Our Financial Regulatory Update for October 2024 is now available. With these updates, KPMG Law aims to flag relevant regulatory developments per sector.

Our Financial Regulatory Update for September 2024 is now available. With these updates, KPMG Law aims to flag relevant regulatory developments per sector.

Our Financial Regulatory Update for July - August 2024 is now available. With these updates, KPMG Law aims to flag relevant regulatory developments per sector.

Our Financial Regulatory Update for May 2024 is now available. With these updates, KPMG Law aims to make your life a little easier by flagging relevant regulatory developments per sector. 

Our Financial Regulatory Update for January 2024 is now available. With these updates, KPMG Law aims to make your life a little easier by flagging relevant regulatory developments per sector. 

Learn about the AI Act's phased implementation starting August 1, 2024, with key dates for compliance and enforcement. 

With effect as of 1 March 2024, the costs for publication in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette will be increased.

Discover how the landscape of liability is shifting with the introduction of the new Book 6 of the Civil Code, abolishing the quasi-immunity of auxiliary persons.

On 1 January 2023, Books 1 (General Provisions) and 5 (Obligations) of the new civil code will take effect. This legislation will balance contractual autonomy with the judge’s role in protecting weaker parties and the public interest.

With effect from 1 March 2022, discover the costs for publication in the Annexes of the Belgian Official Gazette, as a result of their annual indexation.

The corporate team of K law has used this occasion to write one of the very first manuals on this new piece of legislation, which touches its core business.

Appeal for partial annulment of the law of 23 March 2019 introducing the Companies and Associations Code and containing various provisions.

The new Belgian Company Code (BCC) is here - but how did this reform come about? The objective was clear: to modernize Belgian company and association law by simplifying it, making it more flexible and adjusting it to the progress of European law.

The key feature of the Belgian Company Code is undoubtedly the simplification and flexibilization of the private limited liability company.

Both existing and newly-established companies should begin preparing themselves.

With effect as of 1 March 2024, the costs for publication in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette will be increased.

Foreign Direct Investment Screening (FDIS) in Belgium becomes effective on July 1, 2023. This regime requires non-EU investors to notify and obtain clearance for certain investments in Belgian companies involved in targeted activities.

Discover the key changes in Belgian legislation regarding cross-border conversions, mergers, and demergers. Learn how Directive (EU) 2019/2121 influenced the implementation, bringing Belgian law in line with harmonized rules.

The UBO register is a centralized database used to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and related criminal activities by tracking the natural persons who ultimately control companies and other legal entities.

On 24 November 2022, the Belgian legislator approved the draft law on the protection of reporters of violations of Union or national law established within a legal entity in the private sector.

The Belgian Federal Public Service Finance issues a communication announcing a temporary suspension of general public access to UBO information.

The corporate team of KPMG Law publishes the 2022 version of the manual on the Belgian Company and Associations Code.

With effect from 1 March 2022, discover the costs for publication in the Annexes of the Belgian Official Gazette, as a result of their annual indexation.

The corporate team of K law has used this occasion to write one of the very first manuals on this new piece of legislation, which touches its core business.

Appeal for partial annulment of the law of 23 March 2019 introducing the Companies and Associations Code and containing various provisions.

The key changes in Belgium's updated Social Penal Code, as detailed in the Act of 15 May 2024.

Discover when and how the social electoral procedure can be fully or partially halted. Understand the criteria for cessation and what to do in case of no candidate lists or insufficient candidates.

Although the election day will only take place between 13 May and 26 May 2024, companies should already take action as of mid December 2023.

Discover the key principles for determining a Technical Operating Unit (UTE) in social elections, including the social and economic criteria for assessing autonomy and the legal presumptions for multiple entities.

As of 20 November 2022, employees can request a four-day or alternating work week, as a result of the Labor Deal.

As of 1 January 2023 new rules apply in cases where employers dismiss an employee by means of a statutory notice period of at least 30 weeks.

The MiFID II “quick fix” measures are set to reduce the administrative burden on investment firms following the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the 2022 World Cup moving towards its final stages, it’s time to take a moment to reflect on the extent to which football and IP are intertwined.

The Benelux Court of Justice ruled on 13 May 2022 that the (word) mark "GOODBYE ” followed by a color was purely descriptive.

The Court of Appeal reiterated that for the artist to enjoy copyright protection on his work, it is necessary for him to prove that his creations are the expression of his own intellectual creation.

The Court of Appeal of Ghent ruled on a case concerning allegedly confusing and parasitic copy of packaging.

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) recently fined an NGO and its researcher for publishing raw and sometimes sensitive data.

The Belgian DPA recently fined an international digital marketing organization for non-compliance with GDPR.

In recent years we have seen a clear rise of companies who manage the Intellectual Property rights of photographers, authors, etc.

In the near future, several new energy obligations for buildings in the Flemish Region will go into effect.

The Brussels-Capital Region government issued a decree on 29 September 2022 to ensure sufficient charging points for all electric cars in the capital.

The Flemish government amends the information duty for the flood sensitivity of real estate in the Flemish Region.

As part of the Flemish Government's asbestos removal action plan, which aims to make the Flemish Region asbestos-safe by 2040, the asbestos (inventory) certificate has been added to this list of obligations.

The Flemish Government’s “Long-term strategy for the renovation of Flemish Buildings” of set the objective of realizing carbon neutrality in the existing non-residential buildings as regards heating, sanitation, cooling and lightening by 2050

The Belgian corporate landscape is about to get revamped with changes set to impact the legal, tax and accounting aspects of all Belgian legal entities.