In a decision of 7 October 2025, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data…
Recent French judgments from the Nantes Judicial Court have drawn a clear l…
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The scope of the reduced rate of withholding tax on dividends has been increased in order to reflect the Court of Justice of the European Union's 2012…
Read MoreThe law dated 18 December 2015 (the “Accounting Law”) entered into force on 9 January 2016. It has transposed into Belgian national law Directive 2013…
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On 28 January 2016, the European Commission launched its proposal for a Directive laying down rules against tax avoidance practices that dir…
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Het cassatiearrest van 12 februari 2016 is klaar en duidelijk: een werknemer die een som heeft ontvangen die niet als loon werd aangegeven bij de fisc…
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Avec quelques mois de retard, le Gouvernement belge est sur le point de finaliser la nouvelle procédure de régularisation fiscale (et sociale) – …
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While some people never stopped believing that the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") would one day become a reality, others had started to d…
Read MoreIn July 2015, the Commission opened two in-depth investigations into potential abusive practices of Qualcomm, a baseband chipset company. The results …
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Het Grondwettelijk Hof heeft op 3 maart 2016 het artikel vernietigd waarin wordt bepaald dat publiekrechtelijke rechtspersonen die in het algemeen bel…
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Op 9 januari 2016 is Verordening nr. 524/2013 van het Europese Parlement en de Raad betreffende onlinebeslechting van consumentengeschillen in werking…
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Further to the invalidation of the Safe Harbor by the European Court of Justice on 6 October 2015, the legal uncertainty on personal data tr…
Read MoreOn 19 January 2016, the European Commission approved compensation for public service obligations to two Swedish airports (Sundsvall Timra and Skelleft…
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On 21 January 2016, the European Commission decided that the corporate tax exemptions granted to seaports under the existing Dutch and Belgi…
Read MoreLa loi du 26 décembre 20151 et l’arrêté royal d’exécution du 18 décembre 20152 modifient le régime de taxation connu sous le nom de « taxe Caïman ». L…
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The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (“BEREC”) has published the final version of its Report on OTT services. This rep…
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Since the recent publication of new EU-legislation, the EU Trade Mark is getting finalised since the start of the ongoing reforming plans in 2008…
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In de loop van de decennia zijn de mogelijkheden waarover werkgevers beschikken om werknemers “socialezekerheidsvriendelijke” voordelen toe te kennen,…
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La mise à disposition de travailleurs, excepté par une société de travail intérimaire, est interdite en vertu de la loi du 24 juillet 1987 sur le …
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On 29 February 2016, the General Court ("GC") dismissed most of the appeal grounds brought by 14 international groups of air freight forwarders and la…
Read MoreFirstly, on 15 January 2016, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation into alleged aid to two container-terminal operators in the Port of Antwe…
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In Belgium, all major companies are required by law to organize at every 4 years interval social elections within their enterprise. In…
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