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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

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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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Parliament Passes Comprehensive Reform of Securities over Movable Goods

On 11 July 2013, Parliament adopted the Law amending the Civil Code with regard to securities over movable property and to abolish certain provisions …

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De geïnformeerde toestemming van (de vertegenwoordiger van) de bewusteloze patiënt

Op uw dienst wordt een patiënt binnengebracht die bewusteloos is, vermoedelijk als gevolg van overmatig drugs- en/of drankgebruik. Deze feitelijk wils…

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De omgevingsvergunning

De nieuwe omgevingsvergunning komt er aan. Voor het einde van de huidige legislatuur wil de Vlaamse Regering nog de nodige teksten goedkeuren. De omge…

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Moet Google schrappen? Het vergeetrecht als tempering voor het olifantengeheugen van het internet

De huidige informatiemaatschappij biedt de mogelijkheid om via zoekmachines als Google, Yahoo en andere snel en gericht informatie te verzamelen over …

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The Continuity of Enterprises Act has been modified

On 1 August 2013, a law modifying the Law on the Continuity of Enterprises of 31 January 2009 (hereinafter the Law) entered into force. Three years af…

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New Belgian competition act enters into force

The amended Competition Act constitutes Book IV of the new Code of Business and Economic Law (Wetboek van economisch recht/Code de droit économique).

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The success of the law on the continuity of undertakings leads to a reform

A bill modifying various legislation regarding the continuity of undertakings was adopted by the House of Representatives on 2 May 2013. The main modi…

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Entry Into Force of Amendments to Law on Continuity of Enterprises

The Law of 27 May 2013 amending various laws relating to the continuity of enterprises (Wet tot wijziging van verschillende wetgevingen inzake de cont…

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Belgian collecting society SABAM sues main internet service providers for payment of royalties for music that …

The Belgian collecting society SABAM claims that the internet service providers Belgacom, Telenet and Voo should pay a royalty of 3.4% of their turnov…

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Antitrust: the Commission sent a note with complaints to Motorola Mobility regarding the possible abuse of pat…

The European Commission has informed Motorola Mobility that the company's pursuit and enforcement of an injunction against Apple in Germany on the bas…

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Modernising employment law

The modernisation of employment law Act was recently published in the Belgian Official Journal (B.S./M.B. 17 August 2013). The Modernisation Act aims …

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Dispute about the reworked cover of a Spike and Suzy comic strip leads to the referral of a preliminary questi…

A reworked cover of a Spike and Suzy comic strip on a calendar of the far-right Belgian political party ‘Vlaams Belang’ led to a dispute before the Co…

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Press offence: update by the Belgian Supreme Court

Although the Belgian legislators initially provided that the expression of opinions which are punishable can only be qualified as a press offence when…

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Eenmaking statuut arbeiders-bedienden: afschaffing carensdag

Zoals aangekondigd in onze vorige nieuwsbrief van 12 juli 2013, vervolgen we in deze editie de bespreking van het compromisvoorstel dat op 5 juli 2013…

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The legal limits of tax inspections: where to draw the line?

In its efforts to further reduce tax fraud, the federal government has increased the number of tax inspections, as it had previously announced. It is …

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Belgium: The Twin Peaks II Reform

On 30 July 2013 the Belgian Parliament passed new legislation (the "Act") to improve the protection of users of financial products and services and th…

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New co-ownership law: bylaw adaptation deadline extended further

The deadline to prepare the adaptation of the bylaws and submit it to the general meeting of co-owners for approval is extended further.

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Reimbursement of Belgian withholding tax for foreign investment companies

Following recent European case law judging the tax treatment that applies in Belgium to foreign investment companies as discriminatory, the administra…

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New Food Regulation published today: 3 more health claims authorised

These functional health claims relate to the effects of: 1. ‘toothkind' drinks, which contribute to maintain tooth mineralisation compared to soft dri…

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Update on notional interest deduction

The notional interest deduction has been modified by two important tax measures entered into force as from tax year 2013: the limitation of the notion…

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