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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…

Na ongeveer een jaar de koppen bij elkaar te hebben gestoken op instructie …

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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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French Competition Authority imposes EUR 0.9 million fine on Bang & Olufsen for curtailing e-tail

Today, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) has imposed a EUR 0.9 million fine on Bang & Olufsen France and its Danish pa…

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Energy Efficiency Directive taken effect

The Energy Efficiency Directive brings forward legally binding measures to step up Member States' efforts to use energy more efficiently at all stages…

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Simplification of the voluntary liquidation procedure for non-deficit companies and modification of the volunt…

By authorising under certain conditions the dissolution and liquidation of a company in one single act, the new law of 19 March 2012 has put an end to…

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The irrebuttable presumption that foreign directors of a Belgian company exercise their mandate as an independ…

The irrebuttable presumption that foreign directors of a Belgian company exercise their mandate as an independent in Belgium has been declared contrar…

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The equality between shareholders: a principle of social responsibility now regulated by the Companies Code

The new article 551bis of the Companies Code introduces the obligation for a public limited liability company to respect the principle of equality of …

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Amendments to the rules for domain name dispute resolution in the “.be” domain

CEPANI is organising on 12 December 2012 (13:30–17:30) a colloquium on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the rules for .be domain name dispute r…

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THE NEW LEGISLATION REGARDING BOGUS SELF-EMPLOYMENT IN THREE Q&A’S

As of 1 January 2013, a number of provisions of the Employment Relations Act, which aim at facilitating the government's fight against bogus self-empl…

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The Microsoft saga continues

The European Commission sent a statement of objections to Microsoft on non-compliance with browser choice commitments.

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The conclusions of the Advocate-General in the ONEL-OMEL case and the geographical scope of the genuine use of…

The Court of Appeals of The Hague referred preliminary questions to the Court of Justice with regard to the genuine use of a community trademark. Is i…

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Belgian High Court kills the blackout period. Can the minister resuscitate it ?

The current prohibition on announcing price reductions in the periods from 6 December and 6 June untill the start of the official sales periods (3 to…

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CONVERSION OF BEARER SECURITIES: LAST CHANCE TO AVOID INCREASED CONVERSION TAX OF 2%

Through the Act of 14 December 2005, the legislator decided to gradually cancel bearer securities, resulting in their total abolition by 31 December 2…

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Una via: geen dubbele bestraffing van fiscale misdrijven meer mogelijk

Eind 2012 werd het ‘una via’ principe ingevoerd in het fiscaal strafrecht. De bedoeling van dit principe is om eenheid te brengen in de wijze waarop f…

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A QUELQUES JOURS DE LA PÉRIODE DE PRÉ-SOLDES, REMISE EN CAUSE DE SON INTERDICTION ?

La période de pré-soldes (ou période d'attente) est une période de +/- trois semaines précédant les soldes (d'hiver et d'été) pendant laquelle les com…

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La responsabilité des dirigeants d’entreprises en difficultés: responsabilités liées aux comptes annuels

Le climat économique mondial est en berne et l'économie belge ne fait pas exception. En 2011, on a dénombré pas moins de 15.528 faillites 1. L'an…

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Fiscale regularisatie: nu echt de allerlaatste kans?

In het kader van de besprekingen over de begroting 2013 werd besloten om een nieuwe – en klaarblijkelijk allerlaatste – fiscale amnestieprocedure in t…

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Increased social security exemption for expatriates

The National Social Security Office (hereafter referred to as NSSO) has recently agreed on a new position regarding the social security treatment of t…

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PROTECTION JURIDIQUE (PRÉVENTIVE) EN MATIÈRE DE MARCHÉS PUBLICS : QUI EST LE JUGE COMPÉTENT POUR LES CENTRALES…

Lorsqu’un participant à une procédure d’attribution d’un marché public a été évincé et désire introduire un recours en suspension et/ou en annulation …

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RÉGLEMENTATION DES PÉRIODES DE PRÉ-SOLDES : SUITE ET BIENTÔT FIN

L'article 32 § 1 de la loi du 6 avril 2010 sur les pratiques du marché et la protection du consommateur (LPMC) interdit expressément aux entreprises a…

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Strafrechtelijke toerekening van milieumisdrijven: draagwijdte van het begrip ‘overtreder’

In een arrest van 6 november 2012 van het Milieuhandhavingscollege (MHHC-12/51-VK) werd een verzoekende partij die de strafrechtelijke toerekening van…

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Sperperioderegeling: vervolg en weldra het einde

Het artikel 32 § 1 van de wet van 6 april 2010 betreffende marktpraktijken en consumentenbescherming (WMPC) verbiedt uitdrukkelijk aan ondernemingen a…

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