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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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14/12/12
Energy Efficiency Directive taken effect

The Energy Efficiency Directive brings forward legally binding measures to step up Member States' efforts to use energy more efficiently at all stages…

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13/12/12
Simplification of the voluntary liquidation procedure for non-deficit companies and modification of the volunt…

By authorising under certain conditions the dissolution and liquidation of a company in one single act, the new law of 19 March 2012 has put an end to…

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13/12/12
The irrebuttable presumption that foreign directors of a Belgian company exercise their mandate as an independ…

The irrebuttable presumption that foreign directors of a Belgian company exercise their mandate as an independent in Belgium has been declared contrar…

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12/12/12
The equality between shareholders: a principle of social responsibility now regulated by the Companies Code

The new article 551bis of the Companies Code introduces the obligation for a public limited liability company to respect the principle of equality of …

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12/12/12
Amendments to the rules for domain name dispute resolution in the “.be” domain

CEPANI is organising on 12 December 2012 (13:30–17:30) a colloquium on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the rules for .be domain name dispute r…

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11/12/12
THE NEW LEGISLATION REGARDING BOGUS SELF-EMPLOYMENT IN THREE Q&A’S

As of 1 January 2013, a number of provisions of the Employment Relations Act, which aim at facilitating the government's fight against bogus self-empl…

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11/12/12
The Microsoft saga continues

The European Commission sent a statement of objections to Microsoft on non-compliance with browser choice commitments.

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11/12/12
The conclusions of the Advocate-General in the ONEL-OMEL case and the geographical scope of the genuine use of…

The Court of Appeals of The Hague referred preliminary questions to the Court of Justice with regard to the genuine use of a community trademark. Is i…

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10/12/12
Belgian High Court kills the blackout period. Can the minister resuscitate it ?

The current prohibition on announcing price reductions in the periods from 6 December and 6 June untill the start of the official sales periods (3 to…

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10/12/12
CONVERSION OF BEARER SECURITIES: LAST CHANCE TO AVOID INCREASED CONVERSION TAX OF 2%

Through the Act of 14 December 2005, the legislator decided to gradually cancel bearer securities, resulting in their total abolition by 31 December 2…

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07/12/12
Una via: geen dubbele bestraffing van fiscale misdrijven meer mogelijk

Eind 2012 werd het ‘una via’ principe ingevoerd in het fiscaal strafrecht. De bedoeling van dit principe is om eenheid te brengen in de wijze waarop f…

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07/12/12
A QUELQUES JOURS DE LA PÉRIODE DE PRÉ-SOLDES, REMISE EN CAUSE DE SON INTERDICTION ?

La période de pré-soldes (ou période d'attente) est une période de +/- trois semaines précédant les soldes (d'hiver et d'été) pendant laquelle les com…

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07/12/12
La responsabilité des dirigeants d’entreprises en difficultés: responsabilités liées aux comptes annuels

Le climat économique mondial est en berne et l'économie belge ne fait pas exception. En 2011, on a dénombré pas moins de 15.528 faillites 1. L'an…

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06/12/12
Fiscale regularisatie: nu echt de allerlaatste kans?

In het kader van de besprekingen over de begroting 2013 werd besloten om een nieuwe – en klaarblijkelijk allerlaatste – fiscale amnestieprocedure in t…

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06/12/12
Increased social security exemption for expatriates

The National Social Security Office (hereafter referred to as NSSO) has recently agreed on a new position regarding the social security treatment of t…

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05/12/12
PROTECTION JURIDIQUE (PRÉVENTIVE) EN MATIÈRE DE MARCHÉS PUBLICS : QUI EST LE JUGE COMPÉTENT POUR LES CENTRALES…

Lorsqu’un participant à une procédure d’attribution d’un marché public a été évincé et désire introduire un recours en suspension et/ou en annulation …

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03/12/12
RÉGLEMENTATION DES PÉRIODES DE PRÉ-SOLDES : SUITE ET BIENTÔT FIN

L'article 32 § 1 de la loi du 6 avril 2010 sur les pratiques du marché et la protection du consommateur (LPMC) interdit expressément aux entreprises a…

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03/12/12
Strafrechtelijke toerekening van milieumisdrijven: draagwijdte van het begrip ‘overtreder’

In een arrest van 6 november 2012 van het Milieuhandhavingscollege (MHHC-12/51-VK) werd een verzoekende partij die de strafrechtelijke toerekening van…

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03/12/12
Sperperioderegeling: vervolg en weldra het einde

Het artikel 32 § 1 van de wet van 6 april 2010 betreffende marktpraktijken en consumentenbescherming (WMPC) verbiedt uitdrukkelijk aan ondernemingen a…

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30/11/12
Foutieve stedenbouwkundige informatie: gemeente en notaris zijn nogmaals gewaarschuwd

De Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Gent heeft in een eindvonnis van 31 mei 2011 zowel de gemeente als de notaris aansprakelijk gesteld voor het verstre…

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