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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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14/04/17
Informal tax practice regarding stock options and personal service companies now prohibited, but tolerated for…

Yesterday, on 13 April, a circular letter (Dutch/French) was issued by the Belgian General Tax Administration that puts an end to a discussion that ha…

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13/04/17
Waarom de automatische gegevensuitwisseling tot een fiscaal bloedbad zou kunnen leiden

"Voor Belgen die hun vermogen in het buitenland verbergen zal de temperatuur vanaf dit jaar sneller stijgen dan ooit tevoren"

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13/04/17
Transfer taxes in case of cancellation of a sale agreement – Status in the three Regions

Following the Flemish and Walloon Regions, Brussels finally introduced the possibility to cancel an agreement related to the transfer of a real estate…

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10/04/17
Hotel City Tax in Brussels

In our last Real Estate Quarterly, we mentioned the transfer of the current “City Tax” from the Municipalities to the Region for harmonisation purpose…

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07/04/17
Enhanced competition enforcement: recent European Commission initiatives

The European Commission is determined to enhance competition law enforcement within the EU. In March 2017, the competition watchdog issued a proposal …

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05/04/17
Introductie UBO-register

Op 20 mei 2015 werd de vierde anti-witwasrichtlijn aangenomen door het Europees Parlement en de Raad. In uitvoering van deze Europese maatregel heeft…

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05/04/17
Vlaanderen: afstand van erfrechtelijk vruchtgebruik onderworpen aan schenkbelasting

In een recent gepubliceerde ruling (nr. 17001 dd. 23.01.2017) spreekt VLABEL zich uit over een verzaking van erfrechtelijk vruchtgebrui…

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04/04/17
Belgian approval for the Multilateral Agreement on Exchange of Financial Account Information

On 23 March 2017, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft bill which implements the multilateral competent authority agreement on the a…

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04/04/17
Interne meerwaarden – ongewenste neveneffecten nieuwe regels volstort kapitaal ?

Met ingang van 1 januari 2017 zijn de regels gewijzigd met betrekking tot de vorming van volstort kapitaal bij inbreng van aandelen (Programmawet…

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03/04/17
EU Commission not bound by fine range proposed during settlement discussions when company withdraws from settl…

On 12 January 2017, the Court of Justice dismissed the appeal of Timab and its parent company Roullier and confirmed the fine of almost EUR 60 million…

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29/03/17
Siemens files EU notification of planned merger with Spanish wind-turbine maker Gamesa

Siemens has filed the notification of its planned merger between its wind-power business unit and the Spanish wind-turbine maker Gamesa before the Eur…

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28/03/17
Internationale tewerkstelling en de 183 dagen regel – Tellen privédagen nog steeds mee?

Als een inwoner van het ene land, (ook) werkt in een ander land, rijst de vraag in welk land zijn loon belastbaar is.

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24/03/17
New Tax Deduction for Income from Innovation

On 2 February 2017, the House of Representatives adopted a bill providing for a new tax deduction for income from innovation. The new rules entered in…

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23/03/17
Aftrek innovatie-inkomsten

Op de ministerraad van 2 december 2016 bereikten de regeringspartijen een akkoord over een nieuwe aftrek voor innovatie-inkomsten. Deze is tot stand g…

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20/03/17
Btw en samenwerkingsverbanden - impact van de gewijzigde regels voor kostendelende verenigingen

Er bestaan tal van samenwerkingsvormen waarbij ondernemingen, zelfstandigen en vrije beroepen hun activiteiten groeperen. Deze samenwerkingsvormen kun…

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20/03/17
Stricter penalties in the food sector: European Parliament adopts new rules on official controls

On 15 March 2017, the European Parliament adopted a codified legislation on official controls, which tightens rules on financial penalties, establishe…

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17/03/17
Les droits d’enregistrement pour le cas où il est mis fin amiablement à un contrat de vente: Bruxelles rattrap…

L’Ordonnance du 12 décembre 2016 portant sur la deuxième partie de la réforme fiscale modifie la réglementation relative aux droits d’enregistrement p…

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16/03/17
Absence de droit à l'oubli pour les données personnelles figurant dans le registre des sociétés

Le Cour de justice de l'Union Européenne (CJUE) a rendu ce 9 mars 2017 une décision fort intéressante à la croisée du droit des sociétés et du droit d…

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16/03/17
Commission imposes fines totaling EUR 68 million on three car battery recycling companies for their participat…

The European Commission has imposed EUR 68 million fines on Campine, Eco-Bat Technologies and Recylex for fixing prices for the purchase of scrap auto…

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13/03/17
Benefit in kind for free housing granted by a company ruled unconstitutional by two Courts of appeal

The Courts of appeal of Ghent and Antwerp recently ruled that the different tax treatment the benefit in kind resulting from free housing, if the hous…

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