IMF Executive Board Concludes 2022 Article IV Consultation with Belgium
March 2, 2023 WASHINGTON, DC. On February 27, 2023, the Executive Board of the International Monetary...
Mergers: EU Commission refers to Belgium the assessment of the acquisition of joint control of Pannoc
Brussels, 1 March 2023 The European Commission has referred to the Belgian national competition authority...
EU Court of Justice: Four countries referred for failing to enact EU rules on data re-use
Brussels, 15 February 2023 Today, the European Commission decided to refer Belgium, Bulgaria, Latvia and the Netherlands to the Court of...
Belgium: EU Commission approves €116m to support companies affected by Russia’s war
Brussels, 13 February 2023 The European Commission has approved a €116 million Belgian scheme to support companies...
New strike against encrypted criminal communications: Exclu dismantled
6 February 2023 Judicial and law enforcement authorities in the Netherlands and Germany have dealt...
InvestEU: Triodos Bank increases support to social enterprises*
Brussels, 31 January 2023 Triodos Bank can provide up to €67 million in loans to...
Belgium adheres to most rigorous IMF data dissemination standard
January 26, 2023 Washington, DC: Belgium has adhered to the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)...
Belgium: IMF Staff Concluding Statement of the 2022 Article IV Mission
December 21, 2022 A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the...
Cohesion Policy: Almost €3bn for Belgium’s green and digital transition and economic development
Brussels, 14 December 2022 Belgium will receive almost €3 billion in Cohesion Policy funding in...
Belgian Interior Minister discusses safety and security with EMCDDA
Lisbon 13.12.2022 Belgian Minister of the Interior, Institutional Reform and Democratic Renewal, Ms Annelies Verlinden,...
Travel operators’ insolvency: EU Commission approves a Belgian scheme to protect insurers
Brussels, 9 December 2022 The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a...
Support to French and Belgian authorities against large-scale drug trafficking – Eurojust
28 November 2022 Eurojust and Europol assisted the French and Belgian authorities in a recent...
Urteil des Gerichtshofs in der Rechtssache C‑230/21 Belgischer Staat (Verheirateter minderjähriger Flüchtling)
Donnerstag, 17. November 2022 Urteil des Gerichtshofs in der Rechtssache C‑230/21 Belgische Staat (Verheirateter minderjähriger Flüchtling) Familienzusammenführung...
Belgian scheme: EU Commission approves prolongation to exempt seafarer employers from social security contributions
Brussels, 28 October 2022 The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, the...
Belgium: EU Commission approves €1.5bn to support energy suppliers
Brussels, 28 October 2022 The European Commission has approved a €1.5 billion Belgian guarantee scheme...
New regulation of professions proportionality: EU Commission refers Belgium to the EU Court of Justice
Brussels, 29 September 2022 Today, the Commission decided to refer Belgium to the Court of Justice of...
Exclusivity contracts at the public-service broadcaster VRT – EU Commission answer
Brussels, 16 August 2022 See question(s) : E-002590/2022 EN E-002590/2022 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Vestager...
Money laundering: Belgian luxury car purveyor arrested in Spain
The Hague, 20 July 2022 This suspect laundered millions of euros worth of illegal proceeds...
State aid: EU Commission approves Belgium’s plans to compensate bpost
Brussels, 19 July 2022 The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, Belgium’s...
Belgium: EU Commission approves regional aid map
Brussels, 18 July 2022 The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules Belgium’s...
Eurojust: Joint action against cycling team doping in six countries
The Hague, 1 July 2022 Judicial and law enforcement authorities in France, Belgium, Spain, Croatia,...
Energy Charter amendment draft: Belgium’s request for legal opinion inadmissible
Luxembourg, 16 June 2022 Opinion 1/20: Draft modernised Energy Charter Treaty: Belgium’s request for an Opinion is inadmissible...
EU Technical Support to help nine Member States support refugees from Ukraine
Brussels, 17 May, 2022 The EU Commission will offer technical expertise to help nine Member...
Protecting biodiversity: EU takes action to prevent entry of invasive alien species
Brussels, 9 February 2022 Protecting biodiversity: EU takes action to prevent introduction of invasive alien...
Eurojust: Suspects arrested in Belgium and France for violent holdup in Netherlands
9 November 2021 Eurojust has supported the Dutch, Belgian and French authorities with the arrests...
Open data and public sector information: EU infringement procedure against 19 Member States
Today, the Commission decided to open infringement proceedings as part of the regular review of...
Alarm and signal weapons: EU Commission calls on Belgium and Malta to fulfil their obligations
The Commission has formally requested Belgium and Malta to report on how EU rules on alarm and signal weapons...
Judgment of the EU Court of Justice in Case C-337/19 P (tax exemptions for multinational companies in Belgium)
Tax exemptions granted by Belgium to multinational companies by way of rulings: the Commission correctly...
Belgium: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2021 Article IV Consultation
September 15, 2021 Washington, DC: On September 8, 2021, the Executive Board of the International Monetary...
Copyright delays: EU Commission urges Member States to comply with EU rules
The EU Commission has requested Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland,...
EU Commission welcomes EU Council’s approval of recovery and resilience plans
The European Commission welcomes the Council’s approval of its assessments of the recovery and resilience plans...
Eurojust: Fraud scheme of at least EUR 120 million in Italy halted
The Hague, 7 July 2021 Eurojust has supported the Italian authorities in bringing to a...
Belgium: IMF Staff Concluding Statement of the 2021 Article IV Mission
June 29, 2021 A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the...
Europol: Belgian and Swiss authorities unravel Vitae Ponzi scheme tricking 223,000 victims
With the support of Europol, the Belgian Federal Judicial Police (Federale Gerechtelijke Politie, Police Judiciaire...
NextGenEU: EU Commission endorses Belgium’s €5.9bn recovery and resilience plan
The European Commission has today adopted a positive assessment of Belgium’s recovery and resilience plan....
Over €1 million in cash seized as part of Europol & Eurojust investigation into tobacco smuggling ring
07 May 2021 View all crime areas An international law enforcement operation coordinated by Europol...
Belgium, Italy, Austria, and Slovenia submit official recovery and resilience plans
The Commission has received official recovery and resilience plans from Belgium, Italy, Austria, and Slovenia....
Europol, EUIPO, and OLAF: Be vigilant with gifts–€16 million worth of fake toys seized during recent festive period
Close to 5 million counterfeit toys have been confiscated as a result of Operation LUDUS...