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Ronde van de Rechtsstaat - Opendeur van de vier hoge rechtscolleges Brussel - 25 oktober 2025

In het kader van de Europese dag voor Justitie zetten de vier hoge rechtscolleges hun deuren open: Grondwettelijk Hof, Hof van Cassatie, Raad van State en het Rekenhof. VRG-Alumni…

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De vernieuwde stageovereenkomst

Op 10 oktober 2025 trad het gewijzigde artikel 31 bis van de Codex Deontologie voor Advocaten in werking. Dat betekent dat alle stageovereenkomsten – zowel nieuwe als lopende – uit…

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Legal Geek Europe 2026

Legal Geek Europe returns on 14 April 2026 at De Hallen Studio’s, Amsterdam.

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CTRL + SHIFT + INVOICE­: The 2026 E-volution

Imagine... You run a small but thriving Belgian design agency. Your days ar…

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Cap employer’s social security contributions - Royal Decree …

With the aim of increasing Belgium’s competitiveness, the Programme Act of …

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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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Changes to Belgian SME financing law relevant to financing transactions

A new Law dated 21 December 2017 amends the Belgian Law relating to the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises ( the “SME Financing Law”).

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Portrait photograph deserves Trade Mark Protection

On 16 November 2017, the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (the “EUIPO Board of Appeal”) reversed the EUIPO examiner’…

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L’imitation n’est contraire aux pratiques honnêtes du marché qu’à titre exceptionnel

Le 5 septembre 2017, la Cour d’appel de Bruxelles a à nouveau considéré qu’en l’absence de violation d’un droit de propriété intellectuelle, un argume…

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Cresco blog – The Brussels International Business Court (BIBC): a new forum for international commercial dispu…

The recovery of international commercial debts, nor the resolution of international (commercial) disputes has ever been easy, but with the Brexit appr…

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GDPR: Part 17 - International Data Transfers

This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation, which was published on 4 May 2016 and must be complied wi…

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Le port du voile au travail: suite mais pas fin

Les premiers arrêts de la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne au sujet de la difficile conciliation entre travail et port de signes religieux sont a…

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Flexi-jobs: no longer just for the Horeca sector!

The law of 16 November 2015 instituted a new form of employment. Employees who already have a principal occupation with one or more employer(s) of at …

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Les réductions de capital effectuées fin 2017 sont-elles vraiment à l'abri ?

Quelque 5.000 sociétés belges ont procédé à des réductions de capital avant la fin de l'année 2017. Ces opérations échappent à la nouvelle taxe frappa…

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Welke versoepelingen biedt de Programmawet voor de e-commerce activiteiten van uw onderneming?

U vindt in deze e-zine een overzicht van de belangrijkste nieuwigheden die een impact kunnen hebben op de e-commerce activiteiten van uw onderneming. …

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Netherlands to become a new hub for international commercial dispute resolution

Recent years has seen a downward trend in international trade and commercial cases brought before Dutch courts. But with the Dutch parliament schedule…

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Clauses abusives et risques relatifs au taux de change dans le cadre de contrats de crédit à la consommation

Une banque roumaine a conclu un contrat de crédit avec un consommateur en franc suisse. En vertu d’une clause du contrat, les consommateurs se voyaien…

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Bill Implementing Unitary Patent and European Unified Patent Court

On 6 November 2017, the Belgian government submitted a bill to the Federal Chamber of Representatives amending various provisions concerning patents i…

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New Data Protection Authority Act Published

On 10 January 2018, the act on the creation of the Data Protection Authority (the "Act") was published in the Belgian State Gazette. The Act will…

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Watch out … price breakers, dead ahead!

You have just developed a new product that you are eager to launch as a ‘premium’ quality product. To do so, you join forces with an established netwo…

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"Whole genome sequencing" coming soon to a clinical practice in Belgium?

On 19 October, Belgian health Minister Maggie De Block submitted to Parliament her traditional "note de politique générale" on health for the year 201…

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EU issues draft guidance on data breach handling

There has been a lot to do about the changes that are to be implemented by companies processing personal data due to the GDPR. One of those changes is…

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E-commerce et geoblocking : accord en vue au niveau européen

Le blocage géographique fait désormais l’objet d’un accord provisoire entre le Parlement européen, le Conseil et la Commission. Cet article fait le po…

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La directive relative aux pratiques commerciales déloyales s’étend aux activités de recouvrement de créances

Gelvora UAB est une société de recouvrement de créances qui, en vertu d’un contrat de cession, avait acquis des créances.

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Overeenkomsten tot verlenen van zakelijk recht op gronden geherkwalificeerd tot overheidsopdrachten

Vastgoedtransacties (bv. de overdracht van zakelijke rechten op onroerende goederen) zijn in beginsel niet onderworpen aan de reglementering inzake ov…

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Nieuw in 2018 I - Overzicht belangrijkste HR-Maatregelen uit de programmawet

Het begin van 2018 voorspelt alvast veel nieuwigheden in het sociaal recht. Een eerste reeks wijzigingen volgt uit de Programmawet van 25 december 201…

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