News & Articles

13/12/24

New EU Refuelling Guidelines

On 9 October 2024, the European Commission published its guidelines on the interpretation of the refuelling obligations for aircraft operators (“Refue…

10/12/24

Voordelen van alle aard op voorschotten in rekening-courant: exit forfaitaire raming versus werkelijke waarde?…

Uit het antwoord van de minister van Financiën op een recente parlementaire vraag valt af te leiden dat het voordeel van alle aard voor voorschotten i…

05/12/24

The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation One Year On: An Effective Tool or Just More Red Tape?

Just over a year ago, the notification obligations under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) became applicable. Since then, M&A transactions…

26/11/24

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

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

21/11/24

The Cyber Resilience Act - A new step forward for the cybersecurity of Digital products in the EU

The Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on horizontal cybersecurity requ…

18/11/24

Overview of the new legal framework for Designs in the EU - The beginning of a new era for this underused righ…

Often misunderstood and definitely underused, EU design law is about to receive a long-awaited facelift. On 10 October 2024, the Council finally appro…

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