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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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EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

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

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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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Google obliged to display comparable specialized search rivals

The European Commission has obtained an improved commitments proposal from Google in the context of the ongoing antitrust investigation into online se…

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LA COTISATION ANNUELLE À CHARGE DES SOCIÉTÉS (CACS), BIENTÔT DÉCLARÉE ILLÉGALE ?

Et si la cotisation annuelle à charge des sociétés était déclarée illégale, de quelle manière et surtout dans quelle mesure une société pourrait-elle …

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Electricity/Gas - sixth reform of state - Walloon distribution tariff

Branle-le-bas de combat au niveau régional: les textes de la sixième réforme de l’Etat entreront en vigueur au 1er juillet 2014, un gros mois après le…

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Supplementary protection certificates - Opinion of Advocate General Jääskinen in case C-11/13 Bayer CropScienc…

On 13 February 2014, Advocate General Jääskinen delivered his Opinion in case C-11/13, Bayer CropScience, referred for a preliminary ruling by the Fed…

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Private Equity Investors and Business Angels face 'Consumer-like Protection' for SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have gained 'consumer-like protection' pursuant to the Act of 21 December 2013 on the financing of SMEs (her…

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The Constitutional Court validates the Walloon double green certificate mechanism

Judgment n°27/2014 of 13 February 2014

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Act on SME financing: Royal Decree endorses Code of Conduct and determines the entering into force of several …

On 4 March 2014 a Royal Decree that further implements the Act of 21 December 2013 relating to the financing of small and medium-sized undertakings (t…

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Implementation of Directive on industrial emissions in Walloon law

Short overview of the decree of 16 January 2014

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Belgium criticised for incomplete implementation of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

The Advocate General of the Court of Justice has ruled in the case brought by the Commission against Belgium because of the incomplete and incorrect B…

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Estimate action regarding hidden defects: is the “fair price” estimated by a real estate surveyor or fixed by …

The Supreme Court decides that the court is not bound by the conclusions of the expert it appoints.

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Bedrijfsjuristen en mededingingsrecht: wat valt onder het beroepsgeheim?

Door de recente aanpassing en verscherping van het Belgisch mededingingsrecht, zullen veel bedrijfsleiders zich de vraag stellen naar de status van de…

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Property right on volumes and vertical divisions of ownership: current ruling

The possibility of creating a property right on a volume unconnected to the soil, without creation of a condominium, has been controversial for many y…

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Liability action of the association of co-owners against builders and promoters

In its judgment of 18 October 2013, the Court of Cassation has definitely settled the issue of the capacity to take legal action by the association of…

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Advocate General advised European Court of Justice to allow umbrella claims

In the case Kone and others before the European Court of Justice following a preliminary reference by the Austrian Supreme Court, Advocate General Kok…

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BELGIAN LAW ON SME FINANCING

Belgium has implemented a new law on SME financing. Whilst the law is primarily aimed at protecting "true" SMEs, the provisions of the law may impact …

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Beperking van het aantal parkeerplaatsen in Brusselse kantoorgebouwen: in werking getreden!

Bij ordonnantie van 2 mei 2013 heeft het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest het nieuwe Brusselse Wetboek van Lucht, Klimaat en Energiebeheersing (het "BWL…

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Obligation to identify the parties to a lease agreement and registration

Article 1714 of the Belgian Civil Code and the Code on registration duties, mortgage duties and clerks, as amended by the Act of 21 December 2013, pro…

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The General Court dismissed appeals in the heat stabilizers cartel

On 6 February 2014, the General Court ("GC") dismissed the appeals brought in the heat stabilizers cartel by AC-Treuhand AG, Arkema France and CECA SA…

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The new formal requirements of the Belgian Continuity of Enterprises Act : a good step forward?

On 27 May 2013, the legislator passed a new law adjusting certain provisions of the Continuity of Enterprises Act in order to prevent abuses and curb …

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Protection indemnities again exempt from social security contributions

Federal Government reverses measure to no longer subject protection indemnities to social security contributions.

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