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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!
This April 13, the Article 29 Working Party (WP 29, which includes the EU national data protection authorities) expressed its concerns regarding the P…
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On 6 October 2015, the CJEU invalidated the U.S. Safe Harbor. The EU Commission then published a draft adequacy decision on 29 February, putting in p…
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2016 is een jaar vol veranderingen voor het Europees en nationale merkenrecht. Op 23 maart 2016 is de nieuwe merkenverordening in werking getreden (Ve…
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Het Luikse hof van beroep heeft in een recent arrest van 16 februari 2016 (bron Juristenkrant) het gebruik van Facebookfoto’s toegelaten als…
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Lawmakers and experts have voiced doubts about the value of new rules proposed by the European Commission to protect the privacy of EU citizens' data …
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On 13 January 2016, the President of the Dutch-speaking section of the Brussels Commercial Court (the “Court”) ordered supermarket chain Aldi and brew…
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Het zal u maar overkomen, u spendeert jaarlijks ettelijke bedragen aan communicatie en het zorgvuldig opbouwen van uw reputatie evenals die van uw bed…
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While some people never stopped believing that the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") would one day become a reality, others had started to d…
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Further to the invalidation of the Safe Harbor by the European Court of Justice on 6 October 2015, the legal uncertainty on personal data tr…
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The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (“BEREC”) has published the final version of its Report on OTT services. This rep…
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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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