News & Articles

15/12/23

New legal obligations require employers with 50 employees or more to appoint a person of trust

Several employment-related provisions have been introduced by the Act of 5 November 2023, one of which is to strengthen the presence of a person of tr…

15/12/23

Protect your Trade Secrets – Maintaining confidentiality during legal proceedings

In the latest episode of our Trade Secrets Series we focused on the position of trade secrets in the employer-employee relationship. In this fifth epi…

15/12/23

Hybrid cartels: Belgian Competition Authority concludes first proceedings

On 23 October 2023, the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority (the BCA) handed down a decision condemning and imposing a fine of EU…

14/12/23

Protect your Trade Secrets – Employer-employee relationship

In the first three episodes of our Trade Secrets Series we gave an introduction to the legal framework governing trade secrets in Belgium and explaine…

13/12/23

Belgian Competition Authority closes investigation on alleged gentlemen’s agreement between banks and Federal …

In August 2023, the Belgian State decided to organise, via the Federal Debt Agency, a subscription to a State treasury bond in the face of low savings…

12/12/23

New (and final?) chapter in the Esko case: can share-related benefits granted by a foreign parent company now …

In the Esko case regarding Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) granted by a US parent company to certain employees of its Belgian subsidiary, the Belgian Su…

12/12/23

Federaal Begrotingsakkoord: wat betekent dit voor de vastgoedsector?

Op 9 oktober 2023 sloot de federale regering een begrotingsakkoord af (het Begrotingsakkoord), met een aantal maatregelen die een belangrijke impact o…

11/12/23

It’s Not Easy Being Green: The European Commission’s New Guidance On Sustainability Agreements

On July 1, 2023, the European Commission’s revised Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements entered into force (see our previous alert for a co…

08/12/23

Preventing environmental damage through sustainable cooperation

The European Commission (EC) recently published its updated Horizontal Guidelines, including a new section on competition and sustainability agreement…

08/12/23

Indexering voor huurwoningen in Vlaanderen opnieuw toegelaten sinds 1 oktober 2023

De beperking op de indexering van de huurprijzen voor residentiële huurovereenkomsten in Vlaanderen, die van toepassing is op woningen met een EPB D-,…

07/12/23

Belgium’s Harmonic Discord on related rights

For the first time, the CJEU has been asked to clarify the temporal applicability of the right to “appropriate and proportionate remuneration” laid do…

07/12/23

Uitwinningsvergoeding bij handelsagentuur – enkele recente toepassingen

Wat is een uitwinningsvergoeding en wanneer heeft de handelsagent hier recht op? In deze e-zine zetten we dit kort uiteen aan de hand van enkele recen…

06/12/23

Geplande hervorming houdende de uitoefening, het toegang tot het beroep van vastgoedmakelaar en de doeltreffen…

Le 3 octobre 2023, le Gouvernement a déposé un projet de loi en vue de modifier la loi du 11 février 2013 organisant la profession d’agent immobilier …

05/12/23

Belgium aims for hospitals to increase their biosimilars uptake

On 22 September 2023, the Royal Decree of 13 September 2023 establishing specific rules on the public procurement of biological medicinal products was…

05/12/23

Housing rent indexation in Flanders and Brussels

You undoubtedly know that a residential lease may be indexed every year on the anniversary of the contract using the following formula: Base rent x n…

04/12/23

Nieuwe hernieuwbare energierichtlijn: wijzigingen inzake garanties van oorsprong, vergunningen en RFNBO’s

04/12/23

De la double imposition des dividendes de source française. La Cour de cassation met un terme à la saga !

La Cour de cassation vient de rendre un arrêt qui devrait mettre un point final au dernier épisode de la saga de la « quotité forfaitaire d’impôt étra…

04/12/23

Towards a mandatory person of trust

On 26 October 2023, the Parliament approved the draft act on several labour provisions. This draft traditionally contains various provisions relevant…

01/12/23

De klok tikt: deadline verplichte aanpassing statuten aan het (nieuwe) WVV in zicht

Op 1 mei 2019 trad het nieuwe Wetboek van vennootschappen en verenigingen (‘WVV’) in werking. Bestaande vennootschappen en verenigingen kregen hierbij…

01/12/23

Is your company ready for the Whistleblowers Act?

After companies with at least 250 employees[1]have already had to do so, it is now the turn of companies[2] with at least 50 employees to set up an in…