies the calculation of SVHC in articles and related notification duties

On 10 September 2015, the European Court of Justice delivered an important judgment in case C-106/14 Fédération des entreprises du commerce et de…

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Nederlandse dividendbelasting in strijd met Europees recht!

Op 17 september 2015 heeft het Europees Hof van Justitie zijn oordeel geveld in de zaak Miljoen, Société Générale e.a. Het Hof oordeelt dat …

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Constitutional Court rules deviating notice periods for blue-collar construction workers discriminatory

With its 17 September 2015 ruling, the Constitutional Court added a new chapter to the ongoing discussion around the discrimination between blue- and …

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Lichaamsmateriaal en onderzoek - Vermoeden van toestemming bij een overleden donor?

Een patiënt komt te overlijden in het ziekenhuis. Bij deze patiënt werd een zeer agressief gezwel vastgesteld met een tot op heden ongekend proliferat…

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Increase of the retirement pension age and conditions for early retirement

On 21 August 2015 the Act of 10 August 2015 pertaining to the increase of the legal retirement pension age, the conditions for early retirement and th…

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