News & Articles

13/11/24

VAT refunds and compliance: from 2025, you better be compliant

In January 2025, the processing of periodic VAT returns (the “VAT chain”) will change in Belgium. With this reform, the VAT authorities intend to make…

08/11/24

E-Evidence in the EU: Fast-Tracking Justice or Fast-Tracking Trouble?

Why is the EU introducing the E-Evidence package? The answer lies in the growing role of electronic evidence in criminal investigations. As more data …

08/11/24

Providing a home for free to a company director as part of its remuneration?

Documenting well is the message. Better late than never !

07/11/24

CEOs and Leaders of Companies: Is the New EU Environmental Crime Directive at the Top of Your Priority List? I…

There is currently a deluge of new EU law being finalized and adopted – particularly on environmental and sustainability issues. At times it may seem …

06/11/24

Het gezag van gewijsde & het éénjarigheidsbeginsel in fiscalibus - een moeilijk huwelijk, ook bij gewijzig…

Het gezag van gewijsde maakt dat een definitieve rechterlijke uitspraak over een geschil doorwerkt naar de toekomst: in een geschil tussen dezelfde pa…

04/11/24

Are You, and Your Supply Chain, Ready for the Deforestation Regulation?

Cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, soya, wood, rubber? Do you sell any of these commodities? Do you sell any products derived, containing or using any …

24/10/24

How can you legally protect your website from being read and copied by AI companies?

Recently, Getty Images filed a lawsuit against Stability AI, accusing it of using copyrighted images to train its AI models without Getty’s consent.

23/10/24

Emigration d’une société belge : dividende imposable pour les actionnaires ?

L’émigration d’une société belge donne-t-elle lieu à un dividende imposable pour ses actionnaires ? Une récente déclaration du ministre des Finances l…

23/10/24

AI Act | Pioneering AI Regulation in Europe

On 12 July 2024, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (the “AI Act”) was published in the EU Official Jou…

22/10/24

EU’s NIS 2 enters into force: compliance is now mandatory

On 18 October 2024, NIS 2 officially came into force across all EU member states. While many member states missed the deadline to create national cybe…

21/10/24

CJEU clarifies “First” Marketing Authorization in SPC Applications

A Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) is an intellectual property right that serves as an extension to a patent right.

18/10/24

Price Reduction Announcements: A Strategy to Circumvent the Obligation to Indicate the Lowest Price Applied Du…

There has long existed an EU Directive 98/6/EC on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to consumers. Article 6a of …

17/10/24

The European Commission’s Draft Guidelines on Exclusionary Abuses: Towards Stricter Enforcement?

14/10/24

The implementation of the NIS2 Directive in Belgium: enhancing cybersecurity resilience

10/10/24

Do You Sell or Manufacture Products in the EU? Then You Should Be Preparing for the New EU Packaging and Packa…

The EU Institutions are currently adding the finishing touches to the new Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (“PPWR”) which is expected to be …

08/10/24

Belgium’s regions pass new registration and inheritance tax rates

Following the Belgian general elections last May and the formation of new regional governments, Belgium has experienced a downward trend in registrati…

08/10/24

Fiscale hervorming | De supernota van De Wever

Er is veel geschreven over de supernota van formateur De Wever, die veelvuldig gedeeld werd op sociale media en in de pers. Deze nota diende, in de ve…

03/10/24

Immigration d’une SICAV dédiée luxembourgeoise : un ruling bienvenu

Le Service des Décisions anticipées a récemment donné son blanc-seing à un transfert de siège d’une SICAV SIF luxembourgeoise vers la Belgique. Cette …

26/09/24

EU Law on Greenwashing and Social-Washing Is Changing – And It Is Likely Going to Have a Wide Impact

The amount of litigation regarding environmental and climate change issues is, perhaps unsurprisingly, growing worldwide.[1] A significant portion of …

25/09/24

L’éternel problème de la double imposition des dividendes de source étrangère

Les investisseurs belges sont confrontés à un éternel problème de double imposition de leurs dividendes de source étrangère. Dans certains cas, ils pe…