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Alles wat u nodig hebt om succesvol te ondernemen in de advocatuur

Een advocatenkantoor leiden is meer dan alleen het recht beheersen. Het is ook ondernemen: met visie, structuur en durf. Daarom lanceert de Orde van Vlaamse Balies twee nieuwe hulp…

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Universités d’hiver 2026 - les inscriptions sont ouvertes

Après le succès des Universités d’été, AVOCATS.BE vous présente sa première édition hivernale : une journée de formation et de réflexion, le 21 janvier 2026, au Château de Courrièr…

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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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Pay more to your employees and less to the social security r…

In Belgium, employers’ social security contributions have always been due o…

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Rechtszekerheid, robuustheid... Realiteit? Het eindrapport v…

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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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The Belgian Supreme Court construes the rules for descriptive seizures in a patent infringement case between N…

In its decision of 24 March 2011, the Supreme Court ruled that a party that is involved in descriptive seizure proceedings is entitled at any stage of…

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Are injunctive relief proceedings possible within the framework of public procurement?

Injunctive relief proceedings – fair commercial practices – public procurement – no continuation of the contract.

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The Max Planck study regarding the functioning of the trade mark system in Europe

The Max Planck Institute in Munich has, upon request of the European Commission, carried out an independent study regarding the functioning of the com…

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New shareholders rights law

On 18 April 2011, the bill concerning the exercise of certain rights by shareholders in listed companies, adopted on 20 December 2010 (hereinafter the…

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Interprofessional agreement 2011-2012 - Part 2

The draft Interprofessional agreement (IPA), as described in our newsletter of 31 January 2011, was finally rejected by several trade unions.

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The ECJ’s ruling of 1 March 2011: the end of gender-based insurance pricing in Europe

In Belgium, until now, differences in premiums and benefits in life insurance have been permitted by the Act of 21 December 2007. It was this Act agai…

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Tax aspects of an acquisition of own shares

From a tax point of view, an acquisition of own shares can be interesting especially when economic or financial reasons to do so also exist.

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What can your company achieve by the acquisition of its own shares?

Recently the rules regarding the acquisition by a company of its own shares were eased. This facilitation forms part of a series of measures, mainly t…

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Reports concerning seizure in a Central File

On 31 January 2011 the “Central Database of Reports concerning Seizure” came into effect. As from now it is possible to consult all reports in respect…

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Car parts protected by copright

NautaDutilh recently marked an important victory before the Mons Court of Appeal in Belgium.

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Changes With Regard To Non-Recurring Result-Linked Benefits

As of 1st April 2011, the procedure to be followed to adopt a bonus plan according to the system of non-recurrent result-linked benefits changes.

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“NRRB” Bonus Plan and CBA 90bis

Companies are found to be making insufficient use of the nonrecurring result-tied bonus plan system (NRRB plan), in spite of the fiscal and parafiscal…

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Assurance vie Précisions de la Cour constitutionnelle en ce qui concerne l’article 124 de la loi sur le contra…

Rappelons tout d’abord que le droit belge (comme le droit français) des assurances a, à l’origine, voulu déroger aux possibilités des héritiers à agir…

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Assurance vie La désignation des héritiers légaux comme bénéficiaires

La désignation des héritiers légaux comme bénéficiai-res de deuxième ou troisième rang est-elle révoquée par le fait que le preneur d’assurance a, ult…

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Life insurance - Follow up on tax information exchange EU Directive proposal on administrative cooperation in …

We reported in our Newsletters 2009/02 and n°2009/03 on the new OECD standards with regard to information exchange in tax matters (and their na-tional…

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Assurance vie Homicide volontaire: le fait intentionnel est une déchéance … et non une exclusion

Par un arrêt du 3 mars 2011 , la Cour de cassation se prononce, une fois encore, sur la dichotomie bien connue du droit des assurances et qui pousse à…

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End of the bank secrecy?

The law recently approved by the Parliament (on 23 March) enlarges the number of cases in which the tax authorities would be authorized to request inf…

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Tax exemption on migration of company’s seat extended to all Belgian companies

The transfer of a Belgian company’s seat to another Member State of the European Union can benefit from the tax exemption, if the operation affects a …

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Cancellation of the obligation to employ a registered contractor

Recently filed in the House of Representatives, the draft “Act introducing various provisions” contains, among its modifications, the cancellation of …

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Assurances de responsabilité Responsabilité de l’entrepreneur: l’action en garantie des vices cachés

Une décision très intéressante a été prononcée ré-cemment par la cour d’appel de Liège, dans un litige qui opposait une entreprise industrielle, qui a…

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