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Beroepsopleiding advocaten-stagiairs herzien

Sinds 2 oktober 2025 gelden er belangrijke veranderingen in de beroepsopleiding van advocaten-stagiairs. Onze algemene vergadering keurde op 24 september een nieuw reglement goed d…

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Force probante des extraits du registre national

Le Fil RGPD quitte ses chemins habituels cette quinzaine et s’aventure sur le terrain du régime de la preuve. En effet, une circulaire commune des ministres de la Justice et de l’I…

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BDO welcomes new law firm BDO Legal

BDO Belgium broadens its legal services with BDO Legal. A team of lawyers and paralegals will support Belgian and international businesses with specialised, pragmatic legal advice …

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Buyer Beware: Don’t Pay Twice for the Business

In order to make a transfer of a business (“handelszaak”/“fonds de commerce…

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Belgian Competition Authority issues guidance on pharma coll…

On 18 September 2025, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) published a c…

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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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Paid time off takes pain out of employee vaccinations

In order to ensure that as many people as possible are vaccinated, the trade unions and the employers’ organisations in the National Labour Council ha…

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Brexit en tewerkstelling: impact or not? That’s the question!

Door de Brexit kwam op 1 januari 2021 ook een einde aan het vrij verkeer van werknemers tussen de EU en het Verenigd Koninkrijk.

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Blow the whistle! New European protection for whistleblowers.

You are a CEO and one day a senior employee from the financial department asks to have a private talk with you. During the conversation, the employee …

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New CLA on telework during the COVID-19 pandemic adopted by the National Labour Council

On 26 January 2021, the social partners adopted Collective Labour Agreement no. 149 regarding recommended or mandatory telework due to the coronavirus…

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Minimum content of suitability statements for retail clients

On 26 January this year, the FSMA published a communication on the "suitability statement". This communication is of relevance for regulated…

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Belgian special tax regime for foreign executives and specialists: some changes

As a reminder, Belgium has a special tax regime for foreign executives and specialists, temporarily working in Belgium. In order to benefit from this …

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Verkoop van afgebroken en heropgebouwde woningen: voortaan met 6% btw

Sinds 1 januari 2021 geldt voor de afbraak en heropbouw van een woning het btw-tarief van 6%, ongeacht waar deze woning in België is gelegen. Ook de v…

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Can the late discovery of fraud lead to the vacating of an arbitration award?

According to the Constitutional Court judgment of 28 January 2021, fraud discovered more than three months after the notification of an arbitration aw…

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Te koud op het werk: wat moet je als werkgever doen?

De werkgever moet ervoor zorgen dat zijn personeel tewerkgesteld wordt bij normale temperaturen. Als dit niet mogelijk is, moet hij de nodige maatrege…

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L’assemblée générale « à distance » désormais toujours possible dans les sociétés et associations

Lors de la première vague du COVID-19, l'AR n° 4 avait temporairement accordé plus de souplesse aux sociétés afin qu’elles puissent reporter…

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CJEU rules that national sports governing bodies can be subject to public procurement law

On 3 February 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued an interesting ruling in a case involving the Italian football associat…

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Grondwettelijk Hof vernietigt regeling terugdraaiende teller voor eigenaars van zonnepanelen in Vlaanderen

De Vlaamse regering besliste bij decreet van 26 april 2019 tot wijziging van het Vlaamse Energiedecreet (het Decreet) dat wie tot en met december…

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The temporary "Corona" suspension measures also have an impact on judicial reorganisation plans (WCO/PRJ)

The temporary suspension measures that were applied during the "first wave" of the corona crisis have been reintroduced but only apply now to companie…

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Einde moratorium op faillissementen

In onze e-flash van 8 januari 2021 informeerden wij u dat er (opnieuw) een automatisch moratorium van kracht was om Belgische ondernemi…

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Posted workers in the international road transport sector

In a judgment of 1 December 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") interpreted Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliam…

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State Aid in Times of COVID-19: European Commission Prolongs and Expands Temporary COVID-19 State Aid Framewor…

On January 28, 2021, the European Commission adopted its Fifth Amendment to the Temporary Framework for COVID-19 state aid measure…

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Coronavirus: telewerken vanuit het buitenland?

Sinds het begin van de gezondheidscrisis is telewerk onvermijdelijk geworden. Hoe zit het met telewerken vanuit het buitenland? We geven hierna de sta…

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Extension of the Temporary Framework on state aid and COVID-19

The Temporary Framework adopted by the European Commission in March 2020 is based on Article 107(3)(b) TFEU  to remedy a serious disturbance acro…

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Is AstraZeneca obliged to supply the EU with sufficient Covid-19 vaccines?

The EU-AstraZeneca agreement imposes a “best reasonable efforts” obligation on AstraZeneca to manufacture and deliver its Covid-19 vaccine doses to th…

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New CBA on mandatory or recommended teleworking in the context of Covid-19

On 26 January, the National Labour Council signed a collective bargaining agreement concerning the terms and conditions for teleworking that is compul…

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