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14/11/25
14/11/25
Wolters Kluwer neemt leverancier van juridische AI-software Libra Technology GmbH over

Alphen aan den Rijn – 14 november 2025 – Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory heeft vandaag een overeenkomst ondertekend voor de overname van Libra Technology GmbH (Libra), een le…

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13/11/25
13/11/25
Liberius welcomes Dr. Jan-Henning Strunz as new partner

Liberius is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jan-Henning Strunz as partner, further expanding the firm’s cross-border capabilities and its reach in the German and Belgian…

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13/11/25
13/11/25
A new owner for LexGO

After nearly two decades as the market leader in legal job postings and more than 10 years under the leadership of Hugo De Maertelaere, LexGO is starting a new chapter. We are prou…

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13/11/25
Voorstel van decreet: MER-screening overgeheveld naar hogere…

Lokale besturen staan voor een dilemma: zij willen investeren in publieke b…

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13/11/25
Stikstof en verduurzamingsactiviteiten: wordt verduurzamen b…

De regering wil verduurzaming uitsluiten van de vergunningplicht voor stiks…

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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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24/09/13
Flemish system of green certificates in danger

Advocate-General Yves Bot finds, in the framework of a preliminary ruling procedure before the Court of Justice that the Flemish system is contrary to…

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23/09/13
De Advocatenakte

Op 13 juni 2013 is de Wet van 29 april 2013 betreffende de door de advocaten van de partijen medeondertekende onderhandse akte in werking getreden. De…

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23/09/13
The mechanism regarding the withholding obligation and the guarantee in respect of social security and the tax…

The social security and tax authorities recourse regarding the withholding obligation and guarantee during a judicial reorganization has been confirme…

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23/09/13
The Belgian Prospectus Act has been amended

Key provisions of the Amending Directive transposed into Belgian Law by the Amending Act When transposing the Amending Directive and thus modifying th…

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20/09/13
Agreement regarding Harmonisation of Blue Collar and White Collar Employee Regimes

Already in a 1993 judgment, the Constitutional Court (Grondwettelijk Hof / Cour Constitutionnelle) had considered the specific differences between whi…

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20/09/13
The law on the continuity of undertakings will shortly be amended: what about the social aspects of the reorga…

The draft law amending several legal provisions governing the continuity of undertakings will also have a social impact. Firstly, CBA no. 102 of 5 Oct…

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19/09/13
Registration fees for judicial decisions in the case of bankruptcy of the opposing party

A court order for an opposing party to pay a high amount is not always beneficial to the creditor if it is apparent that there are insufficient assets…

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18/09/13
Parliament Passes Comprehensive Reform of Securities over Movable Goods

On 11 July 2013, Parliament adopted the Law amending the Civil Code with regard to securities over movable property and to abolish certain provisions …

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18/09/13
De geïnformeerde toestemming van (de vertegenwoordiger van) de bewusteloze patiënt

Op uw dienst wordt een patiënt binnengebracht die bewusteloos is, vermoedelijk als gevolg van overmatig drugs- en/of drankgebruik. Deze feitelijk wils…

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17/09/13
De omgevingsvergunning

De nieuwe omgevingsvergunning komt er aan. Voor het einde van de huidige legislatuur wil de Vlaamse Regering nog de nodige teksten goedkeuren. De omge…

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16/09/13
Moet Google schrappen? Het vergeetrecht als tempering voor het olifantengeheugen van het internet

De huidige informatiemaatschappij biedt de mogelijkheid om via zoekmachines als Google, Yahoo en andere snel en gericht informatie te verzamelen over …

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13/09/13
The Continuity of Enterprises Act has been modified

On 1 August 2013, a law modifying the Law on the Continuity of Enterprises of 31 January 2009 (hereinafter the Law) entered into force. Three years af…

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13/09/13
New Belgian competition act enters into force

The amended Competition Act constitutes Book IV of the new Code of Business and Economic Law (Wetboek van economisch recht/Code de droit économique).

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13/09/13
The success of the law on the continuity of undertakings leads to a reform

A bill modifying various legislation regarding the continuity of undertakings was adopted by the House of Representatives on 2 May 2013. The main modi…

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12/09/13
Entry Into Force of Amendments to Law on Continuity of Enterprises

The Law of 27 May 2013 amending various laws relating to the continuity of enterprises (Wet tot wijziging van verschillende wetgevingen inzake de cont…

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12/09/13
Belgian collecting society SABAM sues main internet service providers for payment of royalties for music that …

The Belgian collecting society SABAM claims that the internet service providers Belgacom, Telenet and Voo should pay a royalty of 3.4% of their turnov…

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11/09/13
Antitrust: the Commission sent a note with complaints to Motorola Mobility regarding the possible abuse of pat…

The European Commission has informed Motorola Mobility that the company's pursuit and enforcement of an injunction against Apple in Germany on the bas…

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10/09/13
Modernising employment law

The modernisation of employment law Act was recently published in the Belgian Official Journal (B.S./M.B. 17 August 2013). The Modernisation Act aims …

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10/09/13
Dispute about the reworked cover of a Spike and Suzy comic strip leads to the referral of a preliminary questi…

A reworked cover of a Spike and Suzy comic strip on a calendar of the far-right Belgian political party ‘Vlaams Belang’ led to a dispute before the Co…

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09/09/13
Press offence: update by the Belgian Supreme Court

Although the Belgian legislators initially provided that the expression of opinions which are punishable can only be qualified as a press offence when…

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