On 3 October 2025, the Flemish Government gave preliminary approval to a dr…
In Belgium, employers’ social security contributions have always been due o…
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Belgian VAT law provides a specific exemption for cost-sharing associations, enabling groups of entities that have VAT exempt or out of scope activiti…
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After its first draft of February 29, 2016, the European Commission adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield adequacy decision on July 12, 2016. The f…
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The German company Behringwerke granted the company Genetech a worldwide non-exclusive licence to use a patented human cytomegalovirus enhancer. Never…
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The Belgian Program Law of 1 July 2016 has, amongst others, broadened the scope of application of the already existing reporting obligation for paymen…
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On 7 July 2016, the Court of Justice ruled on a request for a preliminary ruling from the Paris Appeal Court. The question arose in the context of a d…
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En peu de temps, Pokemon Go est devenu un phénomène de société dont les conséquences sont nombreuses: addiction au jeu, agressions physiques, rassembl…
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The Belgian Federal government has recently announced new measures to make the Belgian real estate market more attractive to foreign investors. …
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The Belgian Program Law of 1 July 2016 has, amongst others, broadened the scope of application of the already existing reporting obligation for paymen…
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On 28 July 2016, Belgian authorities published an official document interpreting the concepts of food prepacked for direct sale, and food that is supp…
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On 21 July 2016, the Court of Justice issued a preliminary ruling in which it found that a company cannot be held liable for anti-competitiv…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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