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Baker McKenzie Welcomes New Energy & Infrastructure Team to Brussels Office

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Energy & Infrastructure team in Brussels, effective 1 November. The team includes David Haver…

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Alles wat u nodig hebt om succesvol te ondernemen in de advocatuur

Een advocatenkantoor leiden is meer dan alleen het recht beheersen. Het is ook ondernemen: met visie, structuur en durf. Daarom lanceert de Orde van Vlaamse Balies twee nieuwe hulp…

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Universités d’hiver 2026 - les inscriptions sont ouvertes

Après le succès des Universités d’été, AVOCATS.BE vous présente sa première édition hivernale : une journée de formation et de réflexion, le 21 janvier 2026, au Château de Courrièr…

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Deactivation of mailbox and phone number after termination o…

In a decision of 7 October 2025, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data…

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Cyber-fraud and banking vigilance: French case law and lesso…

Recent French judgments from the Nantes Judicial Court have drawn a clear l…

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La travailleuse reclassée en raison de sa grossesse doit continuer à percevoir l’entièreté de sa rémunération

C'est la réponse à laquelle arrive la Cour de justice des communautés européennes lors d'une question préjudicielle posée par une juridiction finlanda…

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Revised WEEE Directive one step closer

November 22 2010 has been set as the indicative date for the first reading of the proposed text of the recast EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equip…

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The employer’s right to control versus the employee’s private life

The employer, who submits evidence of violations by his employee, should best – also after the decision of the Dutch-speaking Chamber of the Belgian S…

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Summons of Lidl concerning bait and switch practices

The supermarket chain Lidl will have to appear before the criminal court of Ghent since it has been accused of distributing misleading publicity.

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From the hard to repair damage to the balance of interests

The suspension of the awarding decision does not longer require a hard to repair damage. From now on, the Council of State shall examine the balance o…

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Does public procurement law necessarily have to be culpably breached in order to open a case for damages?

The European Court of Justice has judged that Directive 89/665 must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which makes the right to damages…

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Public procurement – interruption of the execution – indemnity – formula Flamme

It is not possible for a contractor to receive an indemnity in case of an interruption if the time allowed for the contract has not been extended beca…

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The Court of Justice of the European Union makes clear the concept of “public works procurements”

Public works contracts – concept – economic benefit to the contracting authority – obligation to provide the works – difference between public works p…

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Confidentiality of EU Transactions : opinion of Advocate General

Does information related to EUA transactions fall into the scope of the Environmental Information Directive?

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Commercial town planning / first concret element of the assesment from the ECJ

In her Opinion delivered on 7 October 2010 in the case C 400/08 (Commission v. Spain), the Advocate General expresses her view on the restrictions on …

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Accordance of fonctions in residential zoning with a parking

Accordance of a parking with residential function – Council of the State, nr 207.163 of 31 August 2010.

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EU-clearance of an aid for rehabilitating polluted site in Austria

The European Commission authorised on 12 October 2010 a subsidy of 150.000.000 € granted by the Austrian state to VOESTALPINE STAHL for the remediatio…

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Soil certificate in the Brussels Region

On 24 September 2010, the Brussels Government has adopted a Regional Decree concerning soil certificate.

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CWaPE : closed distribution system and direct line

On 10 and 13 September 2010, CWaPE has published two proposals regarding closed distribution system and direct line.

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EU regulators consider draft law on capacity labelling of batteries

The EU Council recently made available an early draft of a regulation on the capacity labelling of portable, secondary (rechargeable) and automotive b…

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A first step to the regulation of mergers and splits of Non-profit Organisations

Revival of activity in the reorganisation processes of Non-profit Organisations since the modification of the law of 27 June 1921 providing an automat…

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Presentation: Multi-branding reform of the regulatory framework of the motor vehicle distribution

Multi-branding –change in sight

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Assurance solde restant dû La Commission des Assurances met fin à ses travaux dans le cadre de l’élabo-ration …

Dans la Newsletter N°4 (Janvier 2010), nous évo-quions l’actualité en matière d’assurance solde res-tant dû, et plus particulièrement le projet de loi…

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Tailor made reorganisation plans?

We already discussed the possibility to preview a differentiated treatment of different categories of creditors in a reorganization plan, in so far as…

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EU consultation on temporary State aids against the crisis

The Commission suggests a prolongation of the temporary framework for State aid measures until the end of 2011 in order to facilitate companies’ acces…

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