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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!
Yesterday it was announced that the EU and the US have reached a political agreement on Safe Harbour, the "EU-US Privacy Shield". The previous Sa…
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The Act of 18 December 2015 was published in the Belgian Official Gazette of 24 December 2015, providing the following measures concerning s…
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Een faillissement maakt in beginsel geen einde aan een bestaande overeenkomst. De wet bepaalt evenwel dat de curator kan beslissen of hij de overeenko…
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Pursuant to article 9 of the Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications (the “Act”), an electronic communication service provider (the “service …
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In October 2015, we reported on the invalidation by the European Court of Justice of the “Safe Harbour” regime for personal data exports from the EU t…
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The legislation on insurance and reinsurance companies is currently split into two parts: the Act of 9 July 1975 on the control of insurance companies…
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On 12 January 2016, the European Court of Human Rights delivered a widely commented judgment in Case B?RBULESCU v. ROMANIA – Application n° 6149…
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Now that the holidays are behind us, with the exception of a belated New Year's drink here and there, it's business as usual and thus time to dig a li…
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In October 2015, we reported on the invalidation by the European Court of Justice of the “Safe Harbour” regime for personal data exports from the EU t…
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Medische gegevens van maar liefst 150.000 onderzoeken binnen de Emmaüs-groep zouden zijn uitgelekt. Het Nederlandse consumentenprogramma “Meldpunt” kw…
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Bepaalde fiscale voordelen zijn enkel van toepassing op kleine en/of microvennootschappen. Een nieuwe wet heeft beide begrippen nu een nieuwe definiti…
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De meest besproken maatregel uit de Wet tot waarborging van de duurzaamheid en het sociale karakter van de aanvullende pensioenen en tot versterking v…
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On 1 December 2015, the Court of Cassation dismissed an appeal lodged by Yahoo! against the ruling of the Court of Appeal of Antwerpen of 20 November …
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The General Court of the EU has annulled the European Commission’s decision declaring that part of the Spanish Tax Lease System constituted a state ai…
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The Belgian Competition Authority recently published its decision on the acquisition by Cordeel Group (a general contractor company) of the Belgian ac…
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Een gepensioneerde mag tot een bepaald bedrag per jaar bijverdienen. Het grensbedrag hangt af van de leeftijd van de persoon en het bestaan kinderen t…
Read MoreIn de recente pers zijn berichten verschenen over de vraag of werkgevers de e-mails van hun werknemers mogen lezen. De directe aanleiding voor deze be…
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The Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) provides that European companies may transfer personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area i…
Read MoreOn 8 January 2016, the Financial Services and Markets Authority (“FSMA”) initiated a consultation on a draft regulation governing the distribution of …
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In February 2006, following an earlier application for immunity under the 2002 Leniency Notice, the European Commission carried out unannounced inspec…
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