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Liberius welcomes a new EU Competition Partner in Brussels

Liberius welcomes Jurgen Smits as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU & Competition Practice Group. Jurgen joins from HEINEKEN International, where he was Global Head of Competi…

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Liberius welcomes a new EU Competition and Regulatory Partner in Brussels

Liberius welcomes Wilko van Weert as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU & Competition Practice Group. Wilko specialises in EU competition and regulatory matters, with a pr…

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Eversheds welcomes new partner in Brussels

Eversheds Sutherland has announced the strategic international hire of Marjolein De Backer as a Partner in its Competition, Trade & Foreign Investment practice in Brussels.

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24/06/24
Priorities of the Belgian Competition Authority for 2024

On 7 June 2024, the Belgian Competition Authority (the “BCA”) published its…

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19/06/24
The Belgian Competition Authority issues opinion on draft la…

The Belgian Competition Authority issued on 8 May 2024 its opinion on three…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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Pop-up et concept stores : que faut-il savoir ?

En 2018, nous vous annoncions l’adoption du Décret relatif au bail commercial de courte durée, lequel venait enfin donner un cadre léga…

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Responsabilité du fait des produits défectueux

Consultation de la Commission sur l’adaptation des règles actuelles pour tenir compte de l’Intelligence artificielle et de l’économie circulaire.

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Federale wetgever zet een rem op het kunstmatig rekken van de betalingstermijn

Ter bescherming van de KMO’s en zelfstandigen, die vaak weinig onderhandelingsmarge hebben in contracten met grote ondernemingen, wijzigt de wet van 2…

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The act of 2002 on combating late payment in commercial transactions undergoes further modifications to fight …

On 15 July 2021, the Act of 2 August 2002 on combating late payment in commercial transactions was modified to address companies’ liquidity problems d…

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VBER: The road ahead - Impact en wijzigingen van de nieuwe draft VBER

We hebben nog maar net de nieuwe Belgische B2B-regels verorberd, of er komt al een nieuwe lading Europees contractenrecht op ons af.  Europees di…

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Du changement en perspective pour le ciblage publicitaire en ligne !

En 2019, et ce pour la première fois en Europe, la publicité traditionnelle a été détrônée par la publicité en ligne en matière d’investissement.

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Ready for a (home) search by the competition authority?

Dawn raids are unannounced searches via which a competition authority verifies whether its suspicions that competition law has been violated are indee…

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La pharmacie en ligne française sur le point d’imploser ?

Un récent arrêt de la Cour d’appel de Paris déclenche des commentaires passionnés et parfois belliqueux. Les pharmaciens français sont-ils vraiment su…

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A clear position of the ECJ: zero support for zero tariff options

A zero tariff option is a commercial practice whereby an internet access provider applies a ‘zero tariff’ (or a tariff that is more advantageous) to a…

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Legislator tightens screws on late paying companies - payment periods limited to 60 days maximum including ver…

The law of 2 August 2002 (FR/NL) on combating late payment between companies will soon celebrate its 20th anniversary. Surprisingly, despite its …

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Competition policy in support of Europe's Green ambition

On 10 September 2021, the EU watchdog for competition, the Directorate-General Competition (“DG COMP”) of the European Commission, published the main …

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Proposal for a Belgian law on the control of foreign direct investments in strategic sectors

The law proposal, tabled on 23 February 2021 by the Federal Government, aims at including in the Belgian Code of Economic Law a mechanism for screenin…

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Ticking the box for your distribution agreements

 In the future, the European Commission apparently would like to subject dual distribution to additional conditions for being able to benefit fro…

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Betere bescherming voor kmo’s: verstrenging van de maximale contractuele betalingstermijn

De Belgische wetgever heeft op 15 juli 2021 een nieuwe wet gestemd tot wijziging van de wet betalingsachterstand van 2 augustus 2002. Na de eerde…

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Verwarringsgevaar tussen handelsnamen en/of domeinnamen: tijdig reageren is de boodschap

Voor de Voorzitter van de Nederlandstalige Ondernemingsrechtbank te Brussel, zetelend zoals in kort geding[1], bracht het 13-jarige stilzitten van eis…

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Stakingsbevel en domeinnaamoverdracht opgelegd voor cybersquatting en doorlinken van verwarring scheppende dom…

Het Hof van beroep te Gent beval de staking van de wederrechtelijke registratie van een domeinnaam, die potentiële klanten beoogde te misleiden en af …

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De onwettige doorverkoop van een softwarelicentie is strijdig met de eerlijke marktpraktijken en klanten waars…

De Voorzitter van de Ondernemingsrechtbank te Antwerpen, zetelend zoals in kort geding, oordeelde dat de exclusieve verdeler van een softwareprogramma…

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The Belgian Competition Authority fines Caudalie EUR 859,310 for imposing resale prices and restricting active…

On 6 May 2021, the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”)’s Competition College imposed a fine of EUR 859,310 on three undertakings of the Caudalie gro…

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European Commission Proposal on Foreign Subsidies: Towards a Globalization of EU State Aid Control?

On May 5, 2021, the European Commission unveiled a proposal for a Regulation “on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market.” This leg…

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The creation of loco-regional hospital networks exempt from the Belgian competition law rules on merger contro…

The new Belgian Act of 29 March 2021 explicitly and generally exempts operations creating loco-regional hospital networks from the notification obliga…

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