Actualités et articles

01/04/22

New limitations regarding unilateral costs increase to be borne by commercial agents

On 16 February 2022, unbeknownst to most practitioners, the Belgian federal Parliament passed a bill amending article X.13 of the Code of Economic Law…

29/03/22

Slachtoffer van ‘phishing’: moet de bank je vergoeden?

Dat phishing brandend actueel is, blijkt ook uit de cijfers die de Federale Overheidsdienst (FOD) Financiën vorige maand publiceerde. In 2021 alleen a…

28/03/22

The European Commission has published its long-awaited proposal for a Data Act

On Wednesday 23 February 2022, the European Commission presented a “Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data”, also known as t…

28/03/22

Changes to system of joint and several liability of principal and main contractor for social security debts of…

In the Belgian Official Gazette of 9 March 2022, the Act of 28 February 2022 holding several provisions concerning social affairs was published. One o…

28/03/22

Les dispositions générales et le droit des obligations du nouveau Code civil ont été adoptés

L’adoption de nouvelles dispositions en droit des obligations vont bon train : ce mardi 22 mars 2022, les nouveaux livres relatifs aux dispositions ge…

28/03/22

European Commission publishes guidelines on conditionality mechanism to protect the EU budget

The European Commission has recently adopted Guidelines on the general regime of conditionality, a regime which aims to protect the EU budget against …

26/03/22

Le Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale modifie le Code bruxellois du logement

Par son ordonnance du 10 février 2022 (l’Ordonnance), le législateur ordonnanciel bruxellois a modifié le Code bruxellois du logement 

24/03/22

What is in the proposal Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence?

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission issued the long-awaited proposal Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (the “Draft Directiv…

23/03/22

Belgian Competition Act amended to transpose ECN+ Directive into Belgian competition law and introduce merger …

On 17 March 2022, the Belgian Act transposing the ECN+ Directive and also introducing further amendments into the Belgian Competition Act entered into…

23/03/22

Registration requirements for virtual asset service providers

Following the previously published newsletter regarding the new law that will require virtual asset service providers to comply with&nb…

22/03/22

Belgian courts review arbitrators’ liability

In its unique judgment of 13 January 2022, the Belgian Court of Cassation ruled on the liability of arbitrators after having reviewed the Brussels Cou…

22/03/22

Posting allowance or cost allowance: an often subtle difference with important consequences

21/03/22

Update COVID-19 and cross-border employment: agreements with the neighboring countries, a final extension?

In the PwC newsflashes of 10 December 2021, 15 December 2021 and 21 December 2021 we referred to the extension of the mutual …

21/03/22

Novelties in Belgian competition law

By Law of 28 February 2022, the Belgian legislator has transposed the ECN+ Directive that seeks to strengthen national competition authorities. Aside …

18/03/22

Nouvelles obligations pour les prestataires de services liés aux crypto-monnaies

Les investissements en crypto-monnaies, susceptibles d’entrainer d’importantes plus-values, font désormais partie intégrante de notre monde financie…

16/03/22

Global Minimum Taxation (Pillar 2): OECD Commentary and Consultation and Updated Draft EU Directive

On 14 March 2022, the OECD published the commentary on the OECD “GloBE” Model Rules concerning the introduction of a minimum effective tax rate worldw…

15/03/22

Directors with a non-remunerated corporate mandate can now be exempted from the professional card obligation i…

Non-EEA nationals practising self-employed activities in Belgium must apply for a professional card, unless they can benefit from a legal exemption. S…

15/03/22

De nouvelles mesures corona facilitent l'organisation de l'assemblée générale des copropriétaires

L'arrêté royal du 5 mars 2022 concerne le passage au code jaune sur le baromètre corona depuis le 7 mars 2022 et assouplit l'organisation de l'assembl…

10/03/22

Diffamation sur Internet : quel est le juge compétent ?

En cas de diffamation en ligne, l’indemnisation du préjudice qui en résulte sur le territoire d’un État membre peut être demandée auprès des juridicti…

10/03/22

New expat regime in Belgium - Royal Decree published

This week a Royal Decree was published laying down the form and content of the “application form” needed by employers/companies in order to apply for …