The Law of February 11, 2013[1] requires real estate agents to insure themselves for their professional liability. Defining the rules and conditions that this compulsory insurance must meet was left t...
Pursuant to article 1017 Jud. Code, any final judgment orders the unsuccessful party to pay the costs. The costs include an indemnity for legal proceedings, which is a lump sum compensation for the co...
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...
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...
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 ...
On 19 July 2022 the policy area Mobility and Public Works (hereafter ‘paMPW’) of the Flemish government approved the Service Order MOW/MIN/2022/02 as a measure against the current sharp price increase...
On June 17, 2022, the Management Committee of the Mobility and Public Works (MOW) policy domain of the Flemish government approved Service Order MOW/MIN/2022/01. This service order, which applies to a...