News & Articles

06/04/22

How the Belgian Cour de Cassation qualifies a director of a company as an “enterprise”

Since the entry into force of the new Belgian Code of Economic Law (‘BCEL’) it is possible for a company director, in its personal capacity, to be qua…

04/04/22

The Belgian Competition Authority approves conditionally the acquisition of RTL Belgium and subsidiaries by DP…

On 29 March 2022, the Belgian Competition Authority approved under conditions the acquisition by groups DPG Media NV and Rossel & Cie of joint con…

04/04/22

Ramadan: moet een werkgever zijn hr aanpassen?

Dit jaar valt de Ramadan tussen 2 april en 1 mei en wordt traditioneel afgesloten met het Suikerfeest, een periode van bezinning en vasten tussen zons…

01/04/22

ECJ judgment regarding Regulation (EC) no. 883/2004 and working in a third country

In a judgment late last year, the European Court of Justice (‘ECJ’) again confirmed that Regulation (EC) no. 883/2004 – which determines the applicabl…

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

De algemene bepalingen en het verbintenissenrecht in het nieuwe Burgerlijk Wetboek zijn goedgekeurd

Het gaat vooruit met de aanneming van de tekst van het nieuwe verbintenissenrecht: afgelopen dinsdag 22 maart 2022 keurde de Commissie voor Justitie u…

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

Het Parlement van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest wijzigt de Brusselse Huisvestingscode

Met zijn ordonnantie van 10 februari 2022 (de Ordonnantie) heeft de Brusselse ordonnantiegever de Brusselse Huisvestingscode gewijzigd;…

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…