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België en VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 heeft de Orde van Vlaamse Balies samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland…

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Liberius welcomes Ana Jankov as new partner

Liberius is proud to welcome Ana Jankov as a partner, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in privacy, data protection and emerging digital regulation.

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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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22/10/25
Simplifying Rules for Listed Companies

Belgium proposes a draft law to simplify disclosure, marketing, and meeting…

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20/10/25
EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

EU Cybersecurity Month is an annual awareness campaign held every October t…

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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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Obligation to identify the parties to a lease agreement and registration

Article 1714 of the Belgian Civil Code and the Code on registration duties, mortgage duties and clerks, as amended by the Act of 21 December 2013, pro…

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The General Court dismissed appeals in the heat stabilizers cartel

On 6 February 2014, the General Court ("GC") dismissed the appeals brought in the heat stabilizers cartel by AC-Treuhand AG, Arkema France and CECA SA…

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The new formal requirements of the Belgian Continuity of Enterprises Act : a good step forward?

On 27 May 2013, the legislator passed a new law adjusting certain provisions of the Continuity of Enterprises Act in order to prevent abuses and curb …

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Protection indemnities again exempt from social security contributions

Federal Government reverses measure to no longer subject protection indemnities to social security contributions.

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Protection indemnities again exempt from social security contributions

Federal Government reverses measure to no longer subject protection indemnities to social security contributions.

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Late payments to the tax authority – directors be careful

A recent case reminds us of the fact that, since 2006, the Belgian tax authority has wielded a frightening weapon against directors of companies for l…

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euLex: La garantie locative sous toutes ses formes : focus sur une solution passant par l’assurance-caution

Que l’on se situe dans le cadre d’un bail de résidence principale/à loyers ou commercial, un bon contrat est avant tout un contrat où tant le bailleur…

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The impact of the unified status on the transfer of undertakings and takeovers after bankruptcy

The Act “unified statute” and the resulting legal provisions have an impact on the regimes of CBA 32bis.

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The Court of Justice allows the Commission to rely on general presumptions in refusing access to cartel files

On 27 February 2014, the Court of Justice ruled in Case C-365/12P (Commission v. EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG and Others) that the Commission is …

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Book X of the new Code of Economic law does not rationalize distribution law, but modifies certain aspects of …

Book X of the new Code of Economic Law ‘agency agreements, commercial partnership agreements and exclusive distribution agreements’ only repeats the e…

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EU Parliament finally adopts BPR amendments

On 25 February 2014 the European Parliament adopted the long awaited legislation to amend the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR).

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The Late Payment Act has finally been amended

The Act of 22 November 2013, published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 10 December 2013, amends the Late Payment Act of 2 August 2002. The Act of 2…

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Hervorming procedure Raad van State

De wijzigingen van de procedureregels bij de Raad van State volgen elkaar in sneltreinvaart op.

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The Antwerp Court of Appeals interprets sales periods differently from the Court of Justice of the EU and the …

A recent decision rendered by the Court of Appeals of Antwerp sheds new light on the question of whether Belgian rules prohibiting announcements of pr…

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Belgium to introduce class actions

UPDATE : The bill introducing class actions proceedings in Belgium has been withdrawn by the Minister of Economic Affairs on Thursday 27 February…

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Transposition of Directive 2011/7/EU on combating late payments in commercial transactions

Public procurements – sanctions for late payments

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Law reforming the Council of State finally adopted

On 9 January 2014, the Belgian Federal Government passed the law reforming the Council of State’s competency, procedure and internal organisation (1).…

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Sustainable procurement policy for contracting authorities of the Walloon region

Circular – Walloon Region – social, ethical and environmental clauses

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Einde van ontslag zonder motief

In de nasleep van de wet op het eenheidsstatuut hebben de sociale partners een akkoord bereikt over de motiveringsplicht bij ontslag. De regeling is v…

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Afstand als minimale besteksvereiste bij overheidsopdrachten en concessies

Hof van Justitie aanvaardt dat een gemeente de inzamelaar van gemengd stedelijk afval verplicht dit afval te vervoeren naar de meest nabijgelegen, ges…

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