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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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Legal Geek Europe 2026

Legal Geek Europe returns on 14 April 2026 at De Hallen Studio’s, Amsterdam.

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Belgian draft law amending the Pillar 2 Law

On 9 October 2025, the Belgian government submitted to Parliament a draft l…

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Maximum wage cost increase margin for the 2025-2026 period s…

On 22 September 2025, the Royal Decree of 12 September 2025 implementing 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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Nieuwe regels rond cookies en direct mailings onderweg

In de week van 15 oktober week werd het ontwerp van “ePrivacyverordening” door de LIBE-commissie goedgekeurd. Na de hervorming van de wetgev…

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La restitution de la voiture de société à la fin du contrat de travail en 5 questions

Vous avez licencié un membre du personnel qui bénéficiait de la mise à disposition d’un véhicule de société ou ce travailleur a démissionné. Qu’advien…

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Les Pop-up stores : vers une règlementation d’une petite révolution

Les pop-up stores sont devenus une réalité particulièrement appréciée de tous les acteurs dans nos grandes villes. De manière régulière désormais, nou…

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Loi portant des dispositions diverses du 30 septembre 2017

La loi du 30 septembre 2017 portant des dispositions diverses en matière sociale prolonge jusqu’au 1er janvier 2019 le système provisoire de la « …

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Challenging Judgments by Default: New Law Brings Limitation

On 24 July 2017, the Belgian Official Journal published a law that once more provides for various changes to Belgium's judicial system (Wet van 6 juli…

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Chamber approves amendments to the RREC Act

On 5 October 2017, the bill amending the Regulated Real Estate Companies Act of 12 May 2014 (“GVV-wet”) was approved by the Chamber of Repre…

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Het nieuwe Belgisch Insolventierecht: (reality) check!

Door de wet van 11 augustus 2017 houdende invoeging van het boek XX, “Insolventie van ondernemingen”, in het Wetboek van economisch recht (WER) kent B…

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Deduction of 4 weeks’ full salary from the indemnity in lieu of notice for outplacement: also confirmed for ‘h…

On 18 May 2017, the Dutch-speaking Labour Tribunal of Brussels confirmed that an employer can deduct 4 weeks’ salary from the indemnity in lieu of not…

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Soon an English international business court in Brussels?

A few days ago, the Belgian media have revealed that Brussels should soon have an Anglophone court called “Brussels International Business Court” (her…

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A vos calculettes! La loi sur le rachat des années d’études est publiée!

La loi relative à l’harmonisation de la prise en compte des périodes d’études pour le calcul de la pension a été publiée au Moniteur belge de ce 24 oc…

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How to run a company in 2017: Buysse Code III

The newly-updated Buysse Code reviews the powers of the board of directors and the tasks that the chairman of the board of directors must assume in or…

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Transparency Register – Overview of Foreign Reporting Requirements

Among other measures designed to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, the 4th Money Laundering Directive requires the EU member states to …

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Creation of an English-speaking international Commercial Court in Brussels

The Belgian Federal Government has unveiled its plans for the creation of the Brussels International Business Court (BIBC). The principle of introduci…

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Amendementen op het goedgekeurde wetsontwerp oprichting GBA

Op 24 oktober 2017 werd het wetsontwerp over de oprichting van de Gegevensbeschermings-autoriteit (GBA) unaniem goedgekeurd i…

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Belgium’s corporate tax reform becomes reality

Today the Federal government has published a press release regarding the agreement on the concrete implementation of the important…

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Wie niet weet, soms deert

Tot het Hof van Justitie dezelfde dag twee hoofddoekenarresten uitsprak (zie SoCompact nr. 11-2017) was het niet alleen voor werkgevers…

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Helft Vlaamse gemeenten belast verwaarlozing, ongeschiktheid en onbewoonbaarheid nog niet

Vandaag belast minder dan de helft van de Vlaamse gemeenten verwaarlozing, ongeschiktheid en onbewoonbaarheid van woningen en…

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New rules announced regarding value benefit in kind of PC, laptop, smartphone, tablet & internet used by e…

Recently, the Minister of Finance announced new rules for valuation of certain benefits in kind (pc, laptop, smartphone, tablet and internet) and this…

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Towards a life span guarantee for consumer products in Europe?

In 2017, time.lex and CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies) performed an interesting study for the European Parliament (EP) Research Service regar…

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Challenging Judgments by Default: New Law Brings Limitation

On 24 July 2017, the Belgian Official Journal published a law that once more provides for various changes to Belgium's judicial system (Wet van 6 juli…

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