News & Articles

14/06/23

MiCAR and FTR published in the Official Journal

In 2020, in order to support the digital transition and create an innovation-friendly regulatory framework for financial services, the EU proposed a D…

13/06/23

New regime for distance contracts for financial services

On 6 June 2023, the European Parliament and Council agreed upon the new directive concerning financial services contracts concluded at a distance (i.e…

07/06/23

Retail Investment Package: the European Commission wants retail investors to take full advantage of capital ma…

It is no secret that the level of retail participation in EU capital markets remains low compared with other advanced economies, especially the US. In…

07/06/23

New Belgian national convergence plan for the development of artificial intelligence

On 28 October 2022, the Council of Ministers approved the national convergence plan for the development of artificial intelligence (“Convergence Plan”…

03/05/23

Spaans vastgoed in een Belgische (niet-Spaanse) vennootschap? Dan bent u als aandeelhouder mogelijk Spaanse ve…

We hebben er reeds al vaker op gewezen dat niet-inwoners van Spanje jaarlijks Spaanse vermogensbelasting verschuldigd zijn indien hun Spaans vermogen …

24/04/23

Sustainability in practice – legal insight and best practices

In this first edition of our ESG Series, we cover a range of topics that are crucial for today’s businesses. From sustainable M&A and finance to m…

13/04/23

Proposal for a Directive to prevent misuse of shell entities (ATAD 3) and the amendments proposed by the Europ…

In mid-January 2023, the European Parliament approved the European Commission’s draft directive to prevent misuse of shell entities for tax purposes (…

30/03/23

Les mentions légales sur vos réseaux sociaux d’entreprise

Si vous gérez une entreprise, vous savez certainement que, plusieurs mentions légales doivent être légalement indiquées sur votre site Internet.

27/03/23

Application of the DLT Pilot Regime

As part of its Digital Finance Package introduced on 24 September 2020, the European Commission proposed a pilot regime for market infrastructures bas…

22/03/23

All Belgian Articles of Association Must Be in Line With the New Belgian Companies and Associations Code Befor…

The articles of association of all Belgian companies and non-profit associations must be in line with the new Belgian Companies and Associations Code …

17/03/23

Belgium levels restrictive conditions on the commercialisation of virtual coins among consumers

13/03/23

Laattijdige betaling kan flinke kater opleveren: nalatigheidsinteresten zijn historisch hoog

De wetgever is op 1 januari 2023 overgegaan tot de gebruikelijke aanpassing van de geldende interestvoeten (zie hier). Onder invloed van de inflatie, …

07/03/23

Basisbankdienst voor ondernemingen - belangrijke update

Dans un article précédent, nous avions signalé qu'un service bancaire de base pour les entreprises était possible en vertu d'une loi de 2020. Toutefoi…

03/03/23

Legitimate interest and access to the UBO-register

Following the recent jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Belgian legislator introduced on 17 February 2023 new provisions…

27/02/23

Ongoing innovation of the Belgian insolvency law : change of the current law and a new proposal for a European…

nsolvency law in Belgium will be subject to a lot of change, through the transposition of two consecutive directives of the European Union and the imp…

06/02/23

Basic banking service for businesses in Belgium: (almost) operational

On 16 January 2023, the Royal Decree regarding the basic banking service for businesses was published in the Belgian Official Gazette. This Decree est…

31/01/23

M&A - The road ahead

As we kick off 2023, this Strelia M&A Series paves the way for you by pointing out some of the key legal and regulatory developments that will sha…

19/01/23

An unpaid cross-border invoice? Don´t just sit there!

When there exists an - uncontested - cross-border monetary claim between any EU Member States (with the exception of Denmark), the European order for …

27/12/22

UBO register's public accessibility violates privacy rights

The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently ruled that access to the information in the UBO register by the public is invalid.

22/12/22

New Royal decree introduces new provisions for advertisements of UCIs offered in Belgium

On 12 December 2022, a new Royal decree (the “Royal Decree”) was published that introduces new rules for UCIs on two different topics: first, by imple…