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Alles wat u nodig hebt om succesvol te ondernemen in de advocatuur

Een advocatenkantoor leiden is meer dan alleen het recht beheersen. Het is ook ondernemen: met visie, structuur en durf. Daarom lanceert de Orde van Vlaamse Balies twee nieuwe hulp…

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Universités d’hiver 2026 - les inscriptions sont ouvertes

Après le succès des Universités d’été, AVOCATS.BE vous présente sa première édition hivernale : une journée de formation et de réflexion, le 21 janvier 2026, au Château de Courrièr…

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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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Pay more to your employees and less to the social security r…

In Belgium, employers’ social security contributions have always been due o…

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Rechtszekerheid, robuustheid... Realiteit? Het eindrapport v…

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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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New European legislation on credit agencies

One and a half years after the Commission's legislative proposal to reinforce the regulatory framework of credit rating agencies (CRAs), Europe remain…

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Legal Advice of In-house Counsel Protected by Duty of Confidentiality

The Belgian Act of 1 March 2000 provides that legal advice rendered by in-house counsel is considered confidential when the company lawyer is acting a…

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Hospital insurance - Limitation of price increases validated by Court of Justice of Luxembourg

The Court of Justice has upheld the Belgian system of limiting price increases of hospital insurances to the medical index increases. Since the basic …

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A recent ruling of the Court of Cassation recalls the need to be careful when terminating an agreement unila…

Article 1184 of the Belgian Civil Code stipulates that a judge, at the request of one of the parties to a contract, may declare termination of the con…

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The Brussels Code on Air, Climate and Energy Management: A Cross-cutting Approach to Environmental Challenges

On 31 May 2013, COBRACE (Code of Brussels for Air, the Climate and Energy Control) entered into force, to a large extent.[1] COBRACE consolidates and …

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State aid and health care – the public funding of a Portuguese health-care institution is not a State aid, sin…

The European Commission considers that the public funding by Portuguese health-care authorities of the construction of a health-care unit is not liabl…

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Purely Potestative Condition Precedent to Perform Obligation Cannot Be Declared Null

On 22 April 2013, the Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation) held that if an obligation to perform is subject to a purely potestative cond…

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New developments in Dutch landmark cases concerning state aid and state guarantees

On 26 April 2013 the Dutch Supreme Court (the “Hoge Raad”) rendered two judgments in the state aid cases concerning guarantees provided by the Port of…

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Brussels Court of appeal acquits defendant for hyperlinking to an infringing video

In a decision of 19 March 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal held that hyperlinking to an infringing video is not a criminal offence if malicious inte…

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Damage claims facilitated by Eu private enforcement proposal

The European Commission has adopted its long-awaited Directive on private actions. It explains how citizens and companies can claim damages when they …

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New authorised health claims!

A new list of authorised functional health claims was published on 11 June 2013 under the Commission Regulation (EU) No 536/201311. This Regulation ad…

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Loi-santé : du neuf en matière de médicaments

Modifications de la loi du 25 mars 1964 sur les médicaments.

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Formalities Associated with Teleworking

Many companies allow staff to work from home for one or more days per week. Most of these workers operate from home using a computer, phone and/or oth…

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District Court of The Hague rules on preliminary defences in paraffin wax damage claims case

On 1 May 2013, the District Court of The Hague ruled in an interim decision on various preliminary defences in an antitrust 'follow-on' litigation cas…

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Health law : budget of hospitals

Modification to the financing of hospitals.

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La TVA et les voitures de société : où en est-on ?

Depuis le 1er janvier 2011, les assujettis sont - en principe - obligés de limiter la déduction de la TVA sur leurs véhicules de société à concurrence…

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Recent Developments in Intellectual Property before the European Courts

On 30 April 2013, the General Court of the European Union (the “General Court”) upheld the decision of the Office of Harmonization for the Internal Ma…

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European Court of Justice upholds finding that the Commission failed to act within the meaning of Article 265 …

On 16 May 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") dismissed an appeal of the European Commission (the "Commission") against a judgment of the Gene…

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De nieuwe overheidsopdrachtenreglementering treedt in werking op 1 juli!

  Het langverwachte koninklijk besluit tot bepaling van de datum van inwerkingtreding van de nieuwe overheidsopdrachtenreglementering is verschen…

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La nouvelle réglementation des marchés publics entre en vigueur le 1er juillet !

  L'arrêté royal tant attendu déterminant la date d'entrée en vigueur de la nouvelle réglementation des marchés publics a été publié au Moniteur …

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