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Manifestation nationale du monde judiciaire

Le 20 mars 2025, au 10ème anniversaire de la 'Journée de l’état de droit', magistrats et avocats avaient remis ensemble à Madame la ministre de la justice Verlinden la lettre de re…

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Lawyer Leader Manager - Programme de formation en gestion et leadership

Les avocats sont déjà experts en droit et en procédure, mais la gestion d'un cabinet nécessite des compétences spécifiques auxquelles ils doivent également se former. Conscient d…

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Baker McKenzie Welcomes New Energy & Infrastructure Team to Brussels Office

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Energy & Infrastructure team in Brussels, effective 1 November. The team includes David Haver…

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12/11/25
Belgium introduces domestic exemption of withholding tax on …

On 31 October 2025, a Royal Decree was published in the Belgian Official Ga…

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Waarom een arbitragebeding opnemen in uw algemene voorwaarde…

Een gerechtelijke procedure kan soms langdurig, onzeker, prijzig en lastig …

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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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Benefit in kind for free housing granted by a company ruled unconstitutional by two Courts of appeal

The Courts of appeal of Ghent and Antwerp recently ruled that the different tax treatment the benefit in kind resulting from free housing, if the hous…

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Lawful computer program acquirers may not resell back-up copies of those programs

On 12 October 2016, the CJEU rendered its judgment in the Ranks and Vasiļevičs case. This is an interesting judgment because it is the …

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CJEU rules on subject-to-tax requirement of Parent-Subsidiary Directive

On 8 March 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) rendered its Judgment in Wereldhave Belgium and Others concerning the i…

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Privacy – Les sociétés de gestion aussi doivent se préparer au grand GDPR

L'adéquate protection des droits des auteurs impose d’analyser des réglementations de plus en plus diverses. L'équipe d'IPNews.be s'intéresse aujourd'…

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Sharing economy – An encouraging framework to get out of the fog?

Since 1 July 2016, people participating in the sharing economy benefit from a new tax and social framework. The Royal Decree of 12 January 2017 (Belg…

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Verhuren aan diplomaten?

Recent oordeelde het Hof van Cassatie dat een verhuurder de diplomaat aan wie hij zijn onroerend goed verhuurde niet voor de Belgische recht…

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Commission opens three investigations into alleged anticompetitive practices in the e-commerce sector

The European Commission has opened three investigations to assess whether online sales practices prevent consumers from enjoying cross-border choice a…

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Naar een fundamentele herijking van het toepassingsgebied van de vennootschapsbelasting en de rechtspersonenbe…

Reeds jaren wordt de aflijning van het toepassingsgebied tussen de vennootschapsbelasting en de rechtspersonenbelasting als problematisch ervaren. Dez…

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GDPR Series: Part 7 - Consent How to go about it?

This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation, which was published on 4 May 2016 and must be complied wi…

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Wetsontwerp Werkbaar en Wendbaar Werk goedgekeurd in de Kamer – overzicht van de overige maatregelen

Op 5 januari 2017 werd het wetsontwerp Werkbaar en Wendbaar Werk in de Kamer ingediend. Dit wetsontwerp werd op 23 februari 2017 goedgekeurd. De meest…

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Amazon offers voluntary commitments in European Commission e-books investigation

On 24 January 2017, the European Commission announced it was inviting comments on voluntary commitments offered by Amazon relating to parity clauses i…

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Zijn legal online platformen legaal voor de advocaat?

Rocket Lawyer heeft aangekondigd actief te worden op de Nederlandse markt. De stap naar België volgt wel. Dit soort aanbiedingen vertegenwoordigt enor…

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Quod personalis notitia Iovi, non personalis notitia bovi

In its decision of 19 October 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") clarified the concept of personal data. The Court held that an…

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Preliminary questions to CJEU on refund of Dutch dividend withholding tax to non-resident investment funds

On 3 March 2017, the Dutch Supreme Court asked preliminary questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), on the potential discrimi…

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Un licenciement fondé sur le Facteur Bradford n’est pas discriminatoire

Le Facteur Bradford ou Coefficient Bradford est une méthode d’analyse de l’absentéisme des travailleurs. L’accent est mis sur la fréquence d…

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Chinese outbound M&A in 2016 reached record levels, with announced transactions equaling USD 408bn, double…

However, deals worth USD 75bn[1] are reported as having failed to complete, mostly for regulatory reasons. Indeed, several dark clouds have gathe…

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Wet Werkbaar en Wendbaar Werk goedgekeurd door de Kamer

De Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers heeft op 23 februari 2017 het wetsontwerp Werkbaar en Wendbaar Werk aangenomen. Het merendeel van de bepalin…

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New Crowdfunding Rules

The Law of 18 December 2016 on crowdfunding (Wet tot regeling van de erkenning en de afbakening van crowdfunding en houdende diverse bepalingen inzake…

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The CJEU decides: it is lawful to exclude Turkish Agents from the Belgian Agency Act’s scope

In the context of a dispute between a Turkish agent and a Belgian principal, the Commercial Court of Ghent (Belgium) referred a request to the Co…

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EU must pay damages for excessively long court proceedings for first time

On 10 January 2017, the General Court (“GC”) issued a judgment in which it ordered the European Union to pay Gascogne and Gascogne Sack Deutschland (“…

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