On 23 September 2025, the European Commission announced its plan to postpon…
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Read MoreThe Walloon region postpones the entry into force of the urbanisation permit, which will now take effect on 1 September 2010.
Read MoreFacing the transposition deadline of the so-called “services directive”, the legislator tries to respond in extremis by adopting a law modifying the …
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C'est connu les pouvoirs publics en Europe paient presque systématiquement leurs factures avec retard. En 2010, le législateur européen pourrait cepen…
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The Acoset judgment of the ECJ dated 15 October 2009 (C-196/08) was related to a dispute about an institutionalised public-private partnership (…
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In the Horizon Pleiades case, the Council of State was confronted with an interesting question: if a public authority organises a procedure to select …
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On 23 April 2009, the ECJ held that Belgium did not properly transpose Procurement Directive 2004/18 into national law (case C-292/07). In fact, Belgi…
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On 9 October, the Belgian government has taken the decision to strengthen the requirements for acquiring Belgian nationality. As a result, Belgian nat…
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These new levels relate to the authorisations for employing and granting work permits to foreign nationals (from outside the EEA).
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Dans un précédent article, nous avons examiné les questions que soulevait la succession d’architecte concernant les prescriptions déontologiques et le…
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We discussed the effects of the 2007 Braunschweig judgment of the ECJ on judicial protection in public procurement law. Following this judgment, EU Me…
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The Belgian government and India signed a historical agreement on social security on 3 November 2006. The agreement is expected to apply from July 200…
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Contrary to what takes place in other countries (for example in France), in Belgium, a person interrogated in the framework of a criminal investigatio…
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As from 12 January 2009, all nationals of countries belonging to the Visa Waiver Program (such as Belgian nationals), will be required to obtain an el…
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On 27 November 2008 the EU-Ministers of Home affairs gave the green light to Switzerland to effectively apply the Schengen rules.
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As of 1 July 2007, the retrieval of professional cards for self-employed foreigners is entrusted to the approved business desks and no longer to the c…
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With the publication of the Royal Decree of 18 December 2008 with respect to the employment of foreign workers, Belgium has used its possibility to pr…
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In November 2008, the Belgian parliament approved a draft bill to implement the social security agreement between Belgium and India. The agreement, wh…
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The Belgian Minister of Migration has decided that a medical certificate should no longer be joined to a visa application (type D) for employees who a…
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In application of article 131 of the law of 3 July 1978 on employment contracts and article 9 of the Royal Decree of 9 June 1999 enforcing the law of …
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