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Alles wat u nodig hebt om succesvol te ondernemen in de advocatuur

Een advocatenkantoor leiden is meer dan alleen het recht beheersen. Het is ook ondernemen: met visie, structuur en durf. Daarom lanceert de Orde van Vlaamse Balies twee nieuwe hulp…

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Universités d’hiver 2026 - les inscriptions sont ouvertes

Après le succès des Universités d’été, AVOCATS.BE vous présente sa première édition hivernale : une journée de formation et de réflexion, le 21 janvier 2026, au Château de Courrièr…

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België en VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 heeft de Orde van Vlaamse Balies samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland…

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Pay more to your employees and less to the social security r…

In Belgium, employers’ social security contributions have always been due o…

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Rechtszekerheid, robuustheid... Realiteit? Het eindrapport v…

Na ongeveer een jaar de koppen bij elkaar te hebben gestoken op instructie …

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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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The Council of State annuls the obligation of solidarity between an architect and a builder (art. 51, §2, of t…

Consortium without legal personality – Solidarity – Architect – Builder – Independence – Nullity

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UPC Agreement (European Patent) : soon time for legislators and undertakings to take decisions

The UPC Agreement is a convention concluded between 25 Member States and which installs a unified patent court. With two regulations adopted by the Eu…

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IN PIRATE BAY CASE, BELGIAN SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS LAWFULNESS OF GENERIC IP BLOCKING INJUNCTIONS

By the judgment rendered on 22 October 2013 in the Belgian version of the long-lasting The Pirate Bay saga, the Belgian Court of Cassation (Belgium’s …

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Court of Justice held that national legislation imposing an obligation to participate in a scheme of compulsor…

On 12 December 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union published its judgment in Ministero dello Sviluppo economico v. SOA Nazionale Costrutt…

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Belgian Competition Authority Adopts Guidelines on Conduct of Inspections

On 24 December 2013, the Board of Directors of the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) published in the Belgian Official Journal (Belgisch Staatsbla…

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Case law on the taxation in Belgium of income distributed by the French SCI once again rejects the administrat…

Some jurisdictions had supported the view of the tax authorities that such income can be taxed in Belgium as dividends. The Court of First Instance of…

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Belgian Competition Authority Issues Guidelines for Dawn Raids

When investigating violations of competition law, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") can carry out unannounced on-site inspections at the premi…

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Court of Justice dismisses Gas Insulated Switchgear appeals

On 19 December 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down the judgment in joined cases C-239/11 P, C-489/11 P, C-498/11 P (Siemens v…

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ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE DIFFERENCE IN TREATMENT BETWEEN WHITE-COLLAR AND BLUE-COLLAR EMPLOYE…

In a much-discussed judgment of 7 July 2011, the Belgian Constitutional Court ruled that the difference in treatment between white-collar employees (i…

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Energy performance certificate: Postponement until 1 January 2017

The Brussels government decided to postpone the entry into force of the obligation to establish an energy performance certificate for tertiary units. …

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The Unique Surroundings Permit, a reality soon

The entrepreneurial world and entrepreneurs’ organisations have been pleading for smoother and faster procedures for investment projects for years.

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Cross-border merger of cooperative companies

Belgian company law allows for cross-border merger of cooperative companies under terms and conditions governing domestic mergers thereof. This articl…

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Share purchase agreement: better be cautious…

The buyer frequently refers to fraudulent intent before the court as an argument to annul a share purchase agreement when he realizes that the economi…

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Supreme Court Confirms Order Obliging Internet Providers to Block Access to Pirate Bay Websites

On 22 October 2013, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de cassation) handed down a judgment concerning the obligation of internet provid…

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New Chapter XIII “Consultation”, in the Code of Economic Law

On 14 November 2013, the bill inserting Chapter XIII "Consultation" in the Code of Economic Law was adopted by Parliament; its goal is to rewrite the …

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The EU Court of Justice rendered an interesting decision regarding the right of consumers to sue in the courts…

The new bill of 24 September 2012 regarding market practices contains someclarifications about sales, with the aim of ending the discussion about thei…

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Europe Forces Belgium To Adapt Its Environmental Impact Assessment Concerning Projects

On 24 March 2011, Belgium was condemned by the Court of Justice because of its deficient implementation of directive 85/337/EG on the assessment of th…

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Sales and the new bill regarding market practices

The new bill of 24 September 2013 regarding market practices contains some clarifications about sales, with the aim of ending the discussion about the…

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Replacement Public Holidays 2014

In 2014, only one public holiday will fall on a Saturday (or a day that is normally a non-working day within the company). As a result, in most cases …

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First public consultation on a biocidal active substance launched

The first public consultation under the Biocidal Products Regulation will be on the active substance dinotefuran as a potential candidate for substitu…

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