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Ronde van de Rechtsstaat - Opendeur van de vier hoge rechtscolleges Brussel - 25 oktober 2025

In het kader van de Europese dag voor Justitie zetten de vier hoge rechtscolleges hun deuren open: Grondwettelijk Hof, Hof van Cassatie, Raad van State en het Rekenhof. VRG-Alumni…

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De vernieuwde stageovereenkomst

Op 10 oktober 2025 trad het gewijzigde artikel 31 bis van de Codex Deontologie voor Advocaten in werking. Dat betekent dat alle stageovereenkomsten – zowel nieuwe als lopende – uit…

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Legal Geek Europe 2026

Legal Geek Europe returns on 14 April 2026 at De Hallen Studio’s, Amsterdam.

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EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

EU Cybersecurity Month is an annual awareness campaign held every October t…

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CTRL + SHIFT + INVOICE­: The 2026 E-volution

Imagine... You run a small but thriving Belgian design agency. Your days ar…

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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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Consumenten nog beter beschermd

Onlangs zijn twee Europese richtlijnen omgezet door een wet betreffende de bescherming van de consument in het kader van overeenkomsten voor de leveri…

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Employment & Benefits Summer series - Part I : The Belgian Labour Deal - Work-life balance

Strelia’s Summer Series on the Belgian Labour Deal aims to give companies a general overview of the government’s measures to reform the labour market.…

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Employment & Benefits Summer series - Part II: The Belgian Labour Deal - Transition Path and Promotion of …

Strelia’s Summer Series on the Belgian Labour Deal aims to give companies a general overview of the government’s measures to reform the labour market.…

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European Commission Unveils Measures to Unleash the Potential of Health Data

The European Commission has presented its Proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space (the “Proposal”). While it aims to strengthen th…

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Het nieuwe Burgerlijk Wetboek

Een nieuw verbintenissenrecht, dat moet gevierd worden!

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New rules for B2C contracts: enforcement of consumer rights

Over the past few weeks, in a series of articles, we have discussed the main changes to Belgian consumer law resulting from the implementation of the …

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Bouwmaterialen fors duurder en met vertraging geleverd. Hoe vangt u dat op?

Het is een algemeen gekend probleem op de bouwwerf. Niet alleen zijn de materialen aanzienlijk in prijs gestegen, maar bovendien geraken veel material…

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Le signalement des mesures correctrices (self-cleaning measures) dans les marchés publics : le législateur int…

Le 31 mai dernier, une modification législative est entrée en vigueur qui oblige les pouvoirs adjudicateurs, en ce qui concerne les motifs d'exclusion…

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The EU’s mutual trust in the administration of justice does not extend to arbitration (in insurance disputes)

In the context of enforcement of judgments, the CJEU (in Case C-700/20) does not allow arbitration to circumvent the fundamental rules underpinni…

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New rules for B2C contracts: pricing & payment

The recent modernisation of Belgian consumer protection legislation also covers certain pricing and payment practices in a B2C context.

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Belgium takes important step in introducing Foreign Direct Investment screening

On 1 June 2022, Belgium’s Federal and various Regional governments entered into a draft cooperation agreement to introduce a mechanism for screening F…

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Exploring M&A In The Metaverse

Investors’ cash injection in the metaverse and Web3 has created increased M&A activity. Deploying an acquisition strategy to take over new technol…

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Nouvelle convention fiscale belgo-française : changements en vue concernant les plus-values sur actions

A la fin de l’année dernière, la Belgique et la France ont signé une nouvelle convention fiscale qui entrera en vigueur à l’issue du processus de rati…

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Regulation on foreign subsidies is heading for the finish line - European companies need to be prepared

Since 5 May 2022, EU trilogue negotiations have been underway on the first Regulation to limit the effect of subsidies from third countries to compani…

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Recent developments regarding the Belgian "Labour Deal"

Shortly before Summer, the Belgian government finally reached a final governmental agreement on 17 June 2022, on the so-called “labour deal” that was …

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Het aantonen van corrigerende maatregelen (self-cleaning measures) bij overheidsopdrachten: de wetgever grijpt…

Op 31 mei ll. trad een wetswijziging in werking die aanbesteders verplicht, i.h.k.v. facultatieve uitsluitingsgronden, aan te geven in de opdrachtdocu…

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New rules for B2C contracts: distance selling and off-premises sales

The Act of 8 May 2022 amending the Belgian Code of Economic Law has introduced several new requirements which apply to distance selling (e.g. through …

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Work incapacity and reintegration: 4 upcoming key measures

On 10 June 2022, the Council of Ministers approved a bill and three draft royal decrees that will enact a series of measures relating to employees’ in…

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Vlaamse regering voert update door van aanvraagprocedure inzake Brownfieldconvenanten en de samenstelling van …

Op 6 mei 2022 wijzigde de Vlaamse Regering de regelgeving aangaande Brownfieldconvenanten om bepaalde modaliteiten van de aanvraagprocedure te vereenv…

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The Omnibus Act: more transparency for consumers

On 28 May 2022, the Belgian law transposing EU Directive 2019/2161 into the Code of Economic Law (CEL) entered into force (the “Omnibus Act”). The Omn…

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