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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!
Since the recent publication of new EU-legislation, the EU Trade Mark is getting finalised since the start of the ongoing reforming plans in 2008…
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The GDPR will inevitably impact a larger number of companies than before. The GDPR will indeed apply to any business that acts as a data controller or…
Read MoreIn December 2015 a political agreement about new EU data protection rules was reached following final negotiations between the Parliament, the Council…
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The BIPT Council – MMs Hamande, Cuvellier, Desmedt and Vanfleteren – yesterday faced a federal parliamentary hearing. At the hearing, the BIPT Council…
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Het belang van zowel “e-commerce”, als “buitengerechtelijke geschillenbeslechting” is de laatste maanden in België in aanzienlijke mate aan het toenem…
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Het privacy thema staat al een tijdje bovenaan de agenda van bedrijven en bewindvoerders. Recentelijk heeft de Europese Commissie een akkoord gesloten…
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On 9 January 2016, EU Regulation 524/2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes entered into force.
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De Verordening n°2015/2424[1] tot wijziging van de Verordening inzake het Gemeenschapsmerk werd op 24 december 2015 gepubliceerd en zal in werking tre…
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After the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) declared the Safe Harbour Decision invalid in its judgement of 6 October 2016, the European Comm…
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The EU Commission and the US have agreed on a new framework for transatlantic data flows, named "the EU-US Privacy Shield". This, however, does not me…
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In October 2015, we reported on the invalidation by the European Court of Justice (the “CJEU”) of the “Safe Harbour” regime for personal data exports …
Read MoreEU trade mark reform is finally happening, as on 15 December 2015 the EU trade mark reform package was adopted by the European Parliament.
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Fin décembre 2015, le Conseil et le Parlement européen sont parvenus à un accord sur le projet de directive dite "cyber-sécurité". Le texte fina…
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Yesterday it was announced that the EU and the US have reached a political agreement on Safe Harbour, the "EU-US Privacy Shield". The previous Sa…
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Pursuant to article 9 of the Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications (the “Act”), an electronic communication service provider (the “service …
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In October 2015, we reported on the invalidation by the European Court of Justice of the “Safe Harbour” regime for personal data exports from the EU t…
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Now that the holidays are behind us, with the exception of a belated New Year's drink here and there, it's business as usual and thus time to dig a li…
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In October 2015, we reported on the invalidation by the European Court of Justice of the “Safe Harbour” regime for personal data exports from the EU t…
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Medische gegevens van maar liefst 150.000 onderzoeken binnen de Emmaüs-groep zouden zijn uitgelekt. Het Nederlandse consumentenprogramma “Meldpunt” kw…
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On 1 December 2015, the Court of Cassation dismissed an appeal lodged by Yahoo! against the ruling of the Court of Appeal of Antwerpen of 20 November …
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