Belgium: Royal Decree on general shareholders' meetings and board meetings in the context of Covid-19 coronavirus

In response to the issues faced by various companies in organising shareholders' meetings and board meetings in the context of Covid-19, the Belgian government has published a new Royal Decree on Thursday 9 April 2020 which provides in a number of exceptional measures of limited duration (applying for an (extendable) period from 1 March up to 3 May 2020) to ensure proper functioning of these corporate bodies (the Royal Decree).