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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On 15 April 2011, the Council of Ministers adopted, in first reading, the government bill for the transposition of the “Third Energy Package”.
Read MoreOn 31 March 2011, the first regulation on the end of the quality of waste has been adopted by the European legislator.
Read MoreOn 25 April 2011, CREG imposed an administrative fine on Electrabel of an amount of EUR 100,000 per day from 3 January 2011.
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Salary increases are strongly limited as Belgian government imposes maximum margin for salary costs increases for 2011 and 2012.
Read MoreThe Commercial Court of Mechelen decided on 12 April 2011 that the simultaneous transmission of television programmes via an analogue and a digital si…
Read MoreIn its decision of 24 March 2011, the Supreme Court ruled that a party that is involved in descriptive seizure proceedings is entitled at any stage of…
Read MoreInjunctive relief proceedings – fair commercial practices – public procurement – no continuation of the contract.
Read MoreThe Max Planck Institute in Munich has, upon request of the European Commission, carried out an independent study regarding the functioning of the com…
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On 18 April 2011, the bill concerning the exercise of certain rights by shareholders in listed companies, adopted on 20 December 2010 (hereinafter the…
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The draft Interprofessional agreement (IPA), as described in our newsletter of 31 January 2011, was finally rejected by several trade unions.
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In Belgium, until now, differences in premiums and benefits in life insurance have been permitted by the Act of 21 December 2007. It was this Act agai…
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From a tax point of view, an acquisition of own shares can be interesting especially when economic or financial reasons to do so also exist.
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Recently the rules regarding the acquisition by a company of its own shares were eased. This facilitation forms part of a series of measures, mainly t…
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On 31 January 2011 the “Central Database of Reports concerning Seizure” came into effect. As from now it is possible to consult all reports in respect…
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NautaDutilh recently marked an important victory before the Mons Court of Appeal in Belgium.
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As of 1st April 2011, the procedure to be followed to adopt a bonus plan according to the system of non-recurrent result-linked benefits changes.
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Companies are found to be making insufficient use of the nonrecurring result-tied bonus plan system (NRRB plan), in spite of the fiscal and parafiscal…
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Rappelons tout d’abord que le droit belge (comme le droit français) des assurances a, à l’origine, voulu déroger aux possibilités des héritiers à agir…
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La désignation des héritiers légaux comme bénéficiai-res de deuxième ou troisième rang est-elle révoquée par le fait que le preneur d’assurance a, ult…
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