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België en VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 heeft de Orde van Vlaamse Balies samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland…

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Liberius welcomes Ana Jankov as new partner

Liberius is proud to welcome Ana Jankov as a partner, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in privacy, data protection and emerging digital regulation.

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ABILWAYS Belgium devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Belgium annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à SK…

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22/10/25
Simplifying Rules for Listed Companies

Belgium proposes a draft law to simplify disclosure, marketing, and meeting…

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20/10/25
EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

EU Cybersecurity Month is an annual awareness campaign held every October t…

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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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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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New data protection rules for Europe

In December 2015 a political agreement about new EU data protection rules was reached following final negotiations between the Parliament, the Council…

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Sociale verkiezingen: wat met de kandidaatstelling van een vertrouwenspersoon?

Hilde, verantwoordelijke voor het keukenteam, is benoemd tot vertrouwenspersoon. Ze stelt zich kandidaat bij het ACV. Wat te doen? Wat als ze haar man…

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Publication of the new Belgian Supervision Act

The new Belgian Supervision Act, the Act of 13 March 2016 concerning the status and supervision of insurance and reinsurance undertakings, has be…

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Illegal and incompatible State aid for 35 multinationals as part of the Belgian excess profit scheme

Since taking on her new role, the Commissioner in charge of competition policy, Margrethe Vestager, has targeted selective tax advantages granted by c…

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No loyal customers for dominant companies

Imagine: you are a key account manager at a successful company with top-quality products. Over the years, the company has built up a valuable and loya…

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The speculation-tax : the present situation

In our Newsflash of 14 December 2015, we announced that the Belgian federal government was planning to introduce a speculation-tax.

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Pay or complain? De inning van onbetwiste professionele schuldvorderingen versoepeld

In een poging het economische leven een stimulans te geven, de rechtbanken te ontlasten en gevolg te geven aan art. 10 van Richtlijn 2011/7/EU van het…

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Belgian drones ready for launch this spring?

The Belgian Minister of Mobility, Mrs Jacqueline Galant, has announced that the new Royal Decree related to the use of drones has been final…

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Forfaitaire terugbetaling van kosten of verdoken loon? Wie moet wat bewijzen?

In een arrest van 12 november 2015 (AR 2014/AB/925) diende het Arbeidshof te Brussel zich uit te spreken over het al dan niet gerechtvaardigd karakter…

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