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04/10/13

Counterfeiting: Customs Tighten Their Grip

At the borders of the European Union, customs authorities are on the front line in preventing counterfeit goods from entering the domestic market. In …

04/10/13

Belgium updates its legislation on collective investment schemes

This Finance E-bulletin discusses some key novel concepts that were recently introduced by Belgian Lawmakers, Regulators and NYSE Euronext. It covers(…

03/10/13

Social security contributions charged

Prior to 1 October 2013, compensation that was due by the employer to the employee by reason of the employer's failure to comply with legal, contractu…

03/10/13

RSZ-bijdragen op bepaalde vergoedingen

Vóór 1 oktober 2013 werden schadevergoedingen die verschuldigd waren door de werkgever aan de werknemer wegens het niet-naleven van wettelijke, contra…

03/10/13

Cotisations de sécurité sociale dues

Avant le 1er octobre 2013, les indemnités qui étaient dues par l'employeur au travailleur en raison du non-respect d'obligations légales, contractuell…

03/10/13

Plaatst Grondwettelijk Hof (mega)projecten op de helling?

Het Grondwettelijk Hof heeft in een heel recent arrest een artikel vernietigd over het zogenaamde integratiespoor, waarmee de Vlaamse Regering in 2008…

03/10/13

The bill transposing the Directive on “falsified medicines” was broughtbefore the House of Representatives

Comme nous vous l’annoncions dans notre newsletter de février 2012, la Directive 2011/62/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 8 juin 2011 modifia…

03/10/13

Landmark rulings on the time-limits for commencing proceedings against ECHA decisions

The Court of Justice ('CJ') has issued two landmark rulings in Cases C-625/11 P and C-626/11 P PPG and SNF v ECHA. The CJ set aside the judgments of t…

01/10/13

Defence rights during dawn raids: the General Court attempts to put principles into practice

Competition authorities have broad powers of investigation during unannounced inspections of companies’ premises ("dawn raids"). In its judgment in De…

01/10/13

Rejection of the suspension of the permit of the commercial center - Rives de Verviers

Dans un arrêt du 11 janvier 2012, n°217.157 le Conseil d’État avait suspendu le premier permis accordé à la société «Les Rives de Verviers» pour impla…

30/09/13

The Belgian Fairness Tax Regime

The Act of 30 July 2013 has introduced a new, separate corporate income tax, called “fairness tax”. Fairness tax constitutes a separate, non-deductibl…

30/09/13

What foreigners better know under the new PRC Exit and Entry rules

We would like to raise your special attention to the new PRC Exit and Entry Law of July 1, 2013 (hereinafter, the "New Law") as well as to the Regulat…

27/09/13

Hoedanigheid van het College van Burgemeester en Schepenen bij de RvvB: Raad van State komt tussen.

Reeds in een eerdere nieuwsbrief hebben wij gewezen op het overdreven formalisme bij de Raad voor Vergunningsbetwistingen omtrent de hoedanigheid van …

27/09/13

Brussels-Capital Region

Ministerial Decree of 23 April 2013 adapting the multiplier of the number of green certificates granted for photovoltaic installations.

27/09/13

Brussels ordinance on information on underground cables, pipes and conduits

Some time ago, we saw the creation of the “KLIM” ("Kabels en Leidingen Informatie Meldpunt" or Cable and Pipe Information Notification Office) at fede…

26/09/13

Plan for certainty of electricity supply approved

The plan contains various measures to cater for the loss in capacity due to the run-down of nuclear energy and to increase import capacity by extendin…

26/09/13

The decision of CREG on the tariff proposal corrected by Elia for the period 2012-2015

La Cour d'appel de Bruxelles a annulé, dans son arrêt du 6 février 2013, la décision tarifaire de la CREG du 22 décembre 2011. Avec cette nouvelle déc…

25/09/13

Implementation of the Third European Package of energy regulations (BE)

Belgium’s federal energy regulator, CREG, filed a petition before the Constitutional Court seeking partial setting-aside of the Act of 8 January 2012 …

25/09/13

Walloon Green Certificates (PV): updated executive summary

Fin mars 2013, le Gouvernement wallon a annoncé une refonte du système des certificats verts (CV) pour les installations photovoltaïques < 10 kWc. …

24/09/13

Brussels Court of Appeal Rules on Misleading Comparative Advertising

On 27 and 28 June 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal (the “Court of Appeal”) delivered two judgments in relation to misleading comparative advertising…

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Wolters Kluwer neemt leverancier van juridische AI-software Libra Technology GmbH over

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Liberius welcomes Dr. Jan-Henning Strunz as new partner

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A new owner for LexGO

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Voorstel van decreet: MER-screening overgeheveld naar hogere…

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Stikstof en verduurzamingsactiviteiten: wordt verduurzamen b…

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04/10/13

Counterfeiting: Customs Tighten Their Grip

04/10/13

Belgium updates its legislation on collective investment schemes

03/10/13

Social security contributions charged

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RSZ-bijdragen op bepaalde vergoedingen

03/10/13

Cotisations de sécurité sociale dues

03/10/13

Plaatst Grondwettelijk Hof (mega)projecten op de helling?

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The bill transposing the Directive on “falsified medicines” was broughtbefore the House of Representatives

03/10/13

Landmark rulings on the time-limits for commencing proceedings against ECHA decisions

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Defence rights during dawn raids: the General Court attempts to put principles into practice

01/10/13

Rejection of the suspension of the permit of the commercial center - Rives de Verviers

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The Belgian Fairness Tax Regime

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What foreigners better know under the new PRC Exit and Entry rules

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Hoedanigheid van het College van Burgemeester en Schepenen bij de RvvB: Raad van State komt tussen.

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Brussels-Capital Region

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Brussels ordinance on information on underground cables, pipes and conduits

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Plan for certainty of electricity supply approved

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The decision of CREG on the tariff proposal corrected by Elia for the period 2012-2015

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Implementation of the Third European Package of energy regulations (BE)

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Walloon Green Certificates (PV): updated executive summary

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Brussels Court of Appeal Rules on Misleading Comparative Advertising