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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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Courts may reduce or even waive the 309 percent tax assessment

The Constitutional Court has recently made it clear that the courts have jurisdiction over the application by the tax authorities of the tax assessmen…

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The Tax Shelter for Audiovisual Productions in Belgium: a Successful Tool under Reform

After ten years the Belgian regime of the tax shelter has been reformed. The amendments will be effective when the Law of 12 May 2014 amending article…

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Prévention des risques psychosociaux au travail - adaptation de votre règlement de travail

Le 1er septembre 2014 sont entrées en vigueur les nouvelles dispositions relatives à la prévention des risques psychosociaux au travail. Ces dispositi…

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Tweede verblijf in buitenland te zwaar belast?

Wie eigenaar is van een onroerend goed in het buitenland, moet hiervan melding maken in de aangifte personenbelasting. Meer concreet moet de huurwaard…

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New Collective Bargaining Agreement regarding Outplacement in Joint Committee 218

On 10 July 2014, the Additional Joint Committee for Employees (Aanvullend Paritair Comité voor Bedienden/Commission Paritaire Nationale Auxiliaire pou…

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Indemnité pour télétravail : nouveau forfait fiscal et social

Au début de cette année, le fisc a publié une circulaire fiscale (16 janvier 2014) dans laquelle il prévoit que l'indemnité octroyée par l'employeur a…

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TVA et formation professionnelle : nouvelle rédaction de l’article 44, 2, 4° du Code de la TVA

A partir du 1er janvier 2014, les sociétés commerciales sont exclues du bénéfice de l'exemption liée à l'enseignement et à la formation professionnell…

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ECJ Ruling on Meaning of ‘Parody’

On 3 September 2014, the ECJ handed down its judgment in Case C-201/13 Deckmyn en Vrijheidsfonds in which it gave guidance regarding the parody except…

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Court of Justice provided further guidance on the facts that should be considered when deciding on the imputab…

The EU state aid rules are directed to Member States. In situations where public undertakings take measures which can be seen as conferring an advanta…

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Reference prices observatory

Abnormal price -Brussels Capital Region

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Company takeovers and non-compete clauses

...just a few months after you purchased a company, a new, competing company opens up right across the street. You make a few inquiries, and what do y…

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Le Tribunal de la famille, le règlement amiable et la médiation

A l'initiative du Barreau de Bruxelles, et plus particulièrement de la Commission des Modes Alternatifs de Règlement des Conflits dont plusieurs assoc…

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Welzijn op het werk - nieuwe regelgeving psychosociale risico's veroorzaakt burn-out bij ondernemers

Dit zou een titel kunnen zijn van een persbericht dezer dagen. De Belgische werkgevers moeten namelijk hun preventiebeleid aanpassen aan de sinds 1 se…

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Court of Justice: 10% maximum applies to fine imposed on undertaking for its own behaviour, even if it was sub…

On 4 September 2014, the Court of Justice handed down its judgment in the fasteners cartel (Case C-408/12 P). Although most of the appellants' claims …

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« Les risques psychosociaux au travail » - Première partie – Nouvelles définitions

La nouvelle règlementation comprenant (I) la loi du 28.02.2014 complétant la loi du 04.08.1996 relative au bien-être des travailleurs lors de l'exécut…

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ECHA publishes REACH and BPR data-sharing dispute decisions

ECHA made publicly available all 27 data sharing dispute decisions which have been issued under the REACH Regulation and the Biocides Products Regulat…

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Registration required in case of lots

Public procurement - registration - lots - required level

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GPEN Privacy Sweep 2014: mobile apps

We gaven het in mei van dit jaar al mee: de GPEN, een wereldwijd netwerk van nationale Privacycommissies en -commissarissen, heeft een nieuwe sweep ui…

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Cartes Bancaires and MasterCard judgments: object and effects restrictions revisited

On 11 September 2014, the Court of Justice issued an important judgment in one of the numerous pending competition law cases around credit card scheme…

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The duration of a framework agreement

Framework agreement - duration - more than four years    

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