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 31 January 2017, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) issued a guide on bid rigging. This guide is explicitly directed to tendering authori…
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In a recent judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union examines whether a company acting as an intermediary for a private individual in the …
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On 12 January 2017, the Court of Justice fully dismissed the appeal of Timab and its parent company Roullier (the "Roullier group") against an ea…
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On 9 November 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down a judgment in response to a request for a preliminary ruling from t…
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Op 7 september 2016 verhelderde het Hof van Justitie de voorwaarden omtrent de toelaatbaarheid van gezamenlijk aanbiedingen. De zaak betrof de verkoop…
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Het Hof van Justitie heeft in een prejudiciële beslissing bijkomende duiding gegeven over de interpretatie van artikel 6 en 7 van de Richtlijn oneerli…
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Het Hof van Cassatie heeft zich op 15 september 2016 uitgesproken over de interpretatie van artikel VI.17 §1, 3° WER, één van de voorwaarden voor geoo…
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Het Hof van Cassatie heeft zich op 15 september 2016 uitgesproken over de interpretatie van artikel VI.17 §1, 3° WER, één van de voorwaarden voor geoo…
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On 27 October 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) declared inadmissible the question which the President of the Dutch-speakin…
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You work at an SME. Like every working day, you begin your morning with a review of the most important economic news. One story immediately jumps out …
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De stakingsrechter besliste op 17 maart 2016 dat er geen sprake is van aanhaking of parasitisme door Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck (‘BVH’) met het op de m…
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In a judgment dated 26 October 2016, the Court of Justice ruled that advertisements which particularly highlight only part of the total price can be c…
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In zijn arrest van 7 maart 2013, had het Hof van Justitie vastgesteld dat een algemeen verbod op verkoop met verlies, zoals opgenomen in het oud…
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On 15 December 2016, the General Court ("GC") dismissed the appeals brought by Infineon and Philips in the smart card chips cartel case. The European …
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De Advocaat -Generaal bij het Europees Hof van Justitie bevestigde in november 2016 nogmaals dat de prijs van een telefoon naar een after sales nummer…
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On 21 November 2016, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") rejected a request for provisional measures by Alken-Maes ("AM"), the second brewer on …
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On 21 November 2016, the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) rejected a request of Brouwerijen Alken-Maes (“Alken-Maes”) …
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In its judgment of 16 September 2016, the Court of Cassation ("Hof van Cassatie"/"Cour de cassation") dismissed the appeal against a judgment of the G…
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Your company is involved in a cartel investigation: the competition authority conducting it believes that your company made price agreements and excha…
Read MoreOp 16 November 2016 heeft de Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit haar onderzoek ten aanzien van de populaire vastgoedsite Immoweb stopgezet naar aanleidi…
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