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05/12/24
05/12/24
Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers legt nieuwe stukken in organisatorische puzzel met NXTGEN-2024

Tuerlinckx Tax Lawyers zet een nieuwe stap voor duurzame groei met blijvende focus op de cliënt. Het kantoor verwelkomt immers twee nieuwe vennoten en een counsel, de NXTGEN-2024: …

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19/11/24
19/11/24
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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17/11/24
17/11/24
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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24/12/24
Reforming the public procurement regulatory framework?

Ten years after the introduction of the public procurement directives, Euro…

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18/12/24
European Commission consultation on the revision of its Stat…

On 11 December 2024, the European Commission launched a public consultation…

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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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19/02/14
EU Commission calls for data on in-situ biocidal generated active substances

On 31 January 2014 the European Commission released a "Call for information on in-situ generated biocidal active substances". The information is desig…

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11/02/14
Court of Justice of the European Union – preliminary ruling – French Council of State – renewable energy sourc…

Saisie d’un renvoi préjudiciel par le Conseil d’Etat français, la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) s’est penchée sur le mécanisme de compe…

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10/02/14
Press releases – European commission – 2030 climate and energy goals for a competitive, secure and low-carbon …

Les éléments clés du cadre stratégique pour 2030 présenté par la Commission sont les suivants:

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06/02/14
Guidance for Member States on state intervention in electricity markets

La Commission publie des orientations pour les Etats membres sur la façon de :

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05/02/14
La Cour de Justice limite les activités des métamoteurs de recherche

Dans un arrêt du 19 décembre 2013, la Cour de Justice s’est prononcée sur la licéité des activités des métamoteurs de recherche au regard du droit sui…

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05/02/14
According to AG Cruz Villalón, Belgium has improperly implemented the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 20…

AG Cruz Villalón agrees with the European Commission that the Belgian legislature has improperly implemented Directive 2005/29. Three shortcomings are…

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04/02/14
General Court reduces the fine of two appellants in the calcium carbide and magnesium reagents cartel case

On 23 January 2014, the General Court (“GC”) handed down judgments on three appeals from the calcium carbide and magnesium reagents cartel for SKW, De…

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03/02/14
Lower German Court takes issue with claim vehicle model and dismisses EUR 131 million damages claim against ce…

On 17 December 2013, the District Court of Düsseldorf ruled against a EUR 131 million lawsuit brought by Cartel Damage Claims ("CDC") against six ceme…

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27/01/14
State aid and sport infrastructures

The European Commission clears Belgian support scheme for football stadiums.

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24/01/14
Price fixing cartel in the North Sea

Four North Sea shrimps traders fined € 28 million for price fixing cartel.

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21/01/14
Europe has fined a group of banks a total amount of €1.7 billion for manipulation of interest rates

The European Commission has imposed a record fine of €1.71 billion on eight financial institutions for participating in cartels in order to manipulate…

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17/01/14
THE “RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN” AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INTERNET INTERMEDIARIES

On November 6, a Paris Court ordered Google to filter out hyperlinks to images of former F1 boss Max Mosley in an allegedly Nazi-themed sadomasochisti…

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16/01/14
Wat brengt de fiscus in 2014?

Het Marlex-team wenst iedereen een gezond en voorspoedig 2014.

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15/01/14
Reporting obligation and tax transparency of foreign legal structures – Report on the current situation at mi…

As announced in our newsletter of 25 November 2013, the Belgian government was planning to introduce, as from 1 January 2014, a tax transparency …

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13/01/14
Court of Justice held that national legislation imposing an obligation to participate in a scheme of compulsor…

On 12 December 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union published its judgment in Ministero dello Sviluppo economico v. SOA Nazionale Costrutt…

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10/01/14
Case law on the taxation in Belgium of income distributed by the French SCI once again rejects the administrat…

Some jurisdictions had supported the view of the tax authorities that such income can be taxed in Belgium as dividends. The Court of First Instance of…

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02/01/14
The EU Court of Justice rendered an interesting decision regarding the right of consumers to sue in the courts…

The new bill of 24 September 2012 regarding market practices contains someclarifications about sales, with the aim of ending the discussion about thei…

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01/01/14
Europe Forces Belgium To Adapt Its Environmental Impact Assessment Concerning Projects

On 24 March 2011, Belgium was condemned by the Court of Justice because of its deficient implementation of directive 85/337/EG on the assessment of th…

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30/12/13
Banks fined 1,7 billion EUR for participating cartels in the interest rate derivatives segment

The cartels affected financial derivatives, such as forward rate agreements, swaps, futures and options. These are instruments linked to a specific fi…

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27/12/13
EU General Court Invalidates Design for Infringing Earlier 3D Trade Mark

On 23 April 2013, the General Court of the European Union (the “GC”) upheld an earlier decision of the Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation…

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