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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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17/06/19
EU copyright: a further step in the digital era

On 6 June 2019, the new EU Copyright Directive entered into force. The Copyright Directive is part of a broader initiative within the European Union t…

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14/06/19
Les services juridiques sont-ils soumis aux marchés publics ?

Sur question préjudicielle de la Cour constitutionnelle belge (arrêt n° 43/2018), la Cour de Justice a été amenée à se prononcer sur la légalité de l’…

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14/06/19
Juridische diensten blijven deels uitgesloten van regelgeving inzake overheidsopdrachten

In een arrest van 6 juni 2019 oordeelt het Hof van Justitie dat de uitsluiting voor juridische diensten in het kader van overheidsopdrachten geldig is…

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11/06/19
Commitments MasterCard and Visa accepted by European Commission

The European Commission (the Commission) accepted commitments offered by MasterCard and Visa that would reduce inter-regional multilateral interc…

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10/06/19
New directive on contracts for the sale of goods

Numbers show that only 10% of EU retailers sell online to consumers in other EU countries, while differences in national contract laws are listed as o…

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06/06/19
Niet nakoming algemene minimumbezoldigingsvereiste niet meer afzonderlijk gesanctioneerd

Sinds de hervorming van de vennootschapsbelasting waarbij een verlaging van de tarieven inzake vennootschapsbelasting werd voorzien, vreesde de wetgev…

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04/06/19
UBO-register: fiscus kan meekijken

In onze voorgaande nieuwsbrieven van d.d. 4 juli 2018, 27 september 2018, 11 januari 2019 en 13 februari 2019 verwezen w…

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03/06/19
Tax Challenges of the Digitalisation of the Economy – new OECD work programme

On 31 May 2019, the OECD published its programme of work for developing a solution to the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the econom…

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29/05/19
Procédure de réorganisation judiciaire par transfert sous autorité de justice et droit pour le cessionnai…

Dans l’affaire C-509/17 EU:C:2019:424, la Cour de justice a été saisie d’une question préjudicielle par la cour du travail d’Anvers le 21 août 2017 en…

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29/05/19
Europees milieurecht: wat na 26 mei?

Het domein van milieurecht kent een sterke Europeesrechtelijke inslag. Voor basisregels inzake natuurbescherming, luchtkwaliteit of klimaat, ligt het …

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21/05/19
Notification for Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) no longer required on an annual basis

In order to reduce the administrative burden for Belgian entities, the CbCR notification form should not be filed annually anymore, but only if the in…

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20/05/19
Swiss Corporate Tax Reform approved to provide legal certainty

On 19 May 2019, the Swiss corporate tax reform package TRAF (Tax Reform and AHV Financing) was approved by referendum. The reform will enter into forc…

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16/05/19
New Royal Decree on legal constructions outside EEA (Cayman Tax)

On 16 May 2019 a new Royal Decree was published which aims to align the rules for entities outside of the EEA with the new rules that were already imp…

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15/05/19
Fiscus laat eerste commentaren over BTW-belaste verhuur los

Sinds 1 januari 2019 kunnen de verhuurder en de huurder er voor opteren om hun huurovereenkomst van onroerende goederen in een professionele context a…

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09/05/19
Kaaimantaks anno 2019 - De krijtlijnen in kaart gebracht

De kaaimantaks werd in 2015 geïntroduceerd en heeft ondertussen heel wat aanpassingen ondergaan. Het blijkt bijzonder complexe wetgeving waarover nog …

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08/05/19
Enkele fiscale gevolgen van het nieuwe vennootschapsrecht

Het is zover, het nieuwe vennootschapsrecht is effectief in werking getreden. Dit heeft echter ook de nodige fiscale gevolgen. Het nieuwe Wetboek van …

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03/05/19
Copyright Tax Optimisation For Software Developers

Software developers in Belgium frequently use a copyright tax optimisation scheme to receive tax-friendly payments from their own company (bvba/sarl o…

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25/04/19
Verbouwingswerken aan 6% BTW of nieuwbouw aan 21% BTW - De rulingpraktijk nader bekeken

De btw-tarifering in de bouwsector is vaak een tool om maatschappelijke doelstellingen te bereiken. Actueel circuleren er ideeën omtrent een mogelijke…

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19/04/19
The new EETS Directive enters into force on 18 April 2019

The new Directive (EU) 2019/520 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 "on the interoperability of electronic road t…

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18/04/19
EU publishes guidelines on the ethical use of artificial intelligence

The European Union has published a series of guidelines last week to guide companies and governments in developing ethical AI applications.

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