Month: November 2025

With the introduction of this new Code, the legislator takes a major step toward modernizing property law. Although the remaining titles – including those on pledge, mortgage, retention of title, right of retention, and privileges – will follow later, this first title already forms the core of a more coherent regulatory framework. Personal securities, in…

Judgment of the Council for Permit Disputes (RvVb) of October 2, 2025, no. RvVb-A-2526-0072 What is the permit register? Every Flemish municipality is required to maintain a permit register. This is a digital database in which information about spatial planning is collected for each plot of land. For example, you can find out which permits…

Decision RvVb 9 October 2025, No. RvVb-A-2526-0090 What is a financial charge imposed in connection with an environmental permit decision? A financial charge is an additional obligation imposed in the context of an environmental permit, under which the applicant pays an amount to compensate for the impact of the permitted project. This amount may then…

From ‘judge and jury’ to a more independent assessment In our previous contribution, we pointed out the fundamental tension that arose when local authorities had to assess their own projects entirely on their own. The Court of Justice (May 8, 2025) and the Constitutional Court (September 18, 2025) have since confirmed that this is contrary…

The European threshold amounts indicate whether or not a public procurement is subject to the European regime, and in particular to the European rules on publication, references in the tender documents, remedies, etc. Public procurements with an estimated value equal to or higher than the European thresholds will be subject to European publication. This means…