At the meeting of the Council of Ministers of 14 October 2022, the federal government approved a draft royal decree on granting advances in connection with public contracts. This article is available ...
In a recent judgment, the Antwerp business court, Hasselt division, held that it has territorial jurisdiction to hear a case based on the invoice terms and conditions of the plaintiff which, according...
On 4 November last, the Federal Government reached agreement on the reform of Book 2 of the Criminal Code. In this reform new forms of crime are penalized, and ‘ecocide’, among other things, is qualif...
Met als doelstelling om Vlaanderen asbestvrij te krijgen, heeft de Vlaamse regering het asbestinventarisattest (kortweg: asbestsattest) in het leven geroepen. [1] Vanaf 23 november 2022 dient bij de o...
On 3 October 2022 the Belgian Official Gazette published the Circular of 28 June 2022 on the practical modalities of the award and performance of framework agreements in the context of procurement by ...
Het Europese Hof van Justitie heeft in een recent arrest van 20 oktober 2022 (C-585/20) geoordeeld dat het Unierecht in de weg staat aan een nationale regeling die op algemene wijze voor alle handelst...
A new Royal Decree introduces important changes regarding the reverse charge mechanism for work on immovable property for VAT taxpayers (i.e. taxpayers obliged to submit periodic VAT returns) establis...
No one is immune to changing economic conditions. For example, the current inflation and price increases are putting a lot of companies in difficult situations. In some cases, you can be held personal...
An April 7, 2022 ruling by the Nivelles Labor Court ruled that dismissing an employee who has returned from illness may be discriminatory; the legislature concurs. An employer was ordered to pay a lum...
Third parties can challenge an environmental permit if they demonstrate that they have the required interest. Until the summer of 2021, a commercial commercial interest was not sufficient to attack a ...
In this case the Court of Cassation addressed the question at what point an association of co-owners has direct rights of action in relation to the contractor and the architect in the event of a sale ...
The new property law entered into force on 1 September 2021 with book III of the (new) Civil Code. The entry into force of certain provisions took a bit longer. This article is available in Dutch and ...