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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 statute of 19 December 2005 on pre-contractual information does not apply to agency agreements

The application of the statute on pre-contractual information on the conclusion of agency agreements (with its heavy administrative burden) was subjec…

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The European Commission requests Belgium to comply with rules on unfair commercial practices

According to the Commission, the new Belgian Commercial Practices and Consumer Protection Act of 6 April 2010 does not comply with Directive 2005/29/E…

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Increase in the amounts granted as indemnity for legal costs!

Since 1 March 2011, the amounts granted to cover  legal costs have increased by 10%.

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New rules affecting EU legislature's powers to have negative impact on trade

On March 1 2011 Regulation 182/2011 entered into force. The new regulation sets out new rules on the exercise of implementing powers by the European C…

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Dutch Courts apply ECJ Google ruling on keywords

Over the past years much has been said and written about a party using keywords for its ads, where those keywords are identical to another party's tra…

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Collective bonus plans: changes applicable as from 1 April 2011

As you know, since 1 January 2008, it has been possible for Belgian employers to introduce a collective bonus plan which qualifies for favourable tax …

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Commission issues guidance on standardised mobile phone charger

On February 8 2011 the European Commission published a question-and-answer document to explain the issues surrounding the common mobile phone charger …

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EU law allows national measures preventing exclusive broadcast of World Cup and EURO

A Member State may prohibit the exclusive broadcast of all World Cup and EURO football matches on pay television, in order to allow the general public…

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Sinds 1 januari 2011: BTW op nieuw gebouw en bijhorend terrein

Tot 1 januari 2011 waren verkopen van onroerende goederen van BTW vrijgestelde handelingen. De verkoop van een nieuw gebouw viel wel reeds onder het B…

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Le travailleur peut disposer à sa guise de son temps de pause

La Cour du travail de Liège a récemment été confrontée à la problématique du temps de repos d’un travailleur chargé d’effectuer des tournées avec un v…

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Extension of the guarantee scheme in the Flemish Region

In 2009, as a result of the financial crisis, the Flemish region introduced a new guarantee scheme (“waarborgregeling”) for small, medium and large bu…

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The Evolution of the Choice of Court Clauses : the “Hague Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreem…

The evolution of jurisdiction clauses : from the Hague Convention of 30 June 2005 to the report of 29 June 2010 on the implementation and review of Br…

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Maaltijdcheques: wat is er nieuw in 2011?

De maaltijdcheques zijn in België een goed gekend sociaal voordeel en 1,3 miljoen werknemers in de private sector genieten ervan. In 2011 zal voor dez…

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Syndicale actiedag op vrijdag 4 maart: bent u voldoende voorbereid?

Aangezien de stakers geen arbeidsprestaties leveren, hebben zij voor de gestaakte tijd geen recht op loon. Indien de staking werd erkend door de vakbo…

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Social elections

Last week, the National labour Council issued an opinion, in which it recommended that the next social elections be held from 7 until 20 May 2012, inc…

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Compliance Officer Now Required in Non-financial Sectors

The Third Anti-money Laundering Directive (Directive 2005/60/EC of 26 October 2005) was implemented in Belgian law by the Act of 18 January 2010 (the …

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2012 Social Elections

As you know, so-called social elections or elections for the purpose of establishing employee representative bodies (i.e. a works council and committe…

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Update on the Shareholders' Rights Bill

Implementation of the Shareholders' Rights Directive in Belgium seems to be a never-ending process. We summarised the implementing legislation (the "S…

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ICANN launches new gTLD Programme

Organisations that wish to establish a presence on the Web usually apply for a second-level domain. For example, in nautadutilh.com or nautadutilh.be,…

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Financial and technical capability : not to be confused!

Financial and technical capability – Motivation – Balance of interests.

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