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Le Conseil d'état1 a suspendu l’Arrêté Royal du 15 février 2016 relatif à la fabrication et à la mise dans le commerce des cigarettes électroniques2. …
Read MoreOn 25 November 2015, the President of the French-speaking section of the Brussels Commercial Court (the “President”) dismissed a cease-and-desist acti…
Read MoreWat is de nagestreefde doelstelling? De doelstelling van de Richtlijn is het vaststellen van een toereikend en vergelijkbaar niveau van rechtsmi…
Read MorePar son arrêt du 17 novembre 20151, la Cour d’appel de Gand (chambre correctionnelle) se prononce sur la question de savoir si l’offre d’un voyage à f…
Read MoreOn 25 March 2016, the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) approved the acquisition by the Kinepolis Group of two of the f…
Read MoreLe 9 janvier 2016, le Règlement relatif au RLLC1 (règlement en ligne des litiges de consommation) est entré en vigueur.2 Ce Règlement RLLC entend perm…
Read MoreOn 22 April 2016, the European Commission published commitments that were offered by Paramount Pictures to address competition concerns rela…
Read MoreEU Court of Justice recently confirmed, in a judgement of 16 March 2016 1 , that a number of health claims related to glucose cannot be auth…
Read MoreThe Commission is likely to abandon the proposed merger control reform that would place minority shareholdings under the Commission’s scrutiny. During…
Read MorePar son arrêt du 17 mars 2016, la Cour constitutionnelle a partiellement annulé la loi belge relative à l’action en réparation collective1 (titre 2 du…
Read MoreOn 6 April 2016, the European Commission announced that it had reduced the fine imposed on Société Générale for its participation in the Euro interest…
Read MoreRyanair and its marketing subsidiary, Airport Marketing Services ("AMS"), lodged an annulment request before the EU General Court on 5 February 2016 a…
Read MoreEn 2015, la réglementation belge relative aux annonces de réduction de prix a été abrogée1. De ce fait, seules les règles générales en matière de prat…
Read MoreIn last week's Opinion, the Advocate General concluded that the obligation to draw up cross-border invoices exclusively in Dutch, failing which they a…
Read MoreIn the EU, geographical indications of wines and spirits are protected under Regulation (EC) No 110/2008.1Pursuant to that regulation, it is prohibite…
Read MoreOne of the companies, Exide Technologies, made use of the leniency programme and denounced the practice in late 2013, in exchange for total immunity.&…
Read MoreIn navolging van andere Europese landen zoals bijvoorbeeld Frankrijk, werd een aantal weken geleden een wetsvoorstel gelanceerd in de Kamer dat wijzig…
Read MoreOn 10 March 2016, the Constitutional Court (Grondwettelijk Hof/Cour constitutionnelle) held that a non-contractual civil damages claim based on an inf…
Read MoreAfter a series of inspections, the Commission initiated formal proceedings at the end of 2010 against several cement companies. In the framework of su…
Read MoreOn 22 March 2016, the new Belgian Leniency Guidelines (the "Guidelines") entered into force. They apply to all leniency applications su…
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