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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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Belgian draft law amending the Pillar 2 Law

On 9 October 2025, the Belgian government submitted to Parliament a draft l…

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Maximum wage cost increase margin for the 2025-2026 period s…

On 22 September 2025, the Royal Decree of 12 September 2025 implementing 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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Why CIOs Should Inform Their CEOs of Data Breaches

Whether due to negligence (e.g. a lost USB stick or laptop) or malicious intent (e.g. by cybercriminals or disgruntled employees), data breaches can c…

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Conditional merger clearance for major European beer brewers

The £71 billion SABMiller takeover by AB InBev was cleared by Commission decision M.7881 on 24 May 2016, subject to the divestiture of SABMiller’s Eur…

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Commission blocked Hutchison's proposed acquisition of Telefónica UK

On 11 May 2016, the European Commission blocked Hutchison's proposed acquisition of Telefónica UK ("O2"), despite remedies offered by the parties…

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European Commission publishes notice on the notion of State Aid

The in-depth investigation carried out by the Commission on the merger between Telefónica UK’s “O2” and Hutchison 3G UK’s “Three”, showed important co…

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GDPR: Security will be everywhere (even at your local shopkeeper)

Compared to the current legal framework, the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) contains stricter obligations with regard to data security,…

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Nouvel éclairage sur l’exécution des garanties contractuelles prévues dans les conventions de cession de parts…

Le 2 avril 2015, la Cour d’appel de Liège (la "Cour") a rendu un arrêt relatif à l’exécution des garanties contractuelles consenties aux acheteurs par…

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Capital gains and normal administration of private assets: a decision half in earnest, half in jest!

On 24 February 2016, Brussels Court of Appeal handed down an umpteenth decision on internal capital gains, but one worth dwelling on. In this area, t…

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General Court rejects Trioplast's action for annulment of a Commission notice to pay interest

On 12 May 2016, the General Court (“GC”) dismissed an action for annulment brought by Trioplast Industrier AB (“Trioplast”) against a letter from…

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La transaction pénale étendue jugée inconstitutionnelle

Ce 2 juin 2016, la Cour constitutionnelle a rendu un arrêt n° 83/2016 constatant l'inconstitutionnalité de la transaction pénale étendue ins…

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Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) – the clock is running…

On 3 July 2016, the new Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation - No 596/2014 on market abuse) will take effect in Belgium and across Europe, replacing an…

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Wet concessieovereenkomsten door de Kamer goedgekeurd

Op 26 mei 2015 heeft de Kamer het ‘Wetsontwerp betreffende de concessieovereenkomsten’ aangenomen. Deze wet implementeert (ten dele) de Europese Richt…

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New Threat to Transatlantic Personal Data Transfers: Possible Invalidation of Standard Contractual Clauses

Since 2013 revelations about U.S. mass surveillance, the transfers of personal data between the EU and the U.S. have encountered regular legal threats…

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Cross-border secondment: DIMONA obligation not applicable to seconded (sham) self-employed individuals holding…

A Supreme Court decision of February 2016 reminds host Member States of the evidential value of A1 certificates with regard to the applicable social s…

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The new European Commission Notice on the notion of State aid

In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, State aid is forbidden unless it can be authorized by the European Commission …

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European Commission bans acquisition of Hutchinson by rival O2 in the UK

The in-depth investigation carried out by the Commission on the merger between Telefónica UK’s “O2” and Hutchison 3G UK’s “Three”, showed important co…

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Prix de transfert : les avantages anormaux ou bénévoles reçus par une société belge constituent-ils une base i…

Il s’agissait en l’espèce d’une société de réviseurs (A) qui avait reçu d’une société belge liée (B) un prêt sans intérêts (par hypothèse, d’un montan…

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Priorities of the Belgian Competition Authority for 2016

On 28 April 2016, the Belgian Competition Authority issued its policy priorities for the current year. This document, which has existed since 2014, ai…

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Sociale media op verschillende vlakken geviseerd

De sociale media en in het bijzonder Facebook lagen de laatste maanden meermaals onder vuur. Het centrale punt van kritiek is de wijze waarop sociale …

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Penalties for prohibited lending of personnel: not just theoretical

It is an integral part of our economy that companies provide services to other companies where workers are "placed" with the customer. This is sometim…

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Jaarrekening corrigeren mag niet alleen bij pure vergissing

Traditioneel wordt aangenomen dat alleen onbedoelde fouten (zogenaamde materiële vergissingen) in de jaarrekening of in de aangifte nog rechtgezet kun…

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