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In de Wet van 19 maart 1991 houdende bijzondere ontslagregeling voor de personeelsafgevaardigden in de ondernemingsraden en in de comités voor ve…
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Het Luikse hof van beroep heeft in een recent arrest van 16 februari 2016 (bron Juristenkrant) het gebruik van Facebookfoto’s toegelaten als…
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In order for certain pension lump sums to be taxed at 10%, it must be attributed or paid out before the legal retirement age is reached (which is pres…
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Every employer has the obligation to set up an internal service for prevention and protection at work (ISPP), which must include at least one health a…
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Sinds 1 september 2014 zijn de wettelijke regels inzake de bescherming van meerderjarige onbekwame personen grondig gewijzigd. Met name werd de mogeli…
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Het zijn rare, zelfs moeilijke tijden. Nul groei, waarbij negatieve economische groei helemaal niet kan worden uitgesloten. Samen met het wegzinken va…
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Ter bestrijding van fraudemechanismen werd reeds in 2014 het systeem van aanwezigheidsregistratie op bouwwerven ingevoerd voor werven van minstens EUR…
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Lawmakers and experts have voiced doubts about the value of new rules proposed by the European Commission to protect the privacy of EU citizens' data …
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The Belgian Constitutional Court decided today that the Belgian class action Law violates the European Services Directive. the Court held that the Eur…
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Yesterday, the General Court confirmed that the European Commission is entitled to refuse to authorize health claims despite a positive opinion f…
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On 13 January 2016, the President of the Dutch-speaking section of the Brussels Commercial Court (the “Court”) ordered supermarket chain Aldi and brew…
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Vrijdag 11 maart 2016 heeft de regering het wetsontwerp tot invoering van een permanent systeem van fiscale en sociale regularisatie goedgekeurd. Deze…
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Since 1st November 2015, a vast reform of the Belgian civil procedure has been in force. One of the most important modifications is tha…
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Vergelijkende reclame is reeds sinds de wet van 15 mei 1999 toegelaten in België, maar tot noch toe zien we dergelijke reclame nog maar zeer wein…
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On 23 February 2016, the College of Competition Prosecutors (Auditoraat / Auditorat – the “Competition College”) of the Belgian Competition Authority …
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On 10 and 11 March 2016, the final Royal Decrees regarding the revised list of tax havens that apply for the so-called dividends received deducti…
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Het zal u maar overkomen, u spendeert jaarlijks ettelijke bedragen aan communicatie en het zorgvuldig opbouwen van uw reputatie evenals die van uw bed…
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On 1 March 2016, the board of the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) adopted new guidelines concerning the leniency regime under Belgian competitio…
Read MoreThe scope of the reduced rate of withholding tax on dividends has been increased in order to reflect the Court of Justice of the European Union's 2012…
Read MoreThe law dated 18 December 2015 (the “Accounting Law”) entered into force on 9 January 2016. It has transposed into Belgian national law Directive 2013…
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