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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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10/04/09
The new federal law on the continuity of undertakings

In most countries, insolvency legislation distinguishes between bankruptcy and reorganisation proceedings. In Belgium, bankruptcies are ruled by the a…

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08/04/09
Transfers between time credit schemes made easier

To implement Interprofessional Agreement (IPA) 2009-2010, the National Labour Council adopted a new Collective bargaining agreement (CBA) [1] to accom…

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03/04/09
New Eco cheques

Next to meal cheques, culture cheques and sport cheques, companies will, from now on, also be able to grant their employees eco cheques, which, under …

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03/03/09
The right to legal assistance from the first formal interrogation

Contrary to what takes place in other countries (for example in France), in Belgium, a person interrogated in the framework of a criminal investigatio…

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26/02/09
TVA 6%

L’arrêté royal du 10 février 2009 vient de confirmer la mesure de réduction du taux de TVA à 6% sur les constructions nouvelles.

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20/02/09
European Commission challenges certain restrictions of the notional interest deduction regime

On 19 February 2009, the European Commission opened an infringement procedure against Belgium on the grounds that the notional interest deduction regi…

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12/02/09
ECJ Rules Belgian Participation Exemption Regime Incompatible with Parent-Subsidiary Directive

On 12 February 2009, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its decision in favor of the taxpayer in the Cobelfret case, a case involving the comp…

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04/02/09
Travel authorisation mandatory when going to the USA

As from 12 January 2009, all nationals of countries belonging to the Visa Waiver Program (such as Belgian nationals), will be required to obtain an el…

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03/02/09
Switzerland joined the Schengen area on 12 December 2008

On 27 November 2008 the EU-Ministers of Home affairs gave the green light to Switzerland to effectively apply the Schengen rules.

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02/02/09
Filing professional card applications in Belgium via approved business desk as from 1 January 2009

As of 1 July 2007, the retrieval of professional cards for self-employed foreigners is entrusted to the approved business desks and no longer to the c…

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30/01/09
Indexation of salaries in the National Auxiliary Joint Committee for White-collar Workers (JC n° 218)

The indexation of salaries in joint committee (JC) n° 218 raises certain issues which are highlighted as follows.

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20/01/09
Extension of the transitional period for workers from Romania and Bulgaria

With the publication of the Royal Decree of 18 December 2008 with respect to the employment of foreign workers, Belgium has used its possibility to pr…

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08/01/09
Audit committee in listed companies and financial institutions

The legal recognition of the audit committee aims to promote high quality financial information. Nevertheless the strengthening of the independence cr…

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18/12/08
New restrictions to the affiliation with overseas social security office (DOSZ/OSSOM)

At present, all workers performing a professional activity outside the European Economic Area (EEA)[1] and Switzerland can affiliate voluntarily to th…

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15/12/08
Social security agreement signed between Belgium and the Republic of India

In November 2008, the Belgian parliament approved a draft bill to implement the social security agreement between Belgium and India. The agreement, wh…

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05/12/08
Abolishment of the medical certificate for residence purposes

The Belgian Minister of Migration has decided that a medical certificate should no longer be joined to a visa application (type D) for employees who a…

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02/12/08
Business ethics: un défi permanent

La problématique du Business ethics se décline aujourd’hui à tous les niveaux de l’entreprise: de la criminalité économique qui frappe les entreprises…

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19/11/08
Indexation of salary levels for work permits

In application of article 131 of the law of 3 July 1978 on employment contracts and article 9 of the Royal Decree of 9 June 1999 enforcing the law of …

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13/11/08
New rules on financial assistance: the end of the prohibition

The Royal Decree of 8 October 2008 amending the Belgian Companies Code (“BCC”)[1] has substantially amended the rules on financial assistance. These n…

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07/11/08
Redemption of shares: less stringent restrictions

The Royal Decree of 8 October 2008 amending the Belgian Companies Code [1] has amended the rules on redemption of shares by a company. They will enter…

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