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Ronde van de Rechtsstaat - Opendeur van de vier hoge rechtscolleges Brussel - 25 oktober 2025

In het kader van de Europese dag voor Justitie zetten de vier hoge rechtscolleges hun deuren open: Grondwettelijk Hof, Hof van Cassatie, Raad van State en het Rekenhof. VRG-Alumni…

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De vernieuwde stageovereenkomst

Op 10 oktober 2025 trad het gewijzigde artikel 31 bis van de Codex Deontologie voor Advocaten in werking. Dat betekent dat alle stageovereenkomsten – zowel nieuwe als lopende – uit…

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Legal Geek Europe 2026

Legal Geek Europe returns on 14 April 2026 at De Hallen Studio’s, Amsterdam.

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CTRL + SHIFT + INVOICE­: The 2026 E-volution

Imagine... You run a small but thriving Belgian design agency. Your days ar…

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Cap employer’s social security contributions - Royal Decree …

With the aim of increasing Belgium’s competitiveness, the Programme Act of …

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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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Photographs may be worth $1 billion: GETTY IMAGES sued over copyright infringement

Photographs are not only worth a thousand words; especially when 18,755 photographs are protected by U.S. copyright law. With the Internet, it’s easy …

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Nieuwe wetten overheidsopdrachten en concessieovereenkomsten in Belgisch Staatsblad gepubliceerd

Op 14 juli 2016 werden de nieuwe wetten inzake overheidsopdrachten en concessieovereenkomsten van 17 juni 2016 in het Belgisch Staatsblad gepubliceerd…

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Privacy in een virtuele omgeving: juridische uitdagingen voor VR en augmented reality

Naast de commerciële risico’s verbonden aan virtuele realiteit en augmented reality – zijn er wel genoeg praktische toepassingen en/of games om d…

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Luxemburgse “step-up”-regeling in een wettelijk kleedje: bijzondere toepassingsproblemen voor Belgische inwone…

Het wetsontwerp van 14 oktober 2015 – reeds besproken in ons nieuwsbericht van 12 november 2015[1] – werd door de wet van 18 december 2015[2] inmiddel…

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Language restrictions for cross-border invoices invalid

The European Court of Justice ruled that the obligation to draw up cross-border invoices exclusively in a particular language (under penalty of nullit…

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Should trustees worry about potential liabilities under Belgian Cayman Tax?

Trustees must consider the reporting obligations of Belgium resident settlors and beneficiaries under the so-called Cayman-tax. These obligations incl…

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New Belgian legislation on fiscal regularisation

As of 1 August 2016, new specific legislation on fiscal regularisation entered into force in Belgium. A specific tax levy is provided for the regulari…

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Commission fines truck producers 2.93 billion euros for participating in a cartel

The European Commission has fined MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco and DAF EUR 2.93 million for coordinating prices at “gross lists” level for mediu…

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Ground-breaking CJEU judgment on reimbursement of lawyers’ fees in IP litigation

Everyone knows that judicial proceedings are often time-consuming and costly, and involve considerable lawyers’ fees. In Belgium, the capped ‘procedur…

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EU-US Privacy Shield: a safe alternative?

The EU-US Privacy Shield adequacy decision has been adopted by the European Commission on 12 July 2016. This decision replaces the old Safe Harbor Reg…

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Nieuwe fiscale regularisatieprocedure is er!

Na de éénmalige bevrijdende aangifte in 2004, de regularisatieprocedure vanaf 2006 en de laatste regularisatieprocedure in 2013, is er een nieuwe perm…

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New EU Directive on VAT and vouchers

On 27 June 2016, the EU Council adopted a directive on transactions involving vouchers by harmonising national VAT rules in this area. The directive w…

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The UBO-register under the fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive: a delicate balance between transparency and…

Most EU Member States currently recognise a necessary degree of privacy and discretion regarding the ownership of family businesses or family trusts. …

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No antitrust infringement by the Professional Institute for Real estate agents

On 29 June 2016, the Belgian Competition Authority closed its investigation into the Professional Institute for Real estate agents (“BIV”). It conclud…

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Walloon Government further paves the way for a Belgian ‘single-licence’ for electricity suppliers

With the objective of promoting the establishment of an internal market for electricity, the European legislator adopted Directive 2009/72/EC of the E…

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EU Regulation 883/2004 on social security applied to company directors working across borders in Europe

An interesting brochure is now available on the social security status in many European jurisdictions of company directors who are working across bord…

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Pokemon go: Gotta catch 'em all; except your personal data!

It’s the Pokémon-mania! The Pokémon Go game is taking the world by storm. This unbelievably huge game can now claim the title of most popular mobile g…

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New charges against Google

The European Commission sent another round of Statements of Objections to Google on 14 July 2016.

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Belgium introduces simplification for intra-Community trade: the destination document as proof for intra-Commu…

When a supplier invokes the VAT exemption for an intra-Community supply of goods, he has amongst other to prove the intra-Community transport to anoth…

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Review of Belgian food legislation: a first Royal Decree adopted

The free movement of foodstuffs within the EU is of major importance. But food legislation is only partly harmonised at EU level. Currently, national …

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