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Beroepsopleiding advocaten-stagiairs herzien

Sinds 2 oktober 2025 gelden er belangrijke veranderingen in de beroepsopleiding van advocaten-stagiairs. Onze algemene vergadering keurde op 24 september een nieuw reglement goed d…

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Force probante des extraits du registre national

Le Fil RGPD quitte ses chemins habituels cette quinzaine et s’aventure sur le terrain du régime de la preuve. En effet, une circulaire commune des ministres de la Justice et de l’I…

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BDO welcomes new law firm BDO Legal

BDO Belgium broadens its legal services with BDO Legal. A team of lawyers and paralegals will support Belgian and international businesses with specialised, pragmatic legal advice …

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Abolition of the system of unemployment with company allowan…

On 15 September 2025, the Royal Decree of 5 September 2025 was published in…

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Court of Appeal of Ghent Clarifies Boundaries of Tax Investi…

On 24 June 2025, the Court of Appeal of Ghent delivered a comprehensive jud…

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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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Posting of workers

As from 30 July 2020, the foreign employer must – after the initial posting period of 12 months – comply with a more extensive package of Belgian sala…

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Terugkeer van een werknemer uit een buitenlandse vakantie in een corona risicogebied : wat te doen als werkgev…

De corona maatregelen verbieden niet-essentiële verplaatsingen naar sommige landen en regio’s in het buitenland. Bij terugkeer uit deze gebieden is ee…

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Youtube pas responsable ?

Selon l’avocat général, les exploitants de plateformes en ligne, telles que YouTube et Uploaded, ne sont pas directement responsables de la mise en li…

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Belgian Supreme Court Rules: Creative Use of the Law is Insufficient Ground for Lawyers to Claim Copyright Pro…

In a recently released ruling (of June 25th), the Belgian Supreme Court confirmed a decision of the Court of Appeal of Ghent relating to the possibili…

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The Belgian Competition Authority confirms that Belgian merger control rules apply to the creation of loco-reg…

Following the recent legislative amendment obliging hospitals to establish and be part of a loco-regional hospital network,[1] the Belgian Compet…

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Adoption d’une série de mesures de soutien des employeurs et des travailleurs

Malgré la reprise de la vie économique dans la majorité des secteurs, certaines entreprises rencontrent encore d’importantes difficultés financières. …

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New Circular letter – Home working expense allowance

As working from home will be the new normal for many companies, the Belgian tax authorities released a circular letter including guidelines for the ap…

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Will the real employer please stand up? - ECJ judgment in the AFMB-case

Last week, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its much anticipated judgment on the notion of “employer”. The employer is an important element …

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Coronavirus en telewerk (Update)

In talrijke ondernemingen is telewerk voortaan verplicht. Tot op heden waren de meeste werkgevers echter niet gewend aan deze vorm van arbeidsorganisa…

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Allocation of consumption vouchers

A Royal Decree published today stipulates that employers may grant their employees so-called consumption vouchers that can be used in establishments b…

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De fiscale ondersteuning van ondernemingen in tijden van het coronavirus (deel III)

Hoewel het straatbeeld soms anders doet geloven, is het coronavirus nog alom tegenwoordig in onze samenleving. De verschillende regeringen van ons lan…

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Schrems II, the day after - What actions do you need to take with regard to your international data transfers?…

Yesterday (16 July 2020), the European Court of Justice issued its breaking judgement in the ‘Schrems II’ case. You can read more about the Court’s ru…

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Schrems strikes again: EU-US Privacy Shield invalid; Standard Contractual Clauses upheld but due diligence req…

A clash between US national surveillance law and EU data protection standards, which lies at the heart of Case C-311/18, Data Protection Com…

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Data Protection Summer Dive - Designation and tasks of your Data Protection Officer

Each week in July and August, our focus will be on a different topic that has been scrutinized by the Belgian Data Protection Authority. With a f…

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Schrems II: What is (or should be) on your to-do list for international data transfers?

Today, on 16 July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its Schrems II judgment invalidating the European Comm…

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De bedrijfsleider als borgsteller voor vennootschapsschulden: valt er fiscaal iets te recupereren?

Het is een herkenbare situatie, al zeker in een crisisperiode. Een vennootschap wenst te investeren. Daarvoor heeft zij kredieten nodig en ze leent da…

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Belgium’s implementation of the new EU Posted Workers Directive: what is the impact for employers posting work…

With the Act of 12 June 2020, Belgium is implementing EU Directive 2018/957 amending Directive 96/71/EC on the posting of workers, by providing, among…

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Will your income deriving from private equity funds be taxable in 2019?

The investment structure of private equity funds can take many different forms. If you have invested in a fund structured in the form of an investment…

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Privacy Shield Invalidated: EU Data Transfers to the U.S. under Siege (again…)

At 9:30 a.m. Central European Time, privacy professionals around the world were refreshing their browsers to read the long-awaited judgment of the Cou…

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La Belgique transpose la 5ème Directive anti-blanchiment… et assujettit le secteur du football professionnel&n…

Ce jeudi 16 juillet 2020, la Chambre des représentants a entériné le projet de loi « portant des dispositions diverses relatives à la prévention …

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