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ABILWAYS Belgium devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Belgium annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à SK…

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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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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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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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General Court reduces ExxonMobile's fine in the paraffin wax cartel

On 11 July 2014 the General Court ("GC") rendered its decision T-540/08 on appeal by Esso Deutschland GmbH, Esso S.A., ExxonMobil Petroleum and Chemic…

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Hoeveel cash mag ik van m'n klant ontvangen?

Vanaf 1 januari 2014 mag voor de aankoop van goederen of diensten nog slechts een maximum 3.000 EUR cash betaald worden. We frissen de regels nog eens…

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Judgment in Dahmane case troubles Belgian soccer clubs

By judgement of 6 May 2014, the Labour Court of Appeal of Antwerp has decided to review the judgement of the Labour Court of Hasselt in the case of th…

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New Legislation regarding Psychosocial Risks at Work

A new regulatory framework governing the prevention of psychosocial risks at work will come into force on 1 September 2014. It consists of the followi…

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The filing of a complaint before a competition authority

On 26 May 2014, the European Commission dismissed the antitrust complaint filed by Federauto (the Italian trade association of car retailers) against …

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Ignoring the stand-still obligation under the EU Merger Control Regulation ("EMCR") leads to very high fines

Ignoring the stand-still obligation under the EU Merger Control Regulation ("EMCR") leads to very high fines. This was confirmed by European Commissio…

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The representation of a retail store layout can be registered as a Community trademark

On 10th July 2010, in the case C-421/13, the European Court of Justice has decided that the representation of the layout of a retail store can be regi…

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Support system for photovoltaic plants with a capacity of over 10 kW

The Walloon Government has revised the support system: generally speaking, 2.5 GC/MWh and 60% self-use.

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Updated Legislative Framework for Markets in Financial Instruments (MiFID II)

Directive 214/65/EU on Markets in Financial Instruments repealing Directive 2004/39/EC (“MiFID I”) and Regulation (EU) 600/2014 on Markets in Financia…

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Détective ou vie privé(e)

L’affaire fait suite à un litige entre l’institut professionnel des agents immobiliers (IPI) d’une part, et Monsieur ENGLEBERT, la SPRL IMMO 9 et Mons…

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The Law of 15 May 2014 amending the law of 29 April 1999 on the organization of the electricity market

Un fonds budgétaire intitulé “production flexible d’électricité” est créé. Il constitue un fonds budgétaire au sens de l’article 62 de la loi du 22 ma…

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L'énergie dans l'accord de Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale pour la législature 2014-2019

Le 14 juillet dernier, le nouveau Gouvernement bruxellois a rendu public son projet d'accord de Gouvernement pour la législature 2014-2019. Aux termes…

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European Court of Justice clarifies the scope of technological prevention measures designed to prevent unautho…

On 23 January 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued a judgment in response to a request from the Tribunale di Milano (“Milan Court of Fir…

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Search engines and the right to be forgotten

The European Court of Justice acknowledged the right to be forgotten. But is it really that easy to implement this principle?

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The future Belgian register for nanomaterials: what companies should know about it

On 7 February 2014, the Belgian federal government issued a press release declaring that the draft Royal Decree creating a Belgian register for nanoma…

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Amendments to the Act of 12 April 1965 concerning the transmission of gaseous and other products by pipelines

« Art. 8/7. Sans préjudice de l’article 4 les installations de transport, quel qu’en soit le bénéficiaire, et tous les travaux réalisés aux fins de l’…

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Employer control of mobile phone’s private use: new perspectives

Many companies currently provide their employees with a mobile phone and accompanying contract, which they can use for private purposes. In a 12 May 2…

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Amendments to the Law of 29 April 1999 on the organization of the electricity market

Les articles 3 à 8 portent sur les installations de production d’électricité à partir des vents dans les espaces marins sur lesquels la Belgique peut …

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Belgian Privacy Commission's position on the use of dashcams

The Belgian Privacy Commission (“BPC”) recently addressed the privacy implications concerning the use of dashboard cameras (“dashcams”) in cars.

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Pre-contractual information Update

The obligations concerning pre-contractual information of commercial collaboration agreements, as introduced by the law of 2005, have been changed on …

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