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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!
On 3 December 2012, an Order of the President of the General Court was published in interim proceedings initiated by the French energy company Alstom …
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The employers, who employ on 1 January 2013 more than 20 workers (fulltime equivalents, calculated on the basis of the DIMONA-statement, including per…
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In commercial trade, it is not unusual that a distributor or producer of goods refuses to deliver or sell its services or goods to a certain dealer.
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In a preliminary reference of 20 December 2012, the Belgian Constitutional Court (“Grondwettelijk Hof/Cour constitutionelle”) held that EU cartel fine…
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On 21 November 2012 Prime Minister Di Rupo presented the General Policy Statement of the federal government to the federal parliament.
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Cass. 23.11.2012 : « La notion ‘rémunération’ au sens de l’art. 31 CIR92 ne comprend pas les fonds qu’un travailleur s’est indûment octroyés au détrim…
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On 12 December 2012, the General Court upheld the Commission’s € 20 million euro fine on Electrabel for implementing a concentration without notifying…
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The Program Law of 27 December 2006 obliges posted self-employed workers to give prior notification regarding their partial or temporary activity in B…
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The Program Law of 22 June 2012 (I) introduced a new social security contribution of 1.5% on high pension premiums (see Laga Newsflash of July 2012), …
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The new Programme Act has been published in the Belgian State Gazette of 31 December 2012. This new Act contains a number of labour and social securit…
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Ingevolge artikel 32, 1° WIB 1992 worden alle beloningen die worden verleend of toegekend aan de zaakvoerder beschouwd als een bezoldiging van bedrijf…
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Summary: On 21 December 2012 the Flemish Government adopted an order amending the Energy Order of 2010, following the Decree of 13 July 2012 amending …
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On 12 December 2012, the General Court upheld the Commission’s € 20 million euro fine on Electrabel for implementing a concentration without notifying…
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On 6 December 2012, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") dismissed the appeal by AstraZeneca against the General Court judgment that essentially uphe…
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On 30 November 2012, an ICSID Arbitral Tribunal rendered a much-awaited award in a dispute between Electrabel and the State of Hungary regarding early…
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Artikel 18, eerste lid, 4° WIB 1992 voorziet onder bepaalde voorwaarden in de herkwalificatie van interest in dividend. Dit is onder meer het geval wa…
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It is established EU case law that a set of agreements and/or concerted practices may together constitute one single continuous infringement. In a rec…
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Within the Budget 2013 framework, the Di Rupo I government has adopted a new string of measures against fraud. These measures are included in the Prog…
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The Program Act of 27 December 2012 – published in the Belgian State Journal on 31 December 2012 – provides for a new anti-abuse measure related to so…
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On 13 December 2012, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") ruled on a reference from the French Supreme Court in the Expedia case (Case C-226/11). The…
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