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Gevangenisnoodwet van kracht

Exact één maand na de indiening van het wetsontwerp van de minister van Justitie is de wet van 18 juli 2025 gepubliceerd in het Belgisch Staatsblad van 4 augustus 2025. De wet beva…

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Student rechten? Waag je kans op de Scriptieprijs en win €2.500!

Heb jij tijdens het academiejaar 2024-2025 een masterproef geschreven over de advocatuur, of over de toegang tot de rechter? Dan maakt jouw werk kans op de Scriptieprijs van Advoca…

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Geschillencommissie bij betwisting van punten in tweedelijnsbijstand

Vanaf 1 juli 2025 kunnen advocaten actief in de tweedelijnsbijstand een beroep doen op een geschillencommissie wanneer er een blijvend meningsverschil is over de toegekende punten …

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EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) proposed delay: What busi…

On 23 September 2025, the European Commission announced its plan to postpon…

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The New EU “Pharma Package”: Advertising – A Comparison of C…

In this ninth and final alert in our weekly series on the EU Pharma Package…

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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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Energy performance certificate: Postponement until 1 January 2017

The Brussels government decided to postpone the entry into force of the obligation to establish an energy performance certificate for tertiary units. …

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The Unique Surroundings Permit, a reality soon

The entrepreneurial world and entrepreneurs’ organisations have been pleading for smoother and faster procedures for investment projects for years.

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First public consultation on a biocidal active substance launched

The first public consultation under the Biocidal Products Regulation will be on the active substance dinotefuran as a potential candidate for substitu…

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The Court of Justice rules that the duty of sincere cooperation precludes a municipality from relying on a con…

On 7 November 2013, the Court of Justice handed down its judgment in UPC Nederland BV v. Gemeente Hilversum (C-518/11). The case concerned a reference…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Aannemer en architect niet langer hoofdelijk verbonden door gezamenlijke, in combinatie ingediende offerte i.k…

Artikel 52, §2 van het Koninklijk Besluit Plaatsing overheidsopdrachten klassieke sectoren van 15 juli 2011 schrijft voor dat elke offerte schriftelij…

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Why the SNCB is changing its general conditions of carriage: force majeure in the rail and aviation sectors

The SNCB has announced today that they will change their general conditions of carriage so as to provide that passengers will receive compensation in …

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SUBSIDIES FOR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PARKS

Sustainability becomes more and more important when it comes to subsidizing business parks

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New decree on immovable heritage sites

The Flemish Government introduced the new decree on immovable heritage sites (1) to address this subject’s scattered legal landscape. Going forward, t…

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Filière solaire photovoltaïque d'une puissance supérieure à 10KW en région wallonne : réforme de la durée d'oc…

A partir du 7 novembre 2013, la période d'octroi des certificats verts relatifs aux installations solaires photovoltaïques de plus de 10 kW sera lim…

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Nieuwe regelgeving overheidsopdrachten is in werking getreden op 1 juli 2013

Het regelgevend kader voorzien inzake overheidsopdrachten onderging ingrijpende wijzigingen.

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New law regarding remedies

The new law concerning remedies with regard to public procurement procedures was adopted on 17 June 2013.

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Negotiated procedure without prior publication when no suitable tenders have been submitted in response to an …

La réglementation en vigueur prévoit qu’un marché public peut être passé par procédure négociée sans publicité lorsque dans le cadre d’un premier marc…

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Caution: it may be high time to renew the environmental permit for the operation of the car parks of your Brus…

A few months ago, the Brussels Parliament approved the Brussels Code on Air, Climate and Energy Management. The Code provides various measures to impr…

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Award criterion – Duration of execution – Unrealistic duration – Irregularity of the tender

Public procurement – Award criterion – Duration of execution – Method of evaluation – Unrealistic duration – Irregularity of the tender

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