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This knowledge base aims to capitalise on the experience gained by the company to :
- improving access to legal information;
- fight against the perception that the litigant may have of the law as something unpleasant;
- offer an innovative legal service based on the technological possibilities of digitisation;
- provide our clients who wish to learn (more) for themselves from qualitative information sources;
- Structure the collective learning of the members of the firm around a common platform (permanent training notes, research carried out in the files, etc.) on which to draw during the following assignments;
- have a reflection of the company’s activity and know-how.
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Renewable energy directive (2018/2001/EU)
On 4 December 2018 the revised renewable energy directive 2018/2001/EU entered into force, as part of the general Clean energy for all Europeans package. Hereby the EU adopted one of the most ambitious renewable energy policies in the world aimed at keeping the EU a global leader in renewable energy sources and help the EU meets its GHG (greenhouse gas) [...]
UBO – Ultimate Beneficial Ownership
You, as a Belgian company/non-profit association, had until 30 September 2019 to register you ultimate beneficial owners (UBO’s) in the UBO register. There will be no further extensions, but the administration will apply a tolerance policy until 31 December 2019, during which time no sanctions will be applied. The UBO register is the electronic register managed by the FPS Finance. [...]
Second chance for entrepreneurs: new rules on corporate insolvency
On 6 June 2019, the European Council approved the Directive on preventive restructuring systems, debt cancellation and professional prohibitions, as well as measures to improve the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and debt cancellation proceedings. The general objective of the Directive is to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market and to remove obstacles to the exercise of fundamental [...]
Creation of an electronic database accessible to the public on judgments and decisions
The Law amending the Code of Criminal Investigation and the Judicial Code with regard to the publication of judgments and rulings was published on 16 May 2019. The main innovation: the creation of an electronic database of judgments and court decisions accessible to the public. Namely that the data allowing the identification of the parties involved in the case will [...]