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ABILWAYS Belgium devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Belgium annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à SK…

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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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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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COVID-19: the European Commission approves EUR 392,000 Belgian aid for the Waterloo 1815 Memorial

On 18 May 2021, the European Commission approved an aid of EUR 392,000 to compensate for the damage suffered by SA Kléber Rossillon Waterloo, in charg…

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GDPR in (a checklist of) 10 points? Yes, we can!

The GDPR entered into force exactly 3 years ago, on 25 May 2018. Many companies began implementing the GDPR around that time, but can no longer see th…

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Europese Unie neemt de leiding in regulering van AI

Kunstmatige intelligentie wordt dan ook terecht door de EU beschouwd als één van de essentiële bouwstenen voor de digitale maatschappij van de toekoms…

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As an employer, you are responsible for any unauthorised access to personal data by one of your employees

Recently, the Data Protection Authority (DPA) imposed an administrative fine of EUR 100,000 on a financial institution. It appeared that an employee h…

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Vooruit and Vooruit: can trade marks continue to coexist?

You will certainly have heard about the discussion between the political movement Vooruit and the art centre in Ghent with an identical name…

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Employers can now buy COVID self-tests for their personnel

Following a new Royal Decree of 11 May 2021 (BSG 14 May 2021), the employer can buy COVID self-tests at pharmacies. The company can provide its p…

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Repeat trademark filings: General Court confirms bad faith filing in Monopoly case

In a recent judgment, the General Court has confirmed that repeat filings of trademarks may, in certain circumstances, constitute bad faith

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L’obligation de collaboration du client dans un contrat Agile

Le manifeste Agile met en évidence le processus collaboratif sur lequel reposent les méthodes du même nom. Les nombreuses interactions entre…

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Betekent een nietige koop-verkoop ook het einde van uw hypotheek?

Sinds kort klinkt het antwoord hierop veeleer ontkennend. De nietigheid van een overdracht ten bezwarende titel, betekent volgens bepaalde rechtspraak…

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Long-term lease vs (retail) lease

In the new Book 3, the mandatory minimum duration of a long-term lease right (droit d’emphytéose / erfpachtrecht) is reduced from 27 years to 15 year…

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Far-reaching EU tax reform plans announced: what they could mean for corporate taxpayers

On 18 May 2021, the European Commission issued a communication on “Business Taxation for the 21st Century”. The announcements made therein are expecte…

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WCO onder vuur - Belgische staat veroordeeld in zaak Plessers

Op 24 maart 2021 heeft het Arbeidshof Antwerpen, afdeling Hasselt, haar langverwachte uitspraak in de zaak Plessers gedaan. Het arbeidshof oordeelde d…

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Op weg naar de alwetendheid van de fiscus? DAC 7 gepubliceerd, DAC 8 op komst

De fiscus weet al behoorlijk veel over de burgers en een groot deel van die informatie is opgeslagen in een “datawarehouse”.

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European Commission Proposal on Foreign Subsidies: Towards a Globalization of EU State Aid Control?

On May 5, 2021, the European Commission unveiled a proposal for a Regulation “on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market.” This leg…

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The zero-emission company car as the new standard

As mentioned in our newsflash of 21 April 2021, the text of the government declaration indicated that it was the intention to modify the tax…

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Dismissal for serious cause: describe in detail the facts underlying the serious cause

In the event of dismissal of an employee for serious cause, the letter notifying the employee of the serious cause must describe the facts underlying …

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Dies Irae at the Belgian National Orchestra: the Brussels Court of Appeal rules on musicians’ neighbouring rig…

The health crisis has not eased the tensions between the management and the trade unions of the Belgian National Orchestra (“BNO”). The pandemic has e…

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Gegevensbeveiliging: wie draagt verantwoordelijkheid?

Wie draagt de verantwoordelijkheid voor het nemen van gegevensbeveiligingsmaatregelen?

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Impact of the B2B Act on Real Estate contracts

The B2B Act of 4 April 2019 (“B2B Act”) introduced a new set of mandatory rules intended to secure that B2B relations do not include unfair or abusive…

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Sustainable taxonomy in the aviation sector: European Commission publishes Steer’s study on projects and inves…

In the aviation sector, identifying "green" economic activities and projects is not an easy task. The European Commission has published Steer's study …

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