Category: News
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Landlords of Brussels, are you ready for November 1, 2024?
From November 1, 2024, a lot will change in Brussels rental legislation. You could previously read about this in an earlier post on our website.
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EUROPEAN EMPLOYMENT INSIGHTS 09-24
We invite you to read the September edition of the European Employment Insights newsletter. In this issue, we cover the latest developments in employment legislation, regulations, and collective agreements across 20 European countries.
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Changes to Flemish environmental law – Update
Since our last news items on the various changes to Flemish environmental law, there have been a number of new developments.
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Sub Rosa Legal reinforces Andersen
The integration of Sub Rosa Legal within Andersen offers significant complementary benefits to our clients. Their in-depth expertise in corporate law allows us to further expand and deepen our services. This collaboration allows us to support you even more broadly with legal solutions that strengthen their business operations. The combined knowledge and experience of both…
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Sub Rosa Legal reinforces Andersen
We are happy to announce that Sub Rosa Legal will join the team of Andersen in Belgium as of September 2, 2024. This collaboration marks a new chapter for both parties.
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New unlawful terms for franchise agreements with supermarkets
1. Why this new legislation? By analogy with what already existed for B2C contracts (contracts between businesses and consumers) since the 1990s, effective 1 December 2020, the legislator has also introduced rules for B2B contracts (contracts between businesses) under which certain terms are classified as unlawful. *** READ ALSO Discover our e-book about unfair terms…
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B2B Structured electronic invoicing
The law introducing the obligation to issue structured electronic invoices between taxable persons was published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 20 February 2024. The obligation to issue electronic invoices stems from the European “VAT in the digital age” project and, more generally, from the aim to combat VAT fraud, which is a key issue…
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Seeds of Law is now Andersen
As of now, we proudly adopt the Andersen brand.This decision reflects our resolute commitment to delivering multi disciplinary, seamless solutions that meet your evolving needs. Established in 2009, Andersen is a full-service law firm led by our partners and co-founders, Leo Peeters and Koen de Puydt, alongside Jan Ghysels, who joined the executive committee in 2022.…
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Several changes to Flemish environmental law imminent
1. The Collective Decree This decree amends 22 laws/decrees relating to environmental law. The main amendments were already discussed in the article published on our website some time ago. The preliminary draft of this decree was approved in principle by the Flemish Government in November 2022 and ratified on 17 May 2024. It is currently awaiting publication…
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How does the termination compensation of a farming lease agreement get calculated?
Flemish Farming Lease Decree explained (Part 7) 1. The fixed compensation Due to the extensive freedom under the Farming Lease Law, parties often used the scales established by provincial agricultural chambers to calculate the termination compensation or agreed that the termination allowance would be twice the farming lease price. This not only caused confusion and…