On 3 October 2025, the Flemish Government gave preliminary approval to a dr…
In Belgium, employers’ social security contributions have always been due o…
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.
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On 23 January 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued a judgment in response to a request from the Tribunale di Milano (“Milan Court of Fir…
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The European Court of Justice acknowledged the right to be forgotten. But is it really that easy to implement this principle?
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On 7 February 2014, the Belgian federal government issued a press release declaring that the draft Royal Decree creating a Belgian register for nanoma…
Read More« Art. 8/7. Sans préjudice de l’article 4 les installations de transport, quel qu’en soit le bénéficiaire, et tous les travaux réalisés aux fins de l’…
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Many companies currently provide their employees with a mobile phone and accompanying contract, which they can use for private purposes. In a 12 May 2…
Read MoreLes articles 3 à 8 portent sur les installations de production d’électricité à partir des vents dans les espaces marins sur lesquels la Belgique peut …
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The Belgian Privacy Commission (“BPC”) recently addressed the privacy implications concerning the use of dashboard cameras (“dashcams”) in cars.
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The obligations concerning pre-contractual information of commercial collaboration agreements, as introduced by the law of 2005, have been changed on …
Read More1. Le 22 avril 2014 (Moniteur belge du 4 juin 2014), la Chambre des Représentants a adopté en séance plénière un projet de loi portant des disposition…
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Le vendeur d’un immeuble sera tenté de prévoir une clause (dénommée clause d’exonération) dans le contrat de vente qui précise qu’il « ne donne aucune…
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The RSZ/ONSS has recently adopted a new position regarding the CO2 contribution’s applicability vis-à-vis utility vehicles (“utilitaire voertuigen”/”v…
Read MoreThe draft directive introduces a common definition of trade secrets, as well as a means by which victims of trade secret misappropriation can seek red…
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The justices of the peace and the commercial courts have new competences as from 1 July 2014.
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On 6 June 2014, Belgium deposited its instrument of ratification to the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court, joining Sweden, France, Denmark and Aus…
Read MoreThe CJEU held that the reproduction of copyright-protected content on users’ screens and cached on users’ computers while web browsing does not consti…
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Op 12 mei 2014 werd het ‘Decreet van 25 april 2014 houdende het rechtsherstel van ruimtelijke uitvoeringsplannen waarvan de planmilieueffectrapportage…
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Tijdens het WK Voetbal in Brazilië hebben wij u realistische arbeidsrechtelijke situaties geschetst die onverwacht juridische bijstaand vereisen. Nu h…
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Royal Decree n°38 provides that persons appointed with a mandate as director of a Belgian company are irrefutably presumed to perform a self-employed …
Read MoreSuccessful trademarks may become generic and lose their exclusive trademark status. This was once more confirmed by the Court of Justice of the EU in …
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It was with some suspicion and anxiety that the employers’ community awaited for the way the worker’s right to know the motives of the termination of …
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