The Belgian federal government continues its reform of the Belgian labour market. On 3 February 2026, a new draft act was published. It still needs to go through the full legislati…
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Wanneer Lieve’s werkgever beslist om een aanvullend pensioen toe te kennen aan het personeel, zullen er enkele belangrijke beslissingen genomen moeten…
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Pour l’avocat général de la Cour européenne de justice, la France ne devait pas notifier préalablement à la Commission européenne la loi pénale frança…
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On 26 June 2017 the deadline has passed for the implementation of the European directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the …
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Many activities performed routinely in an HR context entail the processing of personal data of employees. Starting in the recruitment process (backgro…
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De stakingsvordering is een bijzonder interessant juridisch actiemiddel, dat nog te weinig bekend is bij ondernemingen. Elke onderneming beschikt noch…
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The European Commission has opened formal investigations against the companies Guess, Nike, Sanrio and Universal Studios.
Read MoreOn 15 May 2017, the European Commission opened a formal investigation into the pricing of medicines.[1] The Commission is investigating whether A…
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The Belgian law of 6 June 20171entered into force on 22 June 2017 (hereafter, the “Law”) transposes the ‘Damages Directive’ (Directive 2014/…
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Op 9 juni 2017 werd de wet van 31 mei 2017 betreffende de verplichte verzekering van de tienjarige burgerlijke aansprakelijkheid van aannemers, archit…
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Le Règlement (CE) n° 261/2004 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 11 février 2004 établit des règles communes en matière d’indemnisa…
Read MoreFollowing the triennial review of the merger control thresholds that are subject to the provisions of Belgian law, the Belgian Competition Authority (…
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On 4 May 2017, the federal Parliament adopted a new law (Wet tot wijziging van diverse wetten met het oog op de aanvulling van de gerechtelijke ontbin…
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De algemene regeling van outplacement (ongeacht de leeftijd) die naast de reeds vroeger bestaande regeling voor de 45-plussers (dat de bijzondere rege…
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In view of this, Stibbe sets out and analyzes the five key changes of this Regulation Recast: (i) the scope of the legislation is broadened to cover p…
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Le ministre de la Justice Koen Geens souhaite réformer le droit successoral en Belgique. Pour ce faire, un projet de loi a été déposé par le CD&V,…
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Une troisième édition du Code Buysse (Code Buysse III) a été publiée en mai 2017. Ce Code n’a pas de valeur contraignante, mais il a l’ambition d…
Read MoreOn 11 May 2017, Advocate General Szpunar delivered his opinion in the case between an association of Barcelona taxi drivers (Elite Taxi) and Uber Syst…
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Many a debate about whether or not something looks beautiful, sounds nice or tastes good has ended with the universal truism: well, tastes differ. Whi…
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A ce jour, aucune législation belge ne protège les lanceurs d’alerte dans le secteur privé. Seuls les fonctionnaires fédéraux et de l’autorité flamand…
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Ce n’est un secret pour une personne: la Commission mène une croisade contre les aides d’État: outre l’Irlande (ruling Apple), elle a déjà assigné le …
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