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On 11 February 2022, the Belgian Official Gazette published a new law modifying the Belgian anti-money laundering law. The objective of the text is to introduce new provisions to regulate crypto-exchange and wallet service providers.

On 15 February 2022, the European Data Protection Supervisor published Preliminary Remarks on Modern Spyware. In fact, this document directly targets the Pegasus spyware developed by an Israeli company. 

On 2 February 2022, the Belgian Data Protection Authority considered that the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) developed by Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe (IAB) violates the GDPR.

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission published its draft Data Act, i.e. a proposal for a regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data. The text is part of the European strategy for data launched by the Commission in 2020.

The European Commission published a European Chips Act to confront semiconductors shortages and strengthen the technological leadership of the European Union.

The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications published guidelines to clarify the use of the term 'unlimited internet' by operators.

The Dutch government published the annual Spring Memorandum on Friday 28 April 2023. In this blog post, the policy proposals for tax measures included in the Spring Memorandum that are relevant for real estate investments in the Netherlands are discussed.

The Dutch government announced that the draft legislative proposal to exclude the application of the RETT concurrence exemption on the acquisition of a qualifying share interest in companies owning newly developed real estate will be amended.

The Dutch Supreme Court issued an interesting court decision on 14 April 2023 clarifying when property rights (vermogensrechten) are economically similar or comparable to subordinated classes of shares that constitute a lucrative interest.

Here are five steps that corporate borrowers can take to protect themselves against the fall-out of their financing banks’ insolvency.

On 3 November 2023, the Dutch Supreme Court issued a decision regarding a Dutch corporate taxpayer deemed to realise a taxable foreign exchange gain from its subsidiary's foreign currency dividend distribution.

The Luxembourg Tax Authorities (“LTA”) published a circular letter concerning the application of the reverse hybrid rules (the “Circular”) . The Circular provides guidance on the determination of tax owed by Luxembourg reverse hybrid entities.

This Tax Alert addresses certain recent developments concerning procedural tax law in the Netherlands.

The clock is ticking for companies to set the record straight on resale price maintenance (RPM). Retailers must be able to determine their own retail prices without any direct or indirect meddling by suppliers.

On 18 July 2023, the Luxembourg law of 14 July 2023 establishing a mechanism for the national screening of foreign direct investments likely to undermine security or public order has been published in the Official Journal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

On 25 July 2024, the European Commission initiated an infringement procedure against the Netherlands by sending a letter of formal notice.

On 11 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament approved bills introducing major tax reforms to support businesses and individuals and providing long-awaited clarifications.