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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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De bijzondere liquidatiereserve: ook voor u?

De Programmawet van 19 december 2014 (B.S. 29.12.2014) voerde de mogelijkheid in voor een KMO-vennootschap om de gehele of gedeeltelijke winst na bela…

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Huawei v ZTE: ECJ rules on injunction possibility of SEP owner against alleged infringer after a FRAND licensi…

The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) handed down its decision on July 16, 2015 in the caseHuawei v. ZTE (C-170/13). It clarified the possibility for …

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Drones and Privacy: Belgian Privacy Commission Approves Draft Royal Decree

Until a couple of years ago, drones, or remotely piloted aircraft systems (“RPAS”), were only used for military purposes. Recently, however, the techn…

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Can an Internet News Portal be Held Liable for its Readers’ Reactions?

According to a recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, the liability of an Internet news portal, who attracts visitors on the basis of co…

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ECHA Board of Appeal decision on the legality of a SONC – the precedent of Solutia

On 27 July 2015, the ECHA Board of Appeal adopted an important and a first of its kind decision (Case A-019-2013) with regards to the legal nature of …

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Dissolution of companies, public order and abuse of rights

Two recent judgments of the Belgian Supreme Court contain important clarifications concerning the mechanism of the dissolution of companies with insuf…

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Hotel business in Brussels

Since 1 July 2014 and the entry-into-force of the 6th State Reform, the Regions have the authority to regulate matters related to tourism, which inclu…

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Aansprakelijkheid bij herstructurering

Het Franse Hof van Cassatie heeft recent (12 mei) een arrest geveld in een opmerkelijke zaak van aansprakelijkheid voor herstructurering. Een chemisch…

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De Programmawet Gestemd In De Kamer

In juni werd een ontwerp van programmawet bekendgemaakt. Op 24 juli werd de programmawet gestemd in de kamer. Naast fiscale stimuli en diverse be…

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Shape Marks: Guidance on Distinctiveness and Functionality

The acceptance of 3D signs as trade marks is well established, but the grounds for refusal, including whether the public considers 3D signs to be trad…

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Belgian Listed Companies Dashboard - issue n°2

This is the second issue of our dashboard for Belgian listed companies, which covers the first half of 2015. NautaDutilh is pleased to provide Belgian…

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Tax Shift and Budget 2016 Agreement – Detailed overview of measures

This newsflash provides an in-depth overview of the measures in the Tax Shift and Budget 2016 Agreement reached by the Belgian Federal Government on 2…

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Belgian Finance Minister considers new TP Documentation Rules

Against the backdrop of the OECD action plan against Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), the Belgian minister of Finance has announced that trans…

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Social Elections 2016

Next year, in the course of the month of May, social elections for the designation of the personnel representatives at the committee for prevention an…

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Update on the use of the plasticizer DEHP in medical devices

On 17 July 2015, the Council and the European Parliament published a latest version of their Proposal for a Regulation on medical devices and amending…

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Tax structuring: what is still permitted?

After the implementation of the new, Federal, tax abuse provision, the Administrative Circular 8/2012 officially blacklisted the so-called “split deal…

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Legal and Commercial Guarantees for Online Sales

On 1 June 2015, the economic inspectorate of the FPS Finance participated in a European investigation intended to detect violations of the guarantee l…

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De aanbreng van cliënteel en het concurrentiebeding bij handelsvertegenwoordigers

In heel wat arbeidsovereenkomsten voor handelsvertegenwoordigers wordt quasi automatisch een concurrentiebeding voorzien. Waarom zou men dit als werkg…

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The year of the Cayman

The long awaited look-through tax, also referred to as the ‘Cayman tax’, has finally been adopted by the Belgian Federal Parliament on 24 July 2015. A…

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Hertekent Europa straks ons systeem van reprografierechten?

Auteurs en uitgevers krijgen voor het kopiëren van hun beschermde werken een compensatie. Deze compensatie heet ‘reprografie’-vergoeding. Beheersvenno…

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