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AVOCATS.BE travaille depuis plus d’un an à la création d’une campagne de communication, de promotion, osons le mot, de l’avocat(e) à l’instar des campagnes radiophoniques passées a…

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Liselot Claeys joins law firm Liedekerke as Counsel

Leading independent law firm Liedekerke is pleased to announce the addition of Liselot Claeys as Counsel to its Corporate & Finance practice.

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Monard strengthens its Insolvency and Restructuring team

Monard law welcomes a new member to its Insolvency and Restructuring team. Jente Dengler has joined the firm as of October 1, 2024.

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VAT refunds and compliance: from 2025, you better be complia…

In 2025, the processing of periodic VAT returns (the “VAT chain”) will chan…

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23/11/24
The Court of Appeal in the Hague rules on the Shell case: ke…

On November 12, 2024, the international community closely followed the Cour…

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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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Crowdfunding: nieuw kader voor bepaalde crowdfundingplatformen sinds 1 februari 2017

Op 20 december 2016 werd de Wet van 18 december 2016 tot regeling van de erkenning en de afbakening van crowdfunding en houdende diverse bepalingen in…

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Belgian Competition Authority’s guide on collusion between undertakings in public procurement

On 31 January 2017, the Belgian Competition Authority published a guide for contracting authorities on collusion between undertakings in public procur…

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Cohousing: van experimentele woonvorm naar normaliteit?

De laatste jaren winnen alternatieve manieren van wonen aan populariteit. Een van deze nieuwe woonvormen is cohousing, waarbij meerdere gezinnen met e…

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The CJEU imposes strict conditions on the use of an integrated mailbox in a client-dedicated web space for e-b…

In its judgment of 25 January 2017 in a case (C- 375/15) opposing BAWAG, an Austrian bank and VKI, an Austrian consumer organisation, the Court of Jus…

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Curing rules on parallel import of pharmaceuticals? CJEU and Belgian Supreme Court on the interaction between …

On November 7, 2016 the Belgian Supreme Court (Cour de cassation – Hof van cassatie) gave judgment in two cases regarding the repackaging of pharmaceu…

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Piramidesysteem als oneerlijke handelspraktijk

Naar aanleiding van een prejudiciële vraag van het hof van beroep te Brussel besprak het Hof van Justitie (nogmaals) de voorwaarden van een verboden p…

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The Commission presents the new Services Package

On 10 January 2017, the Commission presented the new Services Package as part of the roadmap contained in the Single Market Strategy . The goal of the…

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Handelsvertegenwoordiging: Opsporen en bezoeken van cliënteel vereist een rechtstreekse band met het cliënteel…

In een arrest van 25 november 2016 (2015/AB/669) maakte het Arbeidshof te Brussel toepassing van het principe dat enkel de personen, ondernemingen of …

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Belgian Competition Authority issues a practical guide to fight bid rigging

On 31 January 2017, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) issued a guide on bid rigging. This guide is explicitly directed to tendering authori…

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Professional Intermediaries and the Rules on consumer sales

In a recent judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union examines whether a company acting as an intermediary for a private individual in the …

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Court of Justice confirms Commission's approach in its first hybrid settlement case

On 12 January 2017, the Court of Justice fully dismissed the appeal of Timab and its parent company Roullier (the "Roullier group") against an ea…

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Important changes to the Belgian Overseas Social Security System

The Belgian Federal Government has drafted a Royal Decree modifying the system of Overseas Social Security substantially. The changes will apply to th…

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EU ordered to pay more than EUR 50,000 in damages for slowness proceedings

The excessive length of proceedings before the General Court may cause harm and may engage the non-contractual responsibility of the European Union (t…

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ECJ Expands Concept of “Seller” under Consumer Sales Directive

On 9 November 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down a judgment in response to a request for a preliminary ruling from t…

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Tenderers must comply with requirements for exclusion grounds at date of tender submission

On 10 November 2016, the Court of Justice rendered an interesting decision (in Ciclat Soc. coop. v. Consip SpA, C-199/15) regarding the application of…

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Rechtmatigheid van gezamenlijke aanbiedingen en het enkel vermelden van een totaalprijs

Op 7 september 2016 verhelderde het Hof van Justitie de voorwaarden omtrent de toelaatbaarheid van gezamenlijk aanbiedingen. De zaak betrof de verkoop…

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New obligations for assignment of workers

Cross-border assignment of workers is often branded as a source of fraud and unfair competition. The European union tried to do something about it by&…

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The Commission refers Spain to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to recover incompatible state aid fo…

In October 2014 and June 2013, the Commission adopted two decisions finding that State aid granted by Spain to finance the transition from analogue to…

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Faster recovery of undisputed social security debts with writ of execution

Since 1 January 2017, the law explicitly provides for a general option for the National Social Security Office (“NSSO”) to recover undisputed debts by…

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Hogere werkgeversbijdragen op SWT's en SWAV's vanaf 1 januari 2017

We schetsen u deze en de volgende we(e)k(en) de sociaalrechtelijke maatregelen die de voorbije weken in het Belgisch Staatsblad werden …

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