Auteurs: Benno Daemen, Barbara Albrecht, Eléonore van der Loos, Stephanie van Gils et Sofie Bastenie (Loyens & Loeff)Date de publication: 18/02/2021 Le 11 février, le Parlement belge a approuvé le projet de loi relatif à la nouvelle taxe sur les comptes-titres, étant un impôt sur la fortune. Les comptes-titres d'une
Authors: Natalie Reypens, Marc Dhaene, Linda Brosens and Benno Daemen (Loyens & Loeff)Publication date: 27/01/2021 On 1 December 2020, the Ghent Court of Appeal ruled on the question whether the exemption of withholding tax (WHT) laid down in the Parent-Subsidiary Directive (PSD) could be refused on the basis of abuse.
Authors: Stéphanie De Smedt, Nina Orlić, Kim Lucassen and Emilia Fronczak (Loyens & Loeff)Publication date: 31/12/2020 As of 1 January 2021, the UK qualifies as a ‘third country’ pursuant to the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR). From a data protection perspective, this means, in principle, that additional measures
Author: Lien Bellinck (Loyens & Loeff) Publication date: 12/11/2020 The Law of 4 April 2019 concerning the abuse of economic dependence, unfair clauses and unfair market practices in B2B relations (the “B2B Law”) introduces a prohibition on 'unfair clauses' in contracts between enterprises. This B2B Law prohibits each clause which,
Authors: Stéphanie De Smedt and Wannes Buelens (Loyens & Loeff) Publication date: 29/10/2020 With the Law of 4 April 2019 concerning the abuse of economic dependence, unfair clauses and unfair market practices in B2B relations (the “B2B Law”), the Belgian legislator has introduced a prohibition on 'unfair clauses' in agreements
Authors: Vanessa Marquette and Sara De Moor (Loyens & Loeff) Publication date: 28/10/2020 The National Bank of Belgium (NBB) has issued fifteen recommendations for cloud service providers in the insurance sector, which will apply as from 1 January 2021. The recommendations cover the entire outsourcing process and build in higher
Auteurs: Saskia Lust en Sofie Bastenie (Loyens & Loeff) Publicatiedatum: 23/09/2020 Schenken en nalaten aan goede doelen wordt vanaf 1 juli 2021 belastingvrij in Vlaanderen. Het duolegaat wordt afgeschaft. Dat heeft de Vlaamse regering besloten in een voorontwerp van decreet op 18 september 2020. Daarnaast wordt legateren aan vrienden en
Auteurs: Gunther Valkenborg et Houssam Filali (Loyens & Loeff) Date de publication: 09/09/2020 La Belgique a conclu des accords avec l’Allemagne, la France, le Luxembourg et les Pays-Bas concernant l’impact fiscal des restrictions de voyages internationaux et des consignes sanitaires (travail à domicile) sur les travailleurs transfrontaliers et leurs employeurs.
Auteurs: Kris De Schutter, Brunhilde Van den Haute et Lucia Bellobuono (Loyens & Loeff) Date de publication: 04/09/2020 A partir du 1er septembre 2020, les règles habituelles en matière de chômage temporaire pour force majeure ou pour causes économiques seront à nouveau d’application à l’exception des nuances et dérogations suivantes
Authors: Joanne Zaaijer, Stéphanie De Smedt, Sandy Brumberg and Iram Velji (Loyens & Loeff) Publication date: 16/07/2020 Schrems has done it again: After having successfully dismantled the Safe Harbor mechanism, the Privacy Shield has now also been effectively invalidated. Whilst the current model contracts of the European Commission, the so-called