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New rules in the Walloon Region and their substantial consequences for franchise and commercial lease agreements: do you comply with them?
Since the transfer of the legislative competence for commercial leases from the federal to the regional level, the Walloon legislator has already made use of its new competence by amending the Act of 30 April 1951 on commercial leases in several aspects.
Effect of EU preventive restructuring directive on Belgian insolvency framework
On 31 January 2009 the Belgian Business Continuity Act (BCA) was passed into law. The BCA’sobjective is to protect companies in financial difficulty from their creditors so that a reorganisation process can take place and bankruptcy can be avoided.
Incentives and public procurement in the healthcare sector: be careful what you wish for!
Since the European Court of Justice’s ruling C-300/07 of 11 June 2009, hospitals and other health institutions must abide by public procurement law to the extent that they are at least 50% financed directly by public authorities or indirectly by public insurance schemes.
Towards a harmonised employee status by levelling up… Janssen Pharmaceutica sets an example
Very recently, a major player in the pharmaceutical sector, Janssen Pharmaceutica, has entered into a company CBA with the social partners that provides for full harmonisation between its blue-collar and white-collar employees, by abolishing the blue-collar worker status for all its workers from 1 October 2019.
ALTIUS invests heavily in legal tech
The first development is a scalable GDPR application that combines ALTIUS’ expertise with the LeyQi automation tool
New research exemption under Belgian patent law?
On 19 December 2017, the legislative package on the implementation of the UPC was approved by Belgian Parliament.
European skies are ready for drones. Are you?
The new drone rules are integrated in both an Implementing Act, containing the requirements related to the operation and registration of drones, and a Delegated Act, listing the requirements for CE marking, technical requirements, drone maintenance and third-country operators.
Has the Supreme Court confirmed the NSSO’s position regarding share related benefits granted by a foreign parent company?
Has the Supreme Court confirmed the NSSO’s position regarding share related benefits granted by a foreign parent company?
PSDII: A level playing field in the payment services industry?
The EU adopted the Second Payment Services Directive (PSDII) to level the playing field in the payment services industry by introducing the principle of “open banking”.
Navigating Belgian nightlife: lessons to be learned from the ‘Kompass case’
On 13 March 2019, the Mayor of Ghent decided to close Kompass Klub, which in 2018 was voted the best nightclub in Belgium, because of drug-related incidents.
Autonomous vehicles and insurance: 5 challenges, 3 opportunities and 1 certainty
As insurance coverage will be profoundly different when (all) cars on the road are autonomous, a lot of strategic and legal insight is required to overcome the challenges and grasp the opportunities.
New rules to deal with the unavailability of medicinal products in Belgium
An Act of 7 April 2019 has introduced new measures in Belgium to deal with the unavailability of medicinal products on the Belgian market.