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11/02/16

Hervorming van het EU merkenrecht

De Verordening n°2015/2424[1] tot wijziging van de Verordening inzake het Gemeenschapsmerk werd op 24 december 2015 gepubliceerd en zal in werking tre…

11/02/16

Court of Justice reduced fine imposed on Galp Energía España and acknowledged excessive duration of General Co…

On 21 January 2016, the Court of Justice handed down its judgment on appeal brought by three legal entities of the Galp Energía group ("Galp…

11/02/16

A new framework for data transfers to the US: the EU-US Privacy Shield

After the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) declared the Safe Harbour Decision invalid in its judgement of 6 October 2016, the European Comm…

10/02/16

Belangrijke aanpassingen voor de aanvullende pensioenen en “SWT” (brugpensioen)

De wetgever heeft recent de regelgeving op het aanvullend pensioen gewijzigd om het duurzaam en het aanvullend karakter ervan te waarborgen en te vers…

10/02/16

Anti Tax Avoidance Directive: Impact of the new interest limitation rules for Belgian companies

10/02/16

EU - US Privacy Shield: To be or not to be?

The EU Commission and the US have agreed on a new framework for transatlantic data flows, named "the EU-US Privacy Shield". This, however, does not me…

09/02/16

Distribution of certain derivative financial instruments to retail clients: a prospective ban?

On 8 January 2016, the Financial Services and Markets Authority (“FSMA”) initiated a consultation on a draft regulation governing the distribution of …

09/02/16

Data Protection Alert : Political agreement on new EU-US “Privacy Shield” to replace Safe Harbour

In October 2015, we reported on the invalidation by the European Court of Justice (the “CJEU”) of the “Safe Harbour” regime for personal data exports …

08/02/16

Court of Justice confirmed independence of EU and national leniency programmes

On 20 January 2016, the Court of Justice ruled on the relationship between leniency applications submitted to the Commission and to national comp…

08/02/16

DECAVA-bijdragen: verhoging vanaf 2016 !

De DECAVA-werkgeversbijdragen (op de bedrijfstoeslag SWT en bij Canada dry en tijdskrediet) zijn verhoogd vanaf 1 januari 2016.

08/02/16

The notional interest deduction is alive and kicking! The Fortum case

The Belgian tax authorities do not hesitate to deny, in certain situations, the notional interest deduction to Belgian companies belonging to multinat…

05/02/16

Het Grondwettelijk Hof schept duidelijkheid over mogelijke discriminatie inzake opzeggingstermijnen tussen arb…

In zijn arrest van 21 januari 2016 heeft het Grondwettelijk Hof zich uitgesproken over het mogelijk discriminatoir karakter van ontslagen die plaatsvo…

05/02/16

Entry into force of EU trade mark reform package

EU trade mark reform is finally happening, as on 15 December 2015 the EU trade mark reform package was adopted by the European Parliament.

04/02/16

L'Europe se dote d'un nouvel outil pour assurer la cyber-sécurité

Fin décembre 2015, le Conseil et le Parlement européen sont parvenus à un accord sur le projet de directive dite "cyber-sécurité".  Le texte fina…

04/02/16

Le projet de loi relatif aux marchés publics a été déposé au Parlement

Le 4 janvier dernier, le projet de loi relatif aux marchés publics a été déposé à la Chambre. Il est consultable, depuis cette semaine, sur le site in…

03/02/16

EU and US reach agreement on new Safe Harbour

Yesterday it was announced that the EU and the US have reached a political agreement on Safe Harbour, the "EU-US Privacy Shield". The previous Sa…

03/02/16

Important changes concerning supplementary pensions

The Act of 18 December 2015 was published in the Belgian Official Gazette of 24 December 2015, providing the following measures concerning s…

03/02/16

Lot van lopende overeenkomsten tijdens een faillissement

Een faillissement maakt in beginsel geen einde aan een bestaande overeenkomst. De wet bepaalt evenwel dat de curator kan beslissen of hij de overeenko…

02/02/16

Failure to submit a notification as an electronic communication service provider does not constitute a violati…

Pursuant to article 9 of the Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications (the “Act”), an electronic communication service provider (the “service …

02/02/16

Transitional period for EU-US data flows expires on 31 January 2016

In October 2015, we reported on the invalidation by the European Court of Justice of the “Safe Harbour” regime for personal data exports from the EU t…