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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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08/07/16
Détachement en France: nouvelle déclaration obligatoire depuis le 1er juillet

Depuis ce 1er juillet 2016, toute entreprise étrangère qui détache temporairement des salariés en France, est tenue de transmettre, avant le…

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08/07/16
Entry into force of new legislation to enhance card payment transparency

Last 9th June, the Regulation on Interchange Fees for Card-based Payment Transactions, adopted last year, entered into force; circumstance that has be…

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08/07/16
The impact of Brexit on the pharmaceutical industry

Following the Brexit referendum, the UK should, in principle, notify its decision in the coming months to withdraw from the EU as provided by Article …

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06/07/16
''Brexit'': Impact on compliance with EU chemicals legislation

The impact of the referendum in the United Kingdom (''UK'') remains unclear and this is not different for the chemicals sector. Once the procedure of…

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05/07/16
The European Commission proposes new e-commerce rules to help consumers and companies reach full benefit of Si…

On 25 May 2016, the European Commission has presented a package of measures to allow consumers and companies to buy and sell products and services onl…

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01/07/16
Ontwerp Programmawet - Uitbreiding bijzondere aanslagtermijn en nieuwe bijzondere onderzoekstermijn in interna…

De regering heeft op 2 juni 2016 een wetsontwerp van Programmawet ingediend in de Kamer. Een van de meest opvallende wijzigingen betreft de uitbreidin…

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01/07/16
Multisectoral effects of Brexit: what are the legal implications?

The aim of this paper is to summarise some of the main legal implications that Britain’s exit from the European Union, or Brexit, will have for the EU…

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27/06/16
European Commission green light for bpost public service compensation

On 3 June 2016, the European Commission concluded that the Belgian public service compensation to bpost is compatible under EU State aid rules.

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24/06/16
New European Rules to Boost e-commerce

On 25 May, the Commission unveiled three new draft regulations aimed at stimulating electronic commerce across the European Union.

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23/06/16
European Commission working paper on State aid and tax rulings

Competition Commissioner Vestager has set out her State aid policy priorities on tax rulings. It is the result of a global inquiry into tax rulings i…

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22/06/16
EU Council Adopts Directive on Protection of Trade Secrets

On 27 May 2016, the Council of the European Union adopted the Directive on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secr…

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21/06/16
Adaptation du régime du tax shelter audiovisuel

La loi du 26 mai 2016 vient à nouveau modifier l’article 194ter du CIR 1992, qui définit les règles de l’exonération fiscale au bénéfice des entrepris…

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21/06/16
General Court confirmed that German law on renewable energy amounts to State aid

On 10 May 2016, the General Court ("GC") dismissed Germany's appeal against the decision of the European Commission concerning the German la…

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20/06/16
Belgian Cost-Sharing Associations: Act Before 31 July 2016 to Safeguard your VAT Exemption!

Cost-sharing associations ("CSAs") enable their members engaged in VAT-exempt activities not to incur non-deductible VAT on purchases of services from…

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16/06/16
Ryanair’s fee dispute at Riga airport before the highest EU Court

A dispute on airport charges at Riga airport has been brought before the Court of Justice of the EU. On 17 March 2016, the Latvian Supreme Court asked…

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13/06/16
Commission authorises AB InBev’s acquisition of SABMiller, subject to conditions

SABMiller (owner of the brands Miller, Peroni, Pilsner Urquell and Grolsch) is the world’s second largest brewer, just behind AB InBev, largest one at…

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10/06/16
European Parliament approves amended Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive

On 8 June 2016, the European Parliament (EP) approved 91 amendments to a draft report of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive. The amendments to the…

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10/06/16
Conditional merger clearance for major European beer brewers

The £71 billion SABMiller takeover by AB InBev was cleared by Commission decision M.7881 on 24 May 2016, subject to the divestiture of SABMiller’s Eur…

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09/06/16
Commission blocked Hutchison's proposed acquisition of Telefónica UK

On 11 May 2016, the European Commission blocked Hutchison's proposed acquisition of Telefónica UK ("O2"), despite remedies offered by the parties…

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08/06/16
European Commission publishes notice on the notion of State Aid

The in-depth investigation carried out by the Commission on the merger between Telefónica UK’s “O2” and Hutchison 3G UK’s “Three”, showed important co…

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