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Jones Day’s Brussels Office strengthens its Labor & Employment Practice

The global law firm Jones Day announced that Sara Vanderstraeten has joined the Firm as of counsel in its Labor & Employment Practice. Ms. Vanderstraeten is based in Jones Day…

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Amicus curiae contest

The CCBE Amicus Curiae contest is a competition which is organised every year and which is addressed to law students (undergraduate, post graduate, master) whose degree is a prereq…

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Stibbe Brussels reinforces Real Estate and Energy practices with two new partners

Stibbe is pleased to announce the appointments of Anneleen Quirynen (Real Estate, Construction & Projects) and Lothar Van Driessche (Energy, Industry & Utilities) as partne…

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First application of Towercast in Belgium and merger filing …

The Belgian Competition Authority has applied the Towercast case law in a f…

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Preparing for the U.S. BIOSECURE Act

Momentum is building for the US BIOSECURE Act, and it is becoming more and …

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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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Broader scope for law on financing of small and medium-sized enterprises

The 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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Tax Avoidance Directive

On 28 January 2016, the European Commission launched its proposal for a Directive laying down rules against tax avoidance practices that dir…

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Zwartwerk loont

Het cassatiearrest van 12 februari 2016 is klaar en duidelijk: een werknemer die een som heeft ontvangen die niet als loon werd aangegeven bij de fisc…

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Nouvelle procédure permanente belge de régularisation fiscale – DLU IV

Avec quelques mois de retard, le Gouvernement belge est sur le point de finaliser la nouvelle procédure de régularisation fiscale (et sociale) – …

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European General Data Protection Regulation: 10 things you should know

While some people never stopped believing that the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") would one day become a reality, others had started to d…

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In-depth investigations by the Commission into abuses of dominant position

In July 2015, the Commission opened two in-depth investigations into potential abusive practices of Qualcomm, a baseband chipset company. The results …

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Ook de overheid (en dus ook de fiscus) dient de rechtsplegingsvergoeding te betalen

Het Grondwettelijk Hof heeft op 3 maart 2016 het artikel vernietigd waarin wordt bepaald dat publiekrechtelijke rechtspersonen die in het algemeen bel…

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Online Dispute Resolution (‘ODR’) Verordening : wat verandert er voor mijn e-commerce business?

Op 9 januari 2016 is Verordening nr. 524/2013 van het Europese Parlement en de Raad betreffende onlinebeslechting van consumentengeschillen in werking…

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The EU-US Privacy Package revealed : a solid shield ?

Further to the invalidation of the Safe Harbor by the European Court of Justice on 6 October 2015, the legal uncertainty on personal data tr…

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SGEI in the airport sector

On 19 January 2016, the European Commission approved compensation for public service obligations to two Swedish airports (Sundsvall Timra and Skelleft…

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European Commission qualified Dutch and Belgian tax regimes for seaports as state aid

On 21 January 2016, the European Commission decided that the corporate tax exemptions granted to seaports under the existing Dutch and Belgi…

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La taxe Caïman se peaufine

La loi du 26 décembre 20151 et l’arrêté royal d’exécution du 18 décembre 20152 modifient le régime de taxation connu sous le nom de « taxe Caïman ». L…

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BEREC Official Report sheds further light on the controversial status of OTT services

The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (“BEREC”) has published the final version of its Report on OTT services.  This rep…

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The new EU-legislation on Trade Marks gets finalised

Since the recent publication of new EU-legislation, the EU Trade Mark is getting finalised since the start of the ongoing reforming plans in 2008…

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Aanvullende gezinsbijslag als optimaliseringsinstrument

In de loop van de decennia zijn de mogelijkheden waarover werkgevers beschikken om werknemers “socialezekerheidsvriendelijke” voordelen toe te kennen,…

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Mise à disposition de travailleurs entre sociétés d’un même groupe: attention au respect des règles !

La mise à disposition de travailleurs, excepté par une société de travail intérimaire, est interdite en vertu de la loi du 24 juillet 1987 sur le …

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General Court largely confirmed Commission's freight forwarding cartel decision

On 29 February 2016, the General Court ("GC") dismissed most of the appeal grounds brought by 14 international groups of air freight forwarders and la…

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The European Commission has adopted several recent decisions on State aid relating to the port sector.

Firstly, on 15 January 2016, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation into alleged aid to two container-terminal operators in the Port of Antwe…

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What are social elections? An overview for the unitiated

In Belgium, all major companies are required by law  to organize at every 4 years interval social elections within their enterprise. In…

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GDPR: Applicability of the new regime and respective responsibilities

The GDPR will inevitably impact a larger number of companies than before. The GDPR will indeed apply to any business that acts as a data controller or…

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