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Belgian construction law is undergoing significant reform through Book 7 of the Civil Code, which aims to codify established principles and introduce a structured statutory framework for construction agreements. This article examines the key innovations proposed in the draft legislation, including the classification of construction agreements as service contracts, the formalization of the double acceptance mechanism, and new provisions governing conformity defects and limitation periods.

In our sixth alert in this EU Pharma Package Series, we provided an analysis of the history and interpretation issues for another highly debated topic: the “Bolar” exemption.

The European Commission is advancing a comprehensive simplification agenda for EU corporate taxation while simultaneously withdrawing proposals that lack political consensus. As negotiations on the next Multiannual Financial Framework intensify and digital taxation debates resurface, businesses face a recalibration of how tax policy supports EU objectives in practice.