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Liberius welcomes new EU Competition and Trade Law Partner in Brussels

Liberius is thrilled to announce the arrival of David Henry as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU, Competition & Trade Practice. David, a member of the Brussels Bar and a quali…

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Toestemming voor boekenonderzoek: geen vrijgeleide voor fiscale visitatie

In een arrest van 3 oktober 2024 heeft het Hof van Cassatie de krijtlijnen voor een fiscale visitatie verder afgebakend en daarbij nogmaals het belang van een geldige toestemming b…

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Laura Jakobs Joins DALDEWOLF: A New Asset for the EU Law Practice

DALDEWOLF is pleased to announce the arrival of Laura Jakobs in its European Union law team. Laura brings significant expertise in European litigation.

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The Cyber Resilience Act - A new step forward for the cybers…

The Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 of the European Parlia…

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18/11/24
Overview of the new legal framework for Designs in the EU - …

Often misunderstood and definitely underused, EU design law is about to rec…

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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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Facilitation for Belgium-Luxembourg cross-border workers

The Belgian and Luxembourg governments had a joint meeting on 5 February in Brussels and came to an agreement with respect to cross-border employment …

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Constitutional Court annuls the tax on conversion of bearer securities

On 5 February 2015, the Belgian Constitutional Court rendered a judgement that annuls tax on the conversion of bearer securities, due to its inco…

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Onderworpenheid van intercommunales, intergemeentelijk samenwerkingsverbanden en projectverenigingen aan de ve…

In de op 19 december 2014 goedgekeurde Programmawet (Belgisch Staatsblad van 29 december 2014), wordt voorzien in de principiële onderworpenheid van i…

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Websites Can Contractually Restrict Third Party Scraping of Their Data

E-commerce service providers can contractually prevent other websites from copying factual information from their website for commercial use, such as …

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Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters - a new regulation appl…

On 12 December 2012 , Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement o…

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De beoordelingsmethodiek bij overheidsopdrachten vooraf bekendmaken of niet? Aan het Hof van Justitie om hiero…

De beoordelingsmethode of -methodiek is de wijze waarop door de aanbestedende overheid, bij de evaluatie van de offertes, de beoordelingselementen ver…

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Aviation & Transport News: Judgment By Court Of Justice Requires Air Carriers To Indicate The Final Price …

The Court of Justice has specified that a computerised booking system must, from the outset, indicate the final price to be paid for each flight from …

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Reserveringswebsites voor vliegtickets moeten op elk ogenblik de correcte prijs voor een vliegticket tonen, ze…

Het Europees Hof van Justitie deed op 15 januari 2015 uitspraak in een zaak die al enkele jaren aansleept en waarin Air Berlin gedagvaard werd door ee…

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Gestolen data en de fiscus: hoe zit dat in België?

Nooit eerder liepen we met z'n allen een groter risico dat onze financiële gegevens op straat terechtkomen. Een medewerker van een bank of een adviesk…

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Benefit in kind – Private use of a company car: Updated formula for 2015

The new reference CO2 emission for calculating the taxable benefit in kind for the private use of a company car in the hands of company directors and …

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New Tax Shelter rules for audiovisual productions: lower threshold for investors and more formalities for prod…

On 1 January 2015, new rules governing Belgium's tax shelter exemption for investments in audiovisual productions have entered into force. Framework a…

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Money laundering: EU institutions agree on central registers

On 16 December 2014, the European Parliament (‘EP') and the EU Council have reached political agreement on the revision of the EU AntiMoney Laundering…

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The General Court overturned SP fine for erroneous application of 10 pc. fine cap

On 9 December 2014, the General Court ("GC") issued nine separate judgments on appeals against the Commission's second adoption of the Italian steel b…

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The Court of Justice ruled that minimum fee provisions in collective agreements for "false self-employed" pers…

On 4 December 2014, the Court of Justice gave its ruling on whether fee conditions in collective agreements between employers and self-employed servic…

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EU Data Protection Rules May Apply to Home Surveillance Cameras

On 11 December 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment on a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Su…

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Belgium may not impose stricter conditions than the EU for price announcement reductions

By a judgment of the 10th of July 2014, the European Court of Justice sanctioned the Kingdom of Belgium for, inter alia, imposing via the national leg…

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ECJ Ruling on Application of Article 101(1) TFEU to Collective Labour Agreements for Self-Employed Service Pro…

On 4 December 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment regarding the application of Article 101 of the Trea…

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Verhoging taks op beursverrichtingen

De Programmawet van 19 december 2014 voorziet in een verhoging van de taks op de beursverrichtingen en dit vanaf 1 januari 2015. De taks op de beursve…

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The Rubik's cube is a valid three-dimensional trademark (General Court of the European Union, 25 November 2014…

The General Court of the European Union ruled that a three-dimensional representation of the Rubik's cube is a valid Community trademark, given that t…

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Public libraries may, under certain conditions, digitalise books in their collections without the author’s con…

On the 11th of September the European Court of Justice handed down a decision clarifying the lawfulness of the digitalisation of books by public libra…

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