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21/06/24
21/06/24
Crowell & Moring launches its Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group in Brussels

Marcus Navin-Jones has joined Crowell & Moring’s Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group as a senior counsel in the Brussels office, bringing in-depth experience advis…

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19/06/24
19/06/24
Ne manquez pas les Universités d'été d'AVOCATS.BE – Inscrivez-vous aujourd'hui

Nous sommes ravis de constater votre enthousiasme pour la 8ème édition des Universités d’été qui aura lieu les 20 et 21 août 2024 au magnifique Château-ferme de Courrière. Avec déj…

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10/01/24
10/01/24
New LLM opportunity in Belgium: VUB-BSoG transforms its LLM to evening classes and announces ne…

The Brussels School of Governance (BSoG) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has announced a significant overhaul of its English-taught LLM in International and European Law pr…

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01/07/24
Brussels Court of Appeal Prohibits the Rebranding of a Gener…

The Judgment of the Brussels Court of Appeal is the latest development in t…

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28/06/24
Belgium gears up to enforce the EU Deforestation Regulation

The EU Deforestation Regulation (‘EUDR’) was published in the Official Jour…

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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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05/10/18
Unauthorised Re-posting of Protected Content Constitutes Copyright Infringement, according to Court of Justice…

On 7 August 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) delivered its first copyright judgment of 2018. The ECJ held in case C-161/17…

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02/10/18
Withholding tax evasion and avoidance: new measures announced

Last Friday, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft bill of law aimed at fighting several situations of Belgian WHT (Withholding Tax) evasi…

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24/09/18
EU Parliament adopts new Copyright Directive

On 12 September 2018, the European Parliament adopted a new draft Copyright Directive (the so called “Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Mar…

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21/09/18
Binding nature A1 forms and notion of posting: CJEU confirms and clarifies

In a recent judgement, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) again confirmed the binding nature of an A1 form – even when issued retroactively – for b…

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14/09/18
Het “ontslagverbod” bij overdracht van onderneming

Een overdracht van onderneming vormt op zichzelf voor de overdrager of de verkrijger geen reden tot ontslag. Maar dat “ontslagverbod” vormt geen belet…

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31/08/18
35th anniversary of the Belgian expatriate “special tax regime” – Part 2

Belgium has an attractive special tax regime for foreign executives and specialised employees temporarily employed in Belgium. 8 August was its 35th (…

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22/08/18
The due date for the corporate income tax return and the transfer pricing form is approaching: are you in cont…

Following the communication of the Belgian tax authorities, Belgian companies (and foreign companies with a Belgian establishment) with a financi…

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17/08/18
Update: btw en onroerende verhuur – nieuw vanaf 1/1/19

Het wetsontwerp is op 31 juli 2018 bij de Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers ingediend. Bijgevolg wordt de hervorming van de btw-regels inzake onroeren…

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17/08/18
Loutere ‘kantoorbelasting’ strijdig met het gelijkheidsbeginsel (bis)

Het hof van beroep te Brussel treedt de rechtspraak van de fiscale rechter te Brussel bij met betrekking tot het verschillend tarief van de "kant…

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10/08/18
The European Commission updates its investigation against Qualcomm over UMTS baseband chips

Qualcomm has received an additional Statement of Objections (“SoO”) from the European Commission within the framework of a predatory pricing investiga…

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09/08/18
Belgium – European Commission welcomes Belgian Supreme Court ruling removing one more hurdle in claim for dama…

On 22 March 2018, the Belgian Supreme Court (the “Supreme Court”) dismissed an appeal against an interim judgment of the Brussels Court of Appeal (the…

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03/08/18
The European Commission fines Google EUR4.34 billion for abuse of dominance

The European Commission has found that Google has been imposing illegal restrictions on Android device manufacturers and mobile network operators to c…

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02/08/18
EU and Japan agree on free flows of personal data – Will South Korea be next in line?

On 17 July 2018, the European Union and Japan successfully concluded negotiations on the reciprocal finding of an adequate level of protection for per…

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01/08/18
Innovation Income Deduction: FAQ published

The Belgian Tax Authorities have published a long awaited list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) with respect to the Innovation Income Deduction (II…

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27/07/18
CJEU in Truvada case: no SPC for A+B (unless "the claims relate necessarily and specifically to that combinati…

Today (25.07), the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has rendered a long awaited decision in a dispute revolving around the supplementar…

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26/07/18
Expected changes in employers’ tax reporting obligations of some equity incentives

When foreign headquartered companies grant stock options to employees of their Belgian subsidiaries, such option grants, where taxable at grant, are A…

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23/07/18
Belastingvrije kapitaalverminderingen versus belaste dividenduitkeringen bij holdings – een verhaal van fiscaa…

In een uitspraak van begin dit jaar besluit de rechtbank van eerste aanleg te West-Vlaanderen (afdeling Brugge) dat de loutere opeenvolging van divide…

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23/07/18
Tip 10:Het verzoek tot rechtzetting: een nieuwigheid in de fiscale procedure

-  Bijkomende bezwaarprocedure sinds 1 mei 2018. -  Beperkte draagwijdte. -  Bedoeld om evidente fouten in de beslissing van de advis…

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20/07/18
Tip 9: Aandelenopties zonder fiscaal risico

-  De forfaitaire belasting op aandelenopties is vooraf verschuldigd. -  Bij verlies is de werknemer de ingehouden bedrijfsvoorheffing kwij…

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19/07/18
4,3 milliards : amende record infligée à Google

Google a exigé des fabricants qu’ils préinstallent l’application Google Search et son navigateur (Chrome) comme condition à l’octroi de la licence pou…

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