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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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20/03/12
New Tax Measures in 2012: What to Expect

After lengthy negotiations to form a government, a political compromise was finally reached. Prime Minister Di Rupo announced in his State of the Uni…

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19/03/12
The Notional Interest Deduction - Still Under Scrutiny

Eager to cut the budget deficit, Belgium’s Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo has proposed several measures to curtail the notional interest deduction (NID).…

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19/03/12
LA DÉDUCTIBILITÉ FISCALE ET L’ŒUVRE D’ART… L’ENTENTE IMPOSSIBLE ?

La règle de principe de la non-déductibilité fiscale des œuvres d'art en tant que frais professionnels est relativement bien connue en Belgique. Relat…

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15/03/12
Report on REACH Regulation enforcement efforts: overwhelming number of companies still failing to comply

Towards end-2011, the EU's Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement published a Facts Report on the Coordinated Forum REACH Enforcement Projec…

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14/03/12
Adoption of a proposal for a directive concerning reimbursement of medicines

On 1 March 2012, the European Commission adopted a proposal of new Directive relating to the transparency of measures regulating the prices of medicin…

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13/03/12
Restructuring aid and airlines

The EU Commission opens an investigation into restructuring aid in favour of Air Malta

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08/03/12
Notaries’ and bailiffs’ fees now subject to VAT

Qui dit nouveau gouvernement, dit nouvelles réformes. La Belgique comptait parmi les derniers pays européens dans lesquels les prestations des notaire…

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06/03/12
EUROPESE UNIE - LEVENSMIDDELEN – NIEUWE VERORDENING BETREFFENDE DE INFORMATIE VOOR DE CONSUMENT

Op 22 november 2011 werd een nieuwe EU-verordening betreffende de verstrekking van voedselinformatie aan consumenten (Verordening nr. 1169/2011) in he…

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02/03/12
European Commission Publishes Studies on Protection of Trade Secrets and on Parasitic Copying

On 13 January 2012, the European Commission published two studies exploring the need for further harmonisation in the field of EU intellectual propert…

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29/02/12
EU: Court of Justice rules on detention by customs authorities of imported goods infringing intellectual prope…

The EU's Court of Justice recently delivered a ruling that should interest enterprises exporting products either directly to or via the European Union…

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27/02/12
EU Emissions Trading Scheme includes chemical companies as of 2013

The start of the 3rd phase of the implementation of the European Emissions Trading Scheme ( EU ETS) is scheduled for 2013. As of that moment, the scop…

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24/02/12
General Court Upholds Pfizer’s Opposition to VIAGUARA Trade Mark

On 25 January 2012, the General Court of the European Union (the “General Court”) upheld Pfizer’s opposition against the registration of the sign ‘VIA…

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24/02/12
Recent pesticide decisions and relevant deadlines

The European Commission has allowed the existing provisional approvals for Benalaxyl-M, Gamma-cyhalothrin, and Valifenalate to be extended to allow mo…

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24/02/12
Déductibilité des intérêts: Modification annoncée et comparaison avec nos voisins

L'accord de gouvernement mentionne "les mesures prises pour la lutte contre la fraude fiscale sont: (...) réécriture de la législation en matière de s…

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23/02/12
La Directive Sur L’Amenagement Du Temps De Travail S’Oppose A La Reglementation Française Qui Subordonne Le Dr…

Dans son arrêt Dominguez du 24 janvier 2012 (aff. C-282/10), la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (ci-après, la « CJUE ») a eu l’occasion de préci…

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23/02/12
Product scope of impact assessment study for RoHS II becomes clearer

On 30 November 2011, it was announced that the European Commission has begun its work on the impact assessment study being carried out for Directive 2…

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22/02/12
European Commission Presents Data Protection Reform

On 25 January 2012, the European Commission proposed a legislative package to reform the European data protection rules. The package includes (i) a pr…

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22/02/12
EU Parliament adopts a resolution on the European strategy on health and safety at work calling for measures o…

On 15 December 2011, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution on the mid-term review of the European strategy 2007-2012 on healthy and safety…

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22/02/12
Les intérêts notionnels : une carte de visite critiquée à tort

La déduction pour capital à risque (communément connue sous le nom intérêts notionnels) s'applique depuis l'exercice d'imposition 2007. Cette mesure t…

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21/02/12
Les modifications fiscales du budget 2012

La loi du 28 décembre 2011 “portant des dispositions diverses”, parue au Moniteur belge du 30 décembre 2011 (ci-après la « Loi ») contient une série d…

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