Lokale besturen staan voor een dilemma: zij willen investeren in publieke b…
De regering wil verduurzaming uitsluiten van de vergunningplicht voor stiks…
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!
The Max Planck Institute in Munich has, upon request of the European Commission, carried out an independent study regarding the functioning of the com…
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On 18 April 2011, the bill concerning the exercise of certain rights by shareholders in listed companies, adopted on 20 December 2010 (hereinafter the…
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The draft Interprofessional agreement (IPA), as described in our newsletter of 31 January 2011, was finally rejected by several trade unions.
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In Belgium, until now, differences in premiums and benefits in life insurance have been permitted by the Act of 21 December 2007. It was this Act agai…
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From a tax point of view, an acquisition of own shares can be interesting especially when economic or financial reasons to do so also exist.
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Recently the rules regarding the acquisition by a company of its own shares were eased. This facilitation forms part of a series of measures, mainly t…
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On 31 January 2011 the “Central Database of Reports concerning Seizure” came into effect. As from now it is possible to consult all reports in respect…
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NautaDutilh recently marked an important victory before the Mons Court of Appeal in Belgium.
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As of 1st April 2011, the procedure to be followed to adopt a bonus plan according to the system of non-recurrent result-linked benefits changes.
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Companies are found to be making insufficient use of the nonrecurring result-tied bonus plan system (NRRB plan), in spite of the fiscal and parafiscal…
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Rappelons tout d’abord que le droit belge (comme le droit français) des assurances a, à l’origine, voulu déroger aux possibilités des héritiers à agir…
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La désignation des héritiers légaux comme bénéficiai-res de deuxième ou troisième rang est-elle révoquée par le fait que le preneur d’assurance a, ult…
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We reported in our Newsletters 2009/02 and n°2009/03 on the new OECD standards with regard to information exchange in tax matters (and their na-tional…
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Par un arrêt du 3 mars 2011 , la Cour de cassation se prononce, une fois encore, sur la dichotomie bien connue du droit des assurances et qui pousse à…
Read MoreThe law recently approved by the Parliament (on 23 March) enlarges the number of cases in which the tax authorities would be authorized to request inf…
Read MoreThe transfer of a Belgian company’s seat to another Member State of the European Union can benefit from the tax exemption, if the operation affects a …
Read MoreRecently filed in the House of Representatives, the draft “Act introducing various provisions” contains, among its modifications, the cancellation of …
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Une décision très intéressante a été prononcée ré-cemment par la cour d’appel de Liège, dans un litige qui opposait une entreprise industrielle, qui a…
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The law dd. October 27th, 2010 (Memorial n°193, No-vember 3rd, 2010) brought several innovations in re-spect of anti-money laundering regulations in L…
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L’arrêt du 1er mars 2011 de la Cour de Justice de l’U-nion européenne (ci-après « CJUE ») était pour le moins attendu, voire redouté par le secteur de…
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