In a decision of 7 October 2025, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data…
Recent French judgments from the Nantes Judicial Court have drawn a clear l…
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La délimitation du champ d'application de la directive 2005/29/CE sur les pratiques commerciales déloyales des entreprises vis-à-vis des consom…
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Under current Belgian law, the unpaid seller of movable goods benefits from a priority right (voorrecht onbetaalde verkoper/privilège du vendeur impay…
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Effective 1 July 2013, the Royal Decree of 14 January 2013 (hereinafter, the "Decree") will introduce new general rules for the performance of public …
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An employment agreement frequently includes a standard non-competition clause, even though its validity or relevance to the specific case has not been…
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On 7 February 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") ruled on a reference from the Slovakian Supreme Court in a case concerning three major Slova…
Read MoreAntitrust compliance programmes can be a useful tool for preventing competition law issues.
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The recently introduced new corporate income tax on certain capital gains on shares (cf. our e-zine of 14 March 2013), does not change the current tax…
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On 12 March 2013 the Commission decided to request the Member States' green light to open negotiations for Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partners…
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Since 1977, there has been a project in the works to create a Community patent, i.e. a single patent title providing uniform protection throughout the…
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On 16 January 2013, the District Court for the Eastern Netherlands handed down a landmark judgment concerning a claim for cartel damages. The judgment…
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On 13 February 2013, in pursuit of its aim to clarify the current regulatory framework, the European Commission (the “Commission”) proposed a new legi…
Read MoreElectrabel abused its dominant position, says the College of Competition Prosecutors in its motivated report submitted to the Competition Council on 7…
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Recently, a new tax regime relating to capital gains on shares has been introduced (Program Law of 27 December 2012). Under the new tax regime certain…
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On 28 January 2013, the Belgian Institute of Statutory Auditors (Instituut van de Bedrijfsrevisoren / Institut des Réviseurs d’Entreprises; the “IBR-I…
Read MoreThe Belgian Competition Council sentenced bpost on 10 December 2012 for abuse of dominant position in the form of discriminatory discounts between its…
Read MoreThe Belgian Competition Council sentenced bpost on 10 December 2012 for abuse of dominant position in the form of discriminatory discounts between its…
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The time to call the annual general meeting of shareholders is fast approaching. To assist Belgian listed companies with their convocation formalities…
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During the past year, several judgments of Brussels’ courts have clarified the notion of superlative advertising and defined its limits. As such, the…
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Meer en meer werken steden en gemeenten op vrijwillige basis samen met het oog op het realiseren van gemeenschappelijke doelstellingen (bv. op vlak va…
Read MoreThe Court of Appeal of Gent recently recalled the key principles relating to the content of the reorganization plan and the people who can participate…
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