On 3 October 2025, the Flemish Government gave preliminary approval to a dr…
In Belgium, employers’ social security contributions have always been due o…
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The possibility of creating a property right on a volume unconnected to the soil, without creation of a condominium, has been controversial for many y…
Read MoreIn its judgment of 18 October 2013, the Court of Cassation has definitely settled the issue of the capacity to take legal action by the association of…
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In the case Kone and others before the European Court of Justice following a preliminary reference by the Austrian Supreme Court, Advocate General Kok…
Read MoreBelgium has implemented a new law on SME financing. Whilst the law is primarily aimed at protecting "true" SMEs, the provisions of the law may impact …
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Bij ordonnantie van 2 mei 2013 heeft het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest het nieuwe Brusselse Wetboek van Lucht, Klimaat en Energiebeheersing (het "BWL…
Read MoreArticle 1714 of the Belgian Civil Code and the Code on registration duties, mortgage duties and clerks, as amended by the Act of 21 December 2013, pro…
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On 6 February 2014, the General Court ("GC") dismissed the appeals brought in the heat stabilizers cartel by AC-Treuhand AG, Arkema France and CECA SA…
Read MoreOn 27 May 2013, the legislator passed a new law adjusting certain provisions of the Continuity of Enterprises Act in order to prevent abuses and curb …
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Federal Government reverses measure to no longer subject protection indemnities to social security contributions.
Read MoreFederal Government reverses measure to no longer subject protection indemnities to social security contributions.
Read MoreA recent case reminds us of the fact that, since 2006, the Belgian tax authority has wielded a frightening weapon against directors of companies for l…
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Que l’on se situe dans le cadre d’un bail de résidence principale/à loyers ou commercial, un bon contrat est avant tout un contrat où tant le bailleur…
Read MoreThe Act “unified statute” and the resulting legal provisions have an impact on the regimes of CBA 32bis.
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On 27 February 2014, the Court of Justice ruled in Case C-365/12P (Commission v. EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG and Others) that the Commission is …
Read MoreBook X of the new Code of Economic Law ‘agency agreements, commercial partnership agreements and exclusive distribution agreements’ only repeats the e…
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On 25 February 2014 the European Parliament adopted the long awaited legislation to amend the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR).
Read MoreThe Act of 22 November 2013, published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 10 December 2013, amends the Late Payment Act of 2 August 2002. The Act of 2…
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De wijzigingen van de procedureregels bij de Raad van State volgen elkaar in sneltreinvaart op.
Read MoreA recent decision rendered by the Court of Appeals of Antwerp sheds new light on the question of whether Belgian rules prohibiting announcements of pr…
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UPDATE : The bill introducing class actions proceedings in Belgium has been withdrawn by the Minister of Economic Affairs on Thursday 27 February…
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