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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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Zorgvastgoed

Met het besluit van 20 december 2013 heeft de Vlaamse Regering de regels betreffende de voorafgaande vergunningen en de erkenning van centra voor kort…

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EU Commission calls for data on in-situ biocidal generated active substances

On 31 January 2014 the European Commission released a "Call for information on in-situ generated biocidal active substances". The information is desig…

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Walloon green certificates in 2014: Qualiwatt’s birth and Solwatt’s ashes (GC back-loading)

While the Walloon Parliament voted the Qualiwatt decree, the Government is working out an external financing mechanism for Solwatt GCs.

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New system of planning permission charges in the Brussels-Capital Region

The new system of planning permission charges in the Brussels-Capital Region was published in the Belgian Official Journal on 2 December 2013 and ente…

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Antiquité et authenticité : comprendre le descriptif des œuvres

L'authenticité est une des qualités essentielles de toute œuvre d'art ou antiquité. Pourtant, régulièrement, il n'est pas possible d'avoir une certitu…

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Protection of creditor rights in the event of capital restructuring

The Belgian Companies Code was recently amended in order to improve the protection of creditors with a disputed claim in the event of certain restruct…

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Environnement : la main tendue de la Région Bruxelles-Capitale aux opérateurs de téléphonie mobile

Le 24 Janvier 2014, le Parlement Bruxellois a adopté une proposition d'ordonnance visant à accélérer le développement de la technologie de la 4G à Bru…

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New Rules on Combating Late Payment in Commercial Transactions

Despite the adoption and implementation of Directive 2000/35/EC on combating late payment in commercial transactions, many payments in commercial tran…

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National Airport Brussels – noise disturbance – administrative fines

Fresh attempts by airport companies to contest administrative fines imposed for the violation of legislation regarding noise.

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Control of access to the Pirate Bay

As from now, Internet Service Providers will have to check whether domain names refer to the Pirate Bay.

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Court of Justice of the European Union – preliminary ruling – French Council of State – renewable energy sourc…

Saisie d’un renvoi préjudiciel par le Conseil d’Etat français, la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) s’est penchée sur le mécanisme de compe…

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New EU-Directives on Public Procurement

The new EU public procurement Directives were adopted by the European Parliament on 15 January 2014. The new rules replace Directive 2004/18/EC on pub…

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Press releases – European commission – 2030 climate and energy goals for a competitive, secure and low-carbon …

Les éléments clés du cadre stratégique pour 2030 présenté par la Commission sont les suivants:

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The Belgian Competition Authority adopts and codifies new dawn raid guidelines

The Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) is empowered to carry out dawn raids while investigating alleged breaches of competition law. Since 2011, th…

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Eolian – Council of State – annulment – sectoral conditions

Dans son arrêt n°225.439 du 12 novembre 2013, le Conseil d’Etat ne fléchit pas sur l’application de sa jurisprudence.

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Overview of Recent Amendments to the Business Continuity Act

On 1 August 2013, an act amending the Business Continuity Act ("BCA") of 31 January 2009 entered into force.

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Guidance for Member States on state intervention in electricity markets

La Commission publie des orientations pour les Etats membres sur la façon de :

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La Cour de Justice limite les activités des métamoteurs de recherche

Dans un arrêt du 19 décembre 2013, la Cour de Justice s’est prononcée sur la licéité des activités des métamoteurs de recherche au regard du droit sui…

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According to AG Cruz Villalón, Belgium has improperly implemented the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 20…

AG Cruz Villalón agrees with the European Commission that the Belgian legislature has improperly implemented Directive 2005/29. Three shortcomings are…

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General Court reduces the fine of two appellants in the calcium carbide and magnesium reagents cartel case

On 23 January 2014, the General Court (“GC”) handed down judgments on three appeals from the calcium carbide and magnesium reagents cartel for SKW, De…

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