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The perfect place for any legal or tax professional to keep abreast of everything that’s happening on the Belgian legal scene

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14/08/25
14/08/25
Legal tech company Afriwise acquires LawExplorer and boosts regulatory intelligence in Africa

Afriwise, Africa’s fastest-growing legal-intelligence platform founded by Belgian lawyer Steven De Backer, has acquired LawExplorer, South Africa’s most established provider of reg…

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04/08/25
04/08/25
Promotion at DALDEWOLF

DALDEWOLF is pleased to announce the promotion of Lucie MARCHAL to the position of Counsel in the European Union Law team.

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04/07/25
04/07/25
Goodwin Expands Global Antitrust and EU Regulatory Footprint with New Brussels Office

Goodwin has opened a new office in Brussels, the epicenter for EU policy, legislation and enforcement. Together with Goodwin’s existing US and UK-based Antitrust and Competition t…

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08/10/25
Court of Appeal of Ghent Clarifies Boundaries of Tax Investi…

On 24 June 2025, the Court of Appeal of Ghent delivered a comprehensive jud…

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06/10/25
EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) proposed delay: What busi…

On 23 September 2025, the European Commission announced its plan to postpon…

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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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26/09/12
Commission Seeking to Overturn Ruling Granting NGOs Improved Legal Rights

The European Commission is to appeal against two General Court decisions granting NGOs and public interest groups the right to request internal review…

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24/09/12
Recast of EU Regulation Implementing the Rotterdam Convention enters into force

The new EU Prior Informed Consent Regulation (PIC Regulation (EU) 649/2012) came into force on 16 August 2012. The Regulation is a recast of the previ…

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21/09/12
Possibility to Claim Back Belgian Withholding Tax on Outbound Dividends: Does Your Company Qualify?

On 12 July 2012, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") ruled that the Belgian withholding tax rules on dividends paid by Belgian companies to non-resi…

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19/09/12
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) – new Directive 2012/19/EU

Nearly all electrical and electronic equipment fall withing the scope of this Directive (including medical devices or photovoltaic panels), which inte…

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18/09/12
Flemish Region: increase of the registration duties in case of division

Jusqu’à présent quelle que soit la Région, en vertu de l'article 109 du Code des droits d'enregistrement (le « CDE »), le droit de partage était fixé …

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17/09/12
The new anti-abuse provisions and their implication on split-sale transactions: the tax authorities officially…

A circular of 19 July 2012 deals with, among other things, this type of property transaction.

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11/09/12
Fiscus wordt

Eind augustus werd in het Belgisch Staatsblad de Wet van 3 augustus 2012 houdende bepalingen betreffende de verwerking van persoonsgegevens door de Fe…

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07/09/12
The most significant EU anti-dumping investigation on solar panel imports from China: a trade war in perspecti…

On 6 September 2012 , the European Commission has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of solar panels and their key components (i.e. …

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05/09/12
TVA supportée sur les frais de restauration dans un cadre publicitaire: déductibilité confirmée!

La Cour de cassation vient de confirmer, une nouvelle fois, dans son arrêt du 15 juin 2012, le caractère déductible de la TVA ayant grevé des frais de…

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10/08/12
ECJ Allows Cross-Border Conversions of Companies

On 12 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) handed down a judgment regarding the interpretation of Articles 49 and 54 of t…

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10/08/12
Towards a smoother assessment of nanomaterials under REACH?

In a recent workshop organised at the end of May, ECHA shared experiences in evaluating registration dossiers containing nanomaterials and proposed th…

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08/08/12
Commission adopts guidelines for State aid in the context of the new EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS)

On 5 June 2012, the final version of the Commission Guidelines on State aid measures in the context of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading s…

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26/07/12
Nieuwe circulaire geeft concrete voorbeelden van fiscaal misbruik

In een vorige nieuwsbrief werd reeds toelichting gegeven over de nieuwe anti-misbruikbepaling die sinds 1 juni 2012 geldt inzake registratie- en succe…

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24/07/12
EU social security coordination update

Regulation 883/2004 is the main instrument dealing with the coordination of the social security systems within the European Economic Area. One of its …

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23/07/12
EU Prospectus Directive amendments effective

New FSMA guidelines for the treatment of dossiers relating to public offers and admissions to trading on a regulated market applicable since 1 July 20…

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02/07/12
European Commission publishes a working paper on public – public cooperation

Public contract – Public public cooperation – Relations between contracting authorities

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30/06/12
The European Commission again approves ING’s restructuring plan from 2009 and opens an in-depth investigation …

On 11 May 2012, the Commission again approves for the second time ING’s restructuring aid as compatible with the internal market. This new decision wa…

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30/06/12
EU State Aid rules Modernisation

The European Commission adopted on 8 May 2012 a Communication on State Aid Modernisation, setting out the objectives of a reform package due to enter …

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28/06/12
SEA Directive 2001/42/EC – concept of plans and programmes – applicability of the directive for the total or p…

La demande de décision préjudicielle porte sur l’interprétation de l’article 2, sous a), de la directive 2001/42/CE du Parlement européen et du Consei…

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21/06/12
Piercing the corporate veil ?

Is there any European liability principle for the holding company for a defaulting subsidiary?

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