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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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New tax regime for impatriates (and impatriate researchers)

A programme-law published on 31 December 2021 in the Belgian Gazette provides a new special tax regime in Belgium for "impatriate" employees, director…

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Flemish real estate transfer taxes rate changes as of 2022

On 22 December 2021, the Flemish Parliament approved a series of changes to reduce the registration duties on the sale of residences. The rate is cond…

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Eu Commission proposes directive to protect digital platform workers

On 9 December 2021, the Commission launched a legislative proposal to improve the working conditions of people working through digital labour platform…

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Another blow to the resolution of disputes involving a Member State via investment arbitration

In its judgment in Poland v PL Holdings of 26 October 2021 (C-109/20), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dealt another blow to the resolution of dis…

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Green Deal : de Commissie wil renoveren en koolstofarm maken van gebouwen stimuleren

Op 15 december jl. heeft de Europese Commissie voorgesteld om de regels betreffende de energieprestatie van gebouwen af te stemmen op de Green Deal en…

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Time to go “green” with your company cars? Consider introducing a mobility budget

On 3 December 2021, the Law of 25 November 2021 regarding the tax and social “greenification” of mobility was published in the Belgian Official Gazett…

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Inwerkingtreding algemene antimisbruikmaatregel: Cassatie wijst standpunt fiscus af!

Sinds de invoering van de nieuwe algemene antimisbruikbepaling woedt een hevige discussie over de inwerkingtreding van deze bepaling. Deze discus…

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The liability of a subsidiary for a competition law infringement by the parent company

In case C-882/19 (Sumal v Mercedes Benz Trucks España), the Court of Justice of the European Union (“the Court of Justice”) addressed the qu…

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The new salary thresholds for 2022

The Federal Public Service Employment has modified the remuneration thresholds to be taken into account for the application of certain employment prov…

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New rules prohibiting unfair trading practices in the agricultural and food supply chain are entering into for…

On 15 December 2021, a Belgian Act (the ‘Act’) was published that implements the European Directive 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in busin…

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EU Commission presents proposals for directives against shell entities and ensuring a global minimum level of …

On 22 December 2021 the European Commission (hereinafter: ‘EC’) presented two legislative proposals for EU directives, one to introduce a global minim…

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Update Standard Contractual Clauses for international personal data transfers

Still thinking about your New Year’s resolution? Pursuant to the European Commission Implementing Decision of 4 June 2021 on standard contractual clau…

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Recente Cassatierechtspraak inzake de Verzekeringswet 2014: Een Overzicht

Naar goede gewoonte blikt het Insurance team Lydian, met de jaarwisseling in zicht, terug op enkele interessante arresten die het Hof van Cassatie hee…

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Rules for self-employed workers

The status of platform workers and its recent developments: where do we stand? The requalification of workers is not an easy matter, especially with t…

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Hoe duurzaamheid als breed begrip integreren in overheidsopdrachten?

Het hoofd van onze praktijkgroep Vastgoed & Administratief recht, France Vlassembrouck, is de auteur van het volgende artikel gepublicee…

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Nieuwe coronamaatregelen verbieden opnieuw fysieke en hybride algemene vergaderingen van mede-eigenaars

In navolging van onze eerdere e-flashes van 1 april 2020, 20 april 2020, 6 mei 2020 en 4 oktober 2021, is het sinds 29 novemb…

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No automatic liability for directors who do not ring the alarm bell

On 16 September 2021, the Antwerp Court of Appeal ruled on the liability of the directors of a company that did not respect the so-called ‘alarm bell …

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High time to check and adapt the contractual terms: stricter payment terms in B2B relations as of 1 February 2…

As of 1 February 2022, new rules on payment terms will mandatorily apply to all B2B contracts in Belgium. These rules are included in the Act of 2 Aug…

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Whistleblowing – A Guide to Compliance: Part 6

Crowell & Moring LLP’s 2021 series of client alerts: Whistleblowing – A Guide to Compliance is intended to provide companies with a practical guid…

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Klokkenluidersregelingen: stand van zaken

D'ici demain, 17 décembre 2021, la Directive EU sur les lanceurs d'alerte n° 2019/1937 du 23 octobre 2019 doit en principe être transposée dans la lég…

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