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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!
Directive 214/65/EU on Markets in Financial Instruments repealing Directive 2004/39/EC (“MiFID I”) and Regulation (EU) 600/2014 on Markets in Financia…
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The Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) was ratified by Belgium one year ago and has, according to article VIII of the convention, now entered…
Read MoreIt took 15 years to apply (part of) the law of 29 April 1999 on non-conventional practices. Homeopathy was finally regulated, following the publicat…
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Maximilian Schrems zet zijn kruistocht tegen Facebook verwoed verder. Na verscheidene procedures voor de Privacycommissies van Ierland, Luxemburg en D…
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On 5 June 2014, the General Court of the European Union (the "General Court") handed down a judgment in joined cases T-495/12 to T-497/12. The General…
Read MoreThe Law of 28 March 2014 (MB 29 April 2014, effective date 1 September 2014) introduces a collective redress in the Belgian Economic Code. With this…
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Selon la pratique et les usages actuellement en vigueur dans le secteur de l'assurance, le droit à la commission est lié directement à la police d'a…
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On 30 April 2014, the Court of Appeal of Antwerp (the “Court of Appeal”) confirmed the invalidation of the ex parte order granting an anti-counterfeit…
Read MoreThe European Commission adopted on 13 June 2014 a new communication to support important projects of common European interest.
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In principle, company representatives are subject to the mandatory social insurance system of self-employed persons. Until recently, the legislation …
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The Portuguese Supreme Court, on the basis of the doctrine of unforeseen circumstances, created by the financial crisis, has blessed the termi…
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In 2012, the Court of Appeal of Svea (Sweden) submitted to the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) preliminary questions on whether providing hyperlin…
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On 5 June 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) held that browsing websites without first obtaining the authorisation from the …
Read MoreOn 17 April 2014, the European Parliament approved a proposal for a directive which will bring in rules to help victims of infringements of antitrust …
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Most companies offer a remuneration package to their employees which not only contains the fixed monthly salary, but also benefits in kind, including …
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On 20 November 2013, the Court of Appeal of Antwerp partially confirmed the Criminal Court of Dendermonde’s judgment dated 2 March 2009. The Criminal …
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This update focusses on the issue of whether these sanctions will affect the operations of IT companies that conduct business activities in Russia.&nb…
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09/01/2014 - Arrêté royal rendant obligatoire la convention collective de travail du 19 avril 2013, conclue au sein de la Commission paritaire pour le…
Read MoreThe European Commission approved on 12 June 2014 the amendments to the restructuring plan of Ethias.
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Tot begin 2014 vielen circussen of rondreizende tentoonstellingen niet onder het algemene verbod op het houden van bepaalde wilde dieren. Na lang…
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