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02/06/21

More Brexit Consequences: the Situation of British EU Officials Having Acquired Belgian Nationality

The withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) has had – and will still have – numerous legal consequences in various areas. O…

01/06/21

COVID-19: EU General Court upholds Ryanair’s appeals against aid to KLM and TAP

On 19 May 2021, in its judgments T-643/20 and T-465/20, the General Court of the European Union annulled two decisions of the European …

28/05/21

COVID-19: the European Commission approves EUR 392,000 Belgian aid for the Waterloo 1815 Memorial

On 18 May 2021, the European Commission approved an aid of EUR 392,000 to compensate for the damage suffered by SA Kléber Rossillon Waterloo, in charg…

20/05/21

Far-reaching EU tax reform plans announced: what they could mean for corporate taxpayers

On 18 May 2021, the European Commission issued a communication on “Business Taxation for the 21st Century”. The announcements made therein are expecte…

19/05/21

Op weg naar de alwetendheid van de fiscus? DAC 7 gepubliceerd, DAC 8 op komst

De fiscus weet al behoorlijk veel over de burgers en een groot deel van die informatie is opgeslagen in een “datawarehouse”.

19/05/21

European Commission Proposal on Foreign Subsidies: Towards a Globalization of EU State Aid Control?

On May 5, 2021, the European Commission unveiled a proposal for a Regulation “on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market.” This leg…

19/05/21

The zero-emission company car as the new standard

As mentioned in our newsflash of 21 April 2021, the text of the government declaration indicated that it was the intention to modify the tax…

17/05/21

Sustainable taxonomy in the aviation sector: European Commission publishes Steer’s study on projects and inves…

In the aviation sector, identifying "green" economic activities and projects is not an easy task. The European Commission has published Steer's study …

12/05/21

EU lower court annuls State aid decision in Amazon case but upholds finding of State aid in ENGIE case

On 12 May 2021, the General Court of the EU issued its judgments concerning the appeals brought by Amazon and Luxembourg, respectively ENGIE and Luxem…

12/05/21

Coronavirus raises various tax questions in Belgium

The rapid spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) leads to far-reaching measures at home and abroad.

11/05/21

Proposed Regulation against Harmful Foreign Subsidies in the European Union

On 5 May 2021, the European Commission (the “Commission”) proposed a legislation that regulates foreign subsidies causing some distortion of competiti…

10/05/21

Violation of merger control procedural rules

On 3 May 2021, the European Commission fined chemical maker Sigma-Aldrich EUR 7.5 million for providing misleading information during merger control p…

06/05/21

EU Commission proposes new investigative review tools to tackle market distortions by foreign subsidies

On 5 May 2021, the European Commission proposed the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on foreign subsidies distorting the inter…

03/05/21

Les 40 milliards euros d’argent noir sur les comptes belges, une manne financière idéale pour renflouer les ca…

Dans un rapport explosif de février 2021, la Cour des comptes exhorte le gouvernement à “porter plus d’attention” aux 40 milliards d’euros de capitaux…

30/04/21

How to protect your data in times of digital audits?

In the pre-covid-19 era, data dumps were performed by the tax authorities during dawn raids at the premises of audited companies.

29/04/21

Collusie bij overheidsopdrachten – Europese Commissie reikt richtsnoeren aan

Met collusie, doorgaans ‘bid rigging’ genoemd, worden illegale afspraken tussen ondernemers bedoeld, die erop gericht zijn de vrije mededinging in de …

29/04/21

Les assurances-vies de la branche 23, la taxe Caïman et la taxe sur les comptes-titres : un trio infernal…

Lorsqu’un particulier investit dans un portefeuille-titres, il subit en principe le précompte mobilier (au taux de 30%) sur ses revenus mobiliers. Cer…

27/04/21

European Commission public consultation on aid for research, development and innovation

On 8 April 2021, the European Commission has launched a public consultation inviting interested parties to submit their comments on the proposed …

23/04/21

EU Whistleblower Directive: New standards applicable across all sectors

To guarantee an EU-wide minimum standard for the protection of whistleblowers, the European Union adopted the Whistleblower Directive in December 2019…

23/04/21

Digitalisation of public administration: State aid considerations of the Recovery and Resilience Facility

The modernisation of the public sector with the adoption of new technologies aims at increasing efficiencies in the sector’s activities and as such ha…

21/06/24

21/06/24

Crowell & Moring launches its Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group in Brussels

19/06/24

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

10/01/24

10/01/24

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

01/07/24

Brussels Court of Appeal Prohibits the Rebranding of a Gener…

28/06/24

Belgium gears up to enforce the EU Deforestation Regulation

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02/06/21

More Brexit Consequences: the Situation of British EU Officials Having Acquired Belgian Nationality

01/06/21

COVID-19: EU General Court upholds Ryanair’s appeals against aid to KLM and TAP

28/05/21

COVID-19: the European Commission approves EUR 392,000 Belgian aid for the Waterloo 1815 Memorial

20/05/21

Far-reaching EU tax reform plans announced: what they could mean for corporate taxpayers

19/05/21

Op weg naar de alwetendheid van de fiscus? DAC 7 gepubliceerd, DAC 8 op komst

19/05/21

European Commission Proposal on Foreign Subsidies: Towards a Globalization of EU State Aid Control?

19/05/21

The zero-emission company car as the new standard

17/05/21

Sustainable taxonomy in the aviation sector: European Commission publishes Steer’s study on projects and inves…

12/05/21

EU lower court annuls State aid decision in Amazon case but upholds finding of State aid in ENGIE case

12/05/21

Coronavirus raises various tax questions in Belgium

11/05/21

Proposed Regulation against Harmful Foreign Subsidies in the European Union

10/05/21

Violation of merger control procedural rules

06/05/21

EU Commission proposes new investigative review tools to tackle market distortions by foreign subsidies

03/05/21

Les 40 milliards euros d’argent noir sur les comptes belges, une manne financière idéale pour renflouer les ca…

30/04/21

How to protect your data in times of digital audits?

29/04/21

Collusie bij overheidsopdrachten – Europese Commissie reikt richtsnoeren aan

29/04/21

Les assurances-vies de la branche 23, la taxe Caïman et la taxe sur les comptes-titres : un trio infernal…

27/04/21

European Commission public consultation on aid for research, development and innovation

23/04/21

EU Whistleblower Directive: New standards applicable across all sectors

23/04/21

Digitalisation of public administration: State aid considerations of the Recovery and Resilience Facility