The new General Product Safety Regulation (EU 2023/988 – GPSR) aims to fill…
Competition authorities have the right to seize documents relevant to the i…
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On 15 October 2014, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") dismissed on the basis of its enforcement priorities an antitrust complaint filed by A. …
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On 30 September 2014, the German Bundeskartellamt published a revised guidance paper on "Domestic Effects in Merger Control". The guidance paper aims …
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Webshops die hun prijzen laten variëren afhankelijk van het type klant, mag dit wel? Hoewel een veelgebruikte Amerikaanse trend die al enkele jaren be…
Read MoreOn 26 August 2014, the Board of the Belgian Competition Authority adopted new Guidelines on the calculation of fines.
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On 10 October 2014, the General Court ("GC") struck down the Commission decision against Soliver NV (Case T-68/09) given that it had failed to establi…
Read MoreThe European Commission imposed on 3 September 2014 fines of up to EUR 138,000,000 for a cartel between Infineon, Philips, Samsung and Renesas between…
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On 1 October 2014, the Court of Appeal of Ghent confirmed that Ducati North Europe BV ("Ducati") had infringed Belgian competition law by abusively ex…
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The Directive on damages actions for competition law infringements of the European Parliament and of the Council was adopted on 10 November 2014. This…
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On 10 October 2014, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") submitted to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit its views as amicus curiae …
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On 9 October 2014, the Court of Justice dismissed the appeal lodged by Industries Chimiques du Fluor ("ICF") against the judgment of 18 June 2013, in …
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Afgelopen weekend schreef zowat elke krant over een nog recent fenomeen, waar -voorlopig vooral Amerikaanse- webshops hun prijzen aanpassen aan de ind…
Read MoreThe European Court of Justice rules that the Belgian regulation regarding price reductions is too strict and thus infringes Directive 2005/29 regardin…
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The EU state aid rules are directed to Member States. In situations where public undertakings take measures which can be seen as conferring an advanta…
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On 26 August 2014, the Board of the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") decided to replace its Communication of 19 December 2011 on the calculation …
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On 5 September 2014, a notice was published in the Official Gazette regarding the legal interest rate for late payment in commercial transactions.
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On 30 April 2014, the Court of Appeal of Antwerp (the “Court of Appeal”) confirmed the invalidation of the ex parte order granting an anti-counterfeit…
Read MoreOn 17 April 2014, the European Parliament approved a proposal for a directive which will bring in rules to help victims of infringements of antitrust …
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On 11 July 2014 the General Court ("GC") rendered its decision T-540/08 on appeal by Esso Deutschland GmbH, Esso S.A., ExxonMobil Petroleum and Chemic…
Read MoreOn 26 May 2014, the European Commission dismissed the antitrust complaint filed by Federauto (the Italian trade association of car retailers) against …
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Ignoring the stand-still obligation under the EU Merger Control Regulation ("EMCR") leads to very high fines. This was confirmed by European Commissio…
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