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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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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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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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Ook in geval van bemeubelde verhuur zijn buitenlandse huurin…

Uit een recent artikel uit De Tijd blijkt dat de gemiddelde aankoopprijs va…

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EU Tax Alert - Highlights 2024

The “Highlights 2024” edition of the EU Tax Alert is available for download…

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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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Vouchers as part of remuneration and VAT

On 29 July 2010, the European Court of Justice stated that the provision of a voucher to an employee as part of its remuneration amounts to a supply o…

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The European Commission prevents ING from reimbursing its investors

In compliance with its restructuring plan, ING will have to reimburse the aid money allocated by the Dutch government, before paying off the owners of…

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What are the priorities for boosting EU competitiveness and innovation?

The European Commission has launched a public consultation enabling anyone to give its opinion on how EU money should be spent to boost EU competitive…

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Révision des directives européennes en matière de protection de données

La Commission européenne a présenté le 4 novembre dernier sa « stratégie globale sur la protection des données dans l´Union européenne ».

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La Commission européenne va promouvoir la facturation électronique

Dans une communication du 2 décembre 2010 intitulée « Faire profiter pleinement l’Europe des avantages de la facturation électronique », la Commission…

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ECJ completes its jurisprudence on comparative advertising

Pursuant to the guidelines issued in its previous decisions , the European Court of Justice states that comparative advertising on foodstuff is also a…

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Europe opens an investigation into Google

The European Commission decided on 30 November 2010 to start formal proceedings against Google, accused of abusing its a dominant position in online s…

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EU fails to reach an agreement over single patent

The European Union has failed to end the linguistic battle that has delayed the launch of a single European patent.

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European Parliament backs mandatory country of origin labelling

The European Union has taken a step towards the adoption of a law which will make the origin labelling of several types of consumer product compulsory…

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Revised WEEE Directive one step closer

November 22 2010 has been set as the indicative date for the first reading of the proposed text of the recast EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equip…

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Commercial town planning / first concret element of the assesment from the ECJ

In her Opinion delivered on 7 October 2010 in the case C 400/08 (Commission v. Spain), the Advocate General expresses her view on the restrictions on …

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EU-clearance of an aid for rehabilitating polluted site in Austria

The European Commission authorised on 12 October 2010 a subsidy of 150.000.000 € granted by the Austrian state to VOESTALPINE STAHL for the remediatio…

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EU regulators consider draft law on capacity labelling of batteries

The EU Council recently made available an early draft of a regulation on the capacity labelling of portable, secondary (rechargeable) and automotive b…

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Presentation: Multi-branding reform of the regulatory framework of the motor vehicle distribution

Multi-branding –change in sight

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EU consultation on temporary State aids against the crisis

The Commission suggests a prolongation of the temporary framework for State aid measures until the end of 2011 in order to facilitate companies’ acces…

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A partir du 1er janvier 2011 : application de la TVA sur le terrain attenant à un bâtiment neuf

En vertu de l’article 44, §3, 1° du Code TVA, l’opération qui consiste en la vente d’un immeuble par nature est une opération exemptée de TVA. Il en e…

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No communal tax on foreign movable income from EU member states

The European Court of Justice ruled that the additional communal tax levied on foreign movable income from EU member states is contrary to the free ci…

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Recent development in the field of Services Directive

The EU Commission launched the EU infringement procedure against 12 Member States that have not yet fully transposed the Directive (among which is Bel…

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Partial approval of a concentration in the chemical distribution sector

According to the European Commission, the acquisition of the Belgian and Dutch branches of Eurochem by Univar should not significantly affect competit…

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Property transfer tax in the case of cancellation of a disposal agreement

The cancellation of an agreement regarding the disposal of a property located in Belgium could have serious negative tax consequences. Indeed, the Bel…

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