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België en VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 heeft de Orde van Vlaamse Balies samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland…

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Liberius welcomes Ana Jankov as new partner

Liberius is proud to welcome Ana Jankov as a partner, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in privacy, data protection and emerging digital regulation.

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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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22/10/25
Simplifying Rules for Listed Companies

Belgium proposes a draft law to simplify disclosure, marketing, and meeting…

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20/10/25
EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

EU Cybersecurity Month is an annual awareness campaign held every October t…

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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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Procurement sustainability and social responsibility of enterprises and public procurement rules

Taking account of the sustainability of the purchase and the social responsibility of the company as part of a procedure for the procurement of a publ…

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The audit of unusually low tenders in public service contracts

Public service contracts – Usually low tenders – No obligation to audit.

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Admissible evidence to demonstrate its ability to execute the procurement

Qualitative selection - admissible evidence - jurisdiction of the Municipal Council.

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Steunmaatregelen voor ondernemingen in de bodem verankerd?

Heel wat ondernemingen dreigen in financiële moeilijkheden te geraken doordat de gronden waarop zij exploiteren, vervuild zijn met historische bodemve…

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Call for stricter regulation on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices

The European Commission presented two propositions for a regulation for medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices. Meanwhile, Belgium is…

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Recent changes for clinical trials

The European Commission on the one hand and Belgium on the other hand have amended their clinical trial-regulation on posting and publication of resul…

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Individual medicinal preparation, a new pharmaceutical monopoly

The new regulation on individual medicinal preparation is an execution of a regulation which was adopted in December 2009. By this new regulation, a m…

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The case Partena VZW/Les tartes de Chaumont-Gistoux SA

In the case C-137/11 (Partena VZW/Les tartes de Chaumont-Gistoux SA), the ECJ decided that the irrefutable presumption in the Belgian legislation, of …

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No aid in the financing of Munich Airport’s terminal 2

The European Commission concluded on 3 October 2012 that the financial arrangements regarding Munich Airport’s terminal 2 did not qualify as state aid…

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Restructuring aid for Czech Airlines

The European Commission approved on 19 September 2012 a restructuring aid of 100 million euros in favour of Czech Airlines.

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Research on cartels in the maritime transport sector

after unannounced inspections at the premises of several suppliers of maritime transport services, the European Commission has reasons to believe that…

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Commission’s market test on settlement offer in the e-book sector

The European Commission is inviting comments from interested parties on the commitments offered by Apple and four publishers, aimed at settling an ant…

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PPP, un concept simple pour des projets complexes

Le partenariat public privé est aujourd'hui un concept simple de plus en plus utilisé pour des projets pourtant complexes. Le concept est celui d'un p…

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Les Partenariats-publics privés, nouveau mode de gestion des services publics ?

Le succès croissant des PPP n'est plus à démontrer. Le concept est cependant loin d'être neuf puisqu'on le rencontrait déjà en France au XIXème siècle…

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Cartel in the automotive wire harnesses sector

The EU Commission investigates a possible cartel for the supply of automotive wire harnesses. Several inspections are currently being carried out by t…

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Freedom to provide services versus advertising of casinos

The advertising of foreign casinos may, under certain conditions, be prohibited.

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… maar de Rulingcommissie beoordeelt de interne meerwaarden erg streng

Zoals blijkt uit het eerste onderdeel van deze nieuwsbrief, heeft de rulingcommissie enkele positieve beslissingen afgeleverd inzake de interne meerwa…

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De vrijstelling van interne meerwaarden op aandelen is nog steeds mogelijk

De belastbaarheid van meerwaarden op aandelen staat al jaren ter discussie. Ondanks alle aanvallen van de fiscus blijft de regel tot op vandaag dat de…

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Approval of the acquisition of Flightcare by Swissport Handling

The Competition Council approved on 5 September 2012 the acquisition of Flightcare by Swissport Handling subject to certain commitments.

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Presstalis is sentenced for abuse of dominant position

The company, active in the press distribution and export sector, was fined EUR 245.530 by the Belgian Competition Council because of a rebates scheme …

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