Andersen
in BelgiumAndersen in Belgium is a full-service law and tax firm specializing in corporate, real estate, construction, and administrative law.
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The diversity of our team enables us to better understand and assist clients across a wide range of services. Discover our expertise in corporate, real estate, construction, and administrative law.
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Our mission is to support companies in their growth, setting up a business, restructuring, acquisitions and legal matters, such as contracts, financing, real estate and human resources. We assist both domestic and foreign companies, in multiple languages and where necessary through mediation or litigation.
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Commercial and Economic Law
Insolvency Law
Finance and Banking
Employment Law
Art Law
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Liability and Insurance
Administrative Law and Public Procurement
Urban Planning and Environmental Law
IP and Data Protection Law
Tax Law
Sports Law
Litigation and Arbitration
Sustainability
EU Competition Law
EU Law
Criminal Law (White-collar Crime)
Energy law
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20.08.2026
•Urban Planning and Environmental Law, Andersen in Belgium
WORG compensation: now also available to holders of superficies and ground lease rights
Has land over which you hold rights been designated as a water-sensitive open space area (WORG), even though you are not the owner? Until recently, only the owner was entitled to compensation, and even that compensation was reduced. As from 20 August 2026, the Collective Decree on Environment will correct this situation. Those who were previously excluded from compensation will have two years to submit a claim.
20.08.2026
•Urban Planning and Environmental Law, Andersen in Belgium
Building on a Residual Plot? New Rules Make It Easier from 20 August 2026
In recent years, developing a small or awkwardly shaped plot located in a residential reserve area has often proved difficult because of requirements that are simply not workable for such plots, such as a mix of functions or the clustering of dwellings. From 20 August 2026, the Verzameldecreet Omgeving introduces a number of specific relaxations, with clear surface-area thresholds.
28.07.2026
•Commercial and Economic Law, Andersen in Belgium
The end of the EUR 150 customs duty exemption: the European Union introduces a flat-rate EUR 3 duty on small parcels
Since 1 July 2026, low-value imports from third countries have been subject to a new customs regime. Council Regulation (EU) 2026/382 of 11 February 2026, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 as regards the removal of the customs duty relief based on a value threshold, abolishes the customs duty exemption that previously applied to consignments with an intrinsic value of less than €150. At the same time, it introduces, on a transitional basis, a flat-rate customs duty of €3 per item in certain situations. This reform constitutes one of the first components of the comprehensive overhaul of the EU Customs Union launched by the European Commission to adapt customs rules to the rapid expansion of global e-commerce.
10.07.2026
•Tax Law, Andersen in Belgium
Copyright taxation: abolition of the flat-rate assessment of expenses
The Programme Law of 30 May 2026 has introduced - with retroactive effect from 1 January 2026 - a new condition for applying the flat-rate deduction of expenses from the gross income derived from copyright and related rights.
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