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Baker McKenzie Welcomes New Energy & Infrastructure Team to Brussels Office

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Energy & Infrastructure team in Brussels, effective 1 November. The team includes David Haver…

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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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06/11/25
Désactivation de la boîte mail et du numéro de GSM après la …

Dans une décision du 7 octobre 2025, la Chambre contentieuse de l’Autorité …

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06/11/25
Cyber-fraud and banking vigilance: French case law and lesso…

Recent French judgments from the Nantes Judicial Court have drawn a clear l…

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Grey and Counterfeit Goods in Transit: Trademark Law in No-man’s Land.

Trademark owners often try to stop grey-market and counterfeit goods while in external transit through an EU member state. However, ECJ rulings are un…

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Social security agreement between Belgium and India

The Belgian government and India signed a historical agreement on social security on 3 November 2006. The agreement is expected to apply from July 200…

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Joint committee 336 launched for professional services

As mentioned in our newsflash of 20 March 2008, joint committee 336 was established on 8 March 2008 for professional service providers in so far that …

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New EU Member States employees face work permit exemption from 1 May 2009

Ten new countries joined the EU on 1 May 2004, namely, Malta, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Sloven…

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Work regulations to be adapted with new CBA 25ter

Collective bargaining agreement (CBA) 25ter on equal pay for male and female workers was concluded by the National Labour Council on 9 July 2008. This…

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Stock option plans extended

Companies and beneficiaries of stock option plans can now, under certain conditions, extend the exercise period of options granted through stock optio…

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The new federal law on the continuity of undertakings

In most countries, insolvency legislation distinguishes between bankruptcy and reorganisation proceedings. In Belgium, bankruptcies are ruled by the a…

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Transfers between time credit schemes made easier

To implement Interprofessional Agreement (IPA) 2009-2010, the National Labour Council adopted a new Collective bargaining agreement (CBA) [1] to accom…

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New Eco cheques

Next to meal cheques, culture cheques and sport cheques, companies will, from now on, also be able to grant their employees eco cheques, which, under …

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The right to legal assistance from the first formal interrogation

Contrary to what takes place in other countries (for example in France), in Belgium, a person interrogated in the framework of a criminal investigatio…

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TVA 6%

L’arrêté royal du 10 février 2009 vient de confirmer la mesure de réduction du taux de TVA à 6% sur les constructions nouvelles.

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European Commission challenges certain restrictions of the notional interest deduction regime

On 19 February 2009, the European Commission opened an infringement procedure against Belgium on the grounds that the notional interest deduction regi…

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ECJ Rules Belgian Participation Exemption Regime Incompatible with Parent-Subsidiary Directive

On 12 February 2009, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its decision in favor of the taxpayer in the Cobelfret case, a case involving the comp…

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Travel authorisation mandatory when going to the USA

As from 12 January 2009, all nationals of countries belonging to the Visa Waiver Program (such as Belgian nationals), will be required to obtain an el…

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Switzerland joined the Schengen area on 12 December 2008

On 27 November 2008 the EU-Ministers of Home affairs gave the green light to Switzerland to effectively apply the Schengen rules.

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Filing professional card applications in Belgium via approved business desk as from 1 January 2009

As of 1 July 2007, the retrieval of professional cards for self-employed foreigners is entrusted to the approved business desks and no longer to the c…

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Indexation of salaries in the National Auxiliary Joint Committee for White-collar Workers (JC n° 218)

The indexation of salaries in joint committee (JC) n° 218 raises certain issues which are highlighted as follows.

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Extension of the transitional period for workers from Romania and Bulgaria

With the publication of the Royal Decree of 18 December 2008 with respect to the employment of foreign workers, Belgium has used its possibility to pr…

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Audit committee in listed companies and financial institutions

The legal recognition of the audit committee aims to promote high quality financial information. Nevertheless the strengthening of the independence cr…

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New restrictions to the affiliation with overseas social security office (DOSZ/OSSOM)

At present, all workers performing a professional activity outside the European Economic Area (EEA)[1] and Switzerland can affiliate voluntarily to th…

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