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In Belgium, employers’ social security contributions have always been due o…
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Under the system of plant breeders rights, also known as plant variety rights, the breeder of a new variety can obtain an exclusive right to perform c…
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On 15 January 2010, the first of three acts transposing into Belgian law the Payment Services Directive or “PSD” (Directive 2007/64 of the European Pa…
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Traditionally, innovative pharmaceutical companies lose up to 70% of their market share in the first year after a generic pharmaceutical has entered t…
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The programme law of 23 December 2009 looks to turn around the burden of proof procedure – as far as social security is concerned – of lump sum cost a…
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Il peut arriver qu'un travailleur se rende coupable d'une faute qui ne constitue pas nécessairement un motif grave en tant que tel mais qui peut acqué…
Lees MeerA cette époque de l’année, beaucoup de Belges vont traditionnellement remplir leur portefeuille au-delà des sapins, voire des montagnes. Mais le jeu e…
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The main social law measures provided by the draft Programme Law introduced to the Chamber of Representatives on 25 November 2009 can be summarised as…
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Management employees at numerous firms work significantly more time than the weekly working time set down in the company regulations would allow.
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The probability that nearly half a million employees of the Belgian private sector will see their wages decrease from the beginning of next year is ve…
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The Belgian public procurement regulation is governed by the Public Procurement Act of 1993 [1] (hereinafter “the Act”) and its implementing Decrees […
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The Council of Ministers recently approved a draft Royal Decree which defines the way in which the benefits of private mobile phone use (cell phone, B…
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On 1 September 2009, the long-anticipated Social Security Agreement between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of India (the “SSA”) entered into …
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Further to the determination of the European Union to attract highly qualified workers from third countries, the Council recently adopted the “Blue Ca…
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On 16 July 2009 [1], the Belgian Chamber of Representatives adopted a draft law aimed at preventing the use of the financial system for the purpose …
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On 19 November 2009 the Court of Justice of the European Communities (“ECJ” hereinafter) issued its decision in Case C-540/07 (Commission v. Italy), i…
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The new ordinance on the management of polluted soils of the Brussels Capital Region [1], will be applicable from 1 January 2010. Undoubtedly your org…
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The Acoset judgment of the ECJ dated 15 October 2009 (C-196/08) was related to a dispute about an institutionalised public-private partnership (…
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In the Horizon Pleiades case, the Council of State was confronted with an interesting question: if a public authority organises a procedure to select …
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La Convention Benelux en matière de marques est entrée en vigueur le 1er juillet 1969. Cette convention créait, pour la première fois, la possibilité …
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Une bonne idée peut valoir de l'or ! Mais exploiter les résultats de l'activité créatrice ou inventrice requiert de les valoriser, ce qui pose bi…
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