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Manifestation nationale du monde judiciaire

Le 20 mars 2025, au 10ème anniversaire de la 'Journée de l’état de droit', magistrats et avocats avaient remis ensemble à Madame la ministre de la justice Verlinden la lettre de re…

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Lawyer Leader Manager - Programme de formation en gestion et leadership

Les avocats sont déjà experts en droit et en procédure, mais la gestion d'un cabinet nécessite des compétences spécifiques auxquelles ils doivent également se former. Conscient d…

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Baker McKenzie Welcomes New Energy & Infrastructure Team to Brussels Office

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Energy & Infrastructure team in Brussels, effective 1 November. The team includes David Haver…

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Deactivation of mailbox and phone number after termination o…

In a decision of 7 October 2025, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data…

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Cyber-fraud and banking vigilance: French case law and lesso…

Recent French judgments from the Nantes Judicial Court have drawn a clear l…

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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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Life insurance - Follow up on tax information exchange EU Directive proposal on administrative cooperation in …

We reported in our Newsletters 2009/02 and n°2009/03 on the new OECD standards with regard to information exchange in tax matters (and their na-tional…

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Assurance vie Homicide volontaire: le fait intentionnel est une déchéance … et non une exclusion

Par un arrêt du 3 mars 2011 , la Cour de cassation se prononce, une fois encore, sur la dichotomie bien connue du droit des assurances et qui pousse à…

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End of the bank secrecy?

The law recently approved by the Parliament (on 23 March) enlarges the number of cases in which the tax authorities would be authorized to request inf…

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Tax exemption on migration of company’s seat extended to all Belgian companies

The transfer of a Belgian company’s seat to another Member State of the European Union can benefit from the tax exemption, if the operation affects a …

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Cancellation of the obligation to employ a registered contractor

Recently filed in the House of Representatives, the draft “Act introducing various provisions” contains, among its modifications, the cancellation of …

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Assurances de responsabilité Responsabilité de l’entrepreneur: l’action en garantie des vices cachés

Une décision très intéressante a été prononcée ré-cemment par la cour d’appel de Liège, dans un litige qui opposait une entreprise industrielle, qui a…

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Insurance in general (Luxembourg) Changes in the anti-money laundering and in the supervision legislation

The law dd. October 27th, 2010 (Memorial n°193, No-vember 3rd, 2010) brought several innovations in re-spect of anti-money laundering regulations in L…

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Assurances de personnes - Discrimination hommes/femmes La CJUE rend un arrêt « historique »

L’arrêt du 1er mars 2011 de la Cour de Justice de l’U-nion européenne (ci-après « CJUE ») était pour le moins attendu, voire redouté par le secteur de…

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Under penalty of nullity

Specifications – acceptability of the tenders

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The European Commission publishes a guide to taking account of social considerations in public procurement

Public procurements – social considerations – European Commission’s practical guide.

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De European Commission publishes a green paper on the modernisation of EU procurement policy

Public procurements – consultation – proposal of Legal modifications

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Is the use of action for discontinuance possible within the framework of public procurement?

Action for discontinuance – honest commercial customs – public procurements – banned from the continuation of the contract.

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Asset/property managers : obligation to register with IPI in the absence of a prospective European passport

Managers of properties located in Belgium must register with IPI. This obligation rests on both Belgian and foreign managers. This situation could evo…

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Cancellation of the obligation to employ a registered contractor

Recently filed in the House of Representatives, the draft “Act introducing various provisions” contains, among its modifications, the cancellation of …

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Law proposal regarding the amendment of the rules governing retaill leases

This proposal is intended to amend several points of the law on retail leases dated 30 April 1951, namely the rules regarding the renewal of the lease…

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Repair and maintenance in lease agreements – who takes care of what?

A short overview of the legal regime and its application in practice.

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Assurances de responsabilité - RC auto La compétence du tribunal de première instance et les pénalités dues en…

Le tribunal de police de Verviers a eu récemment à se prononcer sur la question de savoir si un litige portant sur l’application de l’article 14 de la…

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The harmonization of the statutes of blue- and white-collar workers as provided for in the Interprofessional A…

The Council of Ministers approved, on 25 February, the final act and decrees relating to the execution of the mediation proposition of the Federal Gov…

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Harsh liability of directors of companies facing difficulties

A recent decision of the Court of Appeal of Mons reiterates the rigour of the principle embodied in article 633 of the Belgian Companies Code and the …

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Stock-options plans : «From bonus granted to high management to financing source for small and medium-size com…

More and more managers of small and medium-size companies decide to refinance their companies through the granting of stock options to their employees…

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