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Since 2016, the law has provided for an administrative procedure for the recovery of undisputed and payable monetary debts in B2B relationships. This "IOS procedure" allows companies to obtain an enforceable.

A new framework has been adopted for data transfers between the European Union and the United States. But is it legally sound?

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the provisions of the Companies and Associations Code on the functioning of corporate bodies have proved to be too restrictive, particularly with regard to the remote organisation of ...

The mandatory provisions of the code have applied since 1 January 2020, but there is still some confusion among companies incorporated in Belgium.

The Royal Decree of 14 August 2018, which will enter into force on 31 October 2018, defines the regulatory framework for the new central register of beneficial ownership.

On 1 December 2015, the Supreme Court confirmed a judgment of the Court of Appeal of Antwerp which had imposed a substantial fine on Yahoo! for failing to comply with the obligation to cooperate with Belgian law enforcement officials.

Now more than a year ago, on November 28, 2022, the long-awaited act on the protection of persons who report violations of EU or national law detected within a legal entity in the private sector...

In recent times, there has been a surge in the number of investment firms and credit institutions operating exclusively online through websites or apps.

At the Council of Ministers meeting on 20 March 2024, the government reached an agreement on adapting the WHT exemption for work shifts.

On June 17, 2020, the European Commission published its highly anticipated White Paper detailing its "anti-subsidy tool," aimed at rectifying supposed distortions in the EU caused by...

The European Commission has launched a public feedback period on revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards that would dramatically reduce mandatory ESG disclosures by over 60% while maintaining double materiality requirements.

The European Union is moving forward with plans to implement rules on sustainable corporate governance...

The ECJ held that it has no jurisdiction to examine the compatibility of the Belgian opening hours legislation with the principles of equality in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

In a recent case, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled that, when the EU courts reduce a fine imposed by the Commission on a subsidiary for an infringement of the EU competition rules, they may also apply the same reduction to the fine imposed jointly and severally on the subsidiary’s parent.