Month: December 2025

Despite extensive information campaigns, it appears that less than half of Belgian businesses are currently compliant with the new statutory obligation. Failure to switch in time, may, as from 1 January 2026, result inter alia in: The Federal Public Service Finance (FPS Finance) has, however, recently announced the introduction of a tolerance period of three…

CPD 23 October 2025 (RvVb-A-2526-0131) 1. Which situation prompted the decision? A project for the construction of nine single-family homes in an inner area, had previously led to three annulments by the Council for Permit Disputes. In the fourth round, just before the hearing at the Provincial Authority, the applicant submitted an additional noise study…

The reform of Book 9, Title 1 of the Civil Code modernizes the previously fragmented framework governing personal securities and introduces greater structure. For M&A-transactions, this results in increased legal certainty during due diligence and in the drafting of transaction documents: the validity, duration and scope of such securities may now be assessed differently, which…