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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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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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Harmonised classification and labelling current consultations

Parties concerned are invited to submit their comments to the proposed harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) of the substance. The CLH public …

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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: NEW THRESHOLDS FOR EUROPEAN NOTIFICATION AS FROM 1 JANUARY 2014

By means of Regulation no. 1336/2013 the European Commission has, on 13 December 2013 determined the new thresholds for European notification. These w…

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ECJ Rules on Choice of Law Clause in Commercial Agency Agreements

On 17 October 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) answered a preliminary question from the Belgian Supreme Court in the case …

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NIEUW WETBOEK ECONOMISCH RECHT

Zoals reeds aangekondigd in onze vorige e-zine, gaat de publicatie en inwerkingtreding van de verschillende boeken van het Wetboek Economisch Recht do…

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Verkoopcompromis onder de opschortende voorwaarde van de aflevering van een bodemattest: moet er nog zand zijn…

In navolging van een aantal arresten van het Hof van Cassatie is er reeds veel geschreven over het bodemattest, de rechtsgeldigheid van de opschortend…

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The Court of Justice rules that the Commission's formal decision to investigate a state aid infringement has l…

On 21 November 2013 the Court of Justice ruled on a set of preliminary questions which were referred to it by the Oberlandes Gericht Koblenz ("German…

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Les marchés publics de produits de santé – à quel prix ?

Les établissements de soins sont, on s’en doute, de gros consommateurs de produits de santé et, singulièrement, de médicaments. Il va de soi qu’en bon…

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Brussels Court Of Appeal Confirms AB InBev Infringement of Maes’ Blue Colour Trade Mark

On 21 October 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal ruled on a dispute between Alken Maes Brouwerijen N.V. and InBev Belgium N.V. concerning the alleged …

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Public procurement in hospitals, nothing new?

The introduction of the new procurement regulation on 1 July 2013 raises lots of questions with regard to hospitals, including the one – often taken f…

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ECHA initiates eight-week public consultations on applications for authorisation for DEHP and DBP

ECHA has received seven applications for authorisation for uses of DEHP and DBP and now invites interested parties to submit relevant information on a…

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Condominium : amendment to the by-laws by 31 August 2014 at the latest

Pursuant to an act of 17 August 2013, the term let to the condominiums in order to amend their articles of association is postponed by one year. The d…

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Gesubsidieerde particuliere bouwwerken onderworpen aan de regelgeving inzake overheidsopdrachten : het Hof van…

Gesubsidieerde werken en verbonden diensten kunnen overheidsopdrachten zijn, ook al is de opdrachtgever geen aanbestedende overheid

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Vermogensbeheer voor pensioenfondsen belast met btw?

Begin dit jaar berichtten we u over het Wheels arrest van het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie. De zaak betrof de vraag of prestaties van ve…

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Issue of building permits : new rules from the 1 September 2013

On 1 September 2013, the regional public servant became the main competent authority in Brussels for issuing building permits.

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Nieuwe Europese douaneverordening

Verordening nr. 608/2013. In 2012 werden door de douaneautoriteiten bijna 40 miljoen namaakgoederen met een totale waarde van ongeveer €1 miljard aan …

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Distress: a mechanism forgotten by the landlords

With a tenant who does not pay rent, the landlord can contact a bailiff who – without any prior judicial authorization – will distrain the chattels co…

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Student housing as property investment asset, a rapid glance

In the United Kingdom investment in student housing has increased explosively during the least years. Due to this increase, which was followed by the …

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The Court of Justice confirms that undertakings can bring an action for damages if the EU Courts fail to adjud…

On 26 November 2013, the Court of Justice ruled in Kendrion v Commission (C-50/12 P), Gascogne Sack Deutschland GmbH v Commission (C-40/12 P) and Grou…

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L'ENTREPRENEUR ET L'ARCHITECTE NE SONT PLUS SOLIDAIREMENT RESPONSABLES POUR LES OFFRES INTRODUITS CONJOINTEMEN…

L'article 52, §2 de l'arrêté royal du 15 juillet 2011 sur la passation des marchés publics dans les secteurs classiques établit que chaque offre doit …

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Caisses d’assurance maladie soumises à la directive relative aux pratiques commerciales déloyales : quid des a…

Il a longtemps été admis que les réglementations européenne et belge relatives aux pratiques commerciales s’appliquaient uniquement aux autorités pour…

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