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On 31 October 2025, a Royal Decree was published in the Belgian Official Ga…
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When a manager/shareholder borrows money from his company, this is normally accounted for as a receivable in current account of the latter (debit a…
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The anti money laundering act of 11 January 1993, which limited the payments in cash for the purchase of goods to EUR 15,000, was restricted considera…
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Lundbeck held various patents relating to citalopram, both in respect of the substance itself and in respect of various production processes. When the…
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Abolition of Publicity Obligation by Filing Invoices at Court Registry
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Almost 25 years after the adoption of the Trade Marks Directive, harmonizing national trade mark law throughout the EU (now codified as Directive 2008…
Read MoreSupplementary conditions established by the new provision regarding the modifications ordered during the execution of a public procurement contract.
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On 28 May 2013, the new legislation on competition came partly into force. The Code on economic law, which is a long-term project, contains book IV on…
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The Act of 27 December 2005 introduced a system of permanent tax regularisation, allowing taxpayers to regularise previously undeclared amounts. The s…
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On 16 April 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union held (C-202/11) that the rule that an employment contract between a company established i…
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The ongoing economic crisis has prompted an intensified search for persons who can be held liable for companies' debts. In this context, shareholder l…
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One and a half years after the Commission's legislative proposal to reinforce the regulatory framework of credit rating agencies (CRAs), Europe remain…
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The Belgian Act of 1 March 2000 provides that legal advice rendered by in-house counsel is considered confidential when the company lawyer is acting a…
Read MoreThe Court of Justice has upheld the Belgian system of limiting price increases of hospital insurances to the medical index increases. Since the basic …
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Article 1184 of the Belgian Civil Code stipulates that a judge, at the request of one of the parties to a contract, may declare termination of the con…
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On 31 May 2013, COBRACE (Code of Brussels for Air, the Climate and Energy Control) entered into force, to a large extent.[1] COBRACE consolidates and …
Read MoreThe European Commission considers that the public funding by Portuguese health-care authorities of the construction of a health-care unit is not liabl…
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On 22 April 2013, the Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation) held that if an obligation to perform is subject to a purely potestative cond…
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On 26 April 2013 the Dutch Supreme Court (the “Hoge Raad”) rendered two judgments in the state aid cases concerning guarantees provided by the Port of…
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