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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The Court of Justice ('CJ') has issued two landmark rulings in Cases C-625/11 P and C-626/11 P PPG and SNF v ECHA. The CJ set aside the judgments of t…
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Competition authorities have broad powers of investigation during unannounced inspections of companies’ premises ("dawn raids"). In its judgment in De…
Read MoreDans un arrêt du 11 janvier 2012, n°217.157 le Conseil d’État avait suspendu le premier permis accordé à la société «Les Rives de Verviers» pour impla…
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The Act of 30 July 2013 has introduced a new, separate corporate income tax, called “fairness tax”. Fairness tax constitutes a separate, non-deductibl…
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We would like to raise your special attention to the new PRC Exit and Entry Law of July 1, 2013 (hereinafter, the "New Law") as well as to the Regulat…
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Reeds in een eerdere nieuwsbrief hebben wij gewezen op het overdreven formalisme bij de Raad voor Vergunningsbetwistingen omtrent de hoedanigheid van …
Read MoreMinisterial Decree of 23 April 2013 adapting the multiplier of the number of green certificates granted for photovoltaic installations.
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Some time ago, we saw the creation of the “KLIM” ("Kabels en Leidingen Informatie Meldpunt" or Cable and Pipe Information Notification Office) at fede…
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The plan contains various measures to cater for the loss in capacity due to the run-down of nuclear energy and to increase import capacity by extendin…
Read MoreLa Cour d'appel de Bruxelles a annulé, dans son arrêt du 6 février 2013, la décision tarifaire de la CREG du 22 décembre 2011. Avec cette nouvelle déc…
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Belgium’s federal energy regulator, CREG, filed a petition before the Constitutional Court seeking partial setting-aside of the Act of 8 January 2012 …
Read MoreFin mars 2013, le Gouvernement wallon a annoncé une refonte du système des certificats verts (CV) pour les installations photovoltaïques < 10 kWc. …
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On 27 and 28 June 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal (the “Court of Appeal”) delivered two judgments in relation to misleading comparative advertising…
Read MoreAdvocate-General Yves Bot finds, in the framework of a preliminary ruling procedure before the Court of Justice that the Flemish system is contrary to…
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Op 13 juni 2013 is de Wet van 29 april 2013 betreffende de door de advocaten van de partijen medeondertekende onderhandse akte in werking getreden. De…
Read MoreThe social security and tax authorities recourse regarding the withholding obligation and guarantee during a judicial reorganization has been confirme…
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Key provisions of the Amending Directive transposed into Belgian Law by the Amending Act When transposing the Amending Directive and thus modifying th…
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Already in a 1993 judgment, the Constitutional Court (Grondwettelijk Hof / Cour Constitutionnelle) had considered the specific differences between whi…
Read MoreThe draft law amending several legal provisions governing the continuity of undertakings will also have a social impact. Firstly, CBA no. 102 of 5 Oct…
Read MoreA court order for an opposing party to pay a high amount is not always beneficial to the creditor if it is apparent that there are insufficient assets…
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