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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Imagine that an internal study has demonstrated that your current distribution set-up in Europe is seriously out of date. High-end products have …
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One of the protection measures in consumer law is to grant consumers the right to withdraw when signing an agreement outside the (professional) seller…
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Titel 2 van Boek X van het Wetboek van Economisch Recht legt verregaande precontractuele verplichtingen op (met inbegrip van een wachttermijn van één …
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On 27 August 2015, the Belgian government submitted a bill to the Chamber of Representatives that amends in various respects the Code of Economic Law …
Read MoreOn 14 July 2015, the European Commission approved the acquisition of Irish airline Aer Lingus by International Consolidated Airlines Group ("IAG"), su…
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De uitsluiting van de bank- en verzekeringsagenten uit het toepassingsgebied van titel II van boek X van het Wetboek van Economisch recht betreffende …
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Met haar arrest van 23 januari 2015 slaat het Hof van Cassatie een nieuwe weg in voor de beoordeling van een (geldig) niet-concurrentie…
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E-commerce groeit nog steeds erg snel in de EU, vooral ook in een aantal landen die in tegenstelling tot Nederland en Duitsland in eerste instantie de…
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On 23 January 2015, the Supreme Court delivered a judgment concerning the moderation of an invalid non-competition clause in a business transfer agree…
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Hoe zit het met het retourrecht voor consumenten bij online verkoop? Mag een webshop een item niet terugnemen omdat het in uitverkoop was? Zelfs …
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On 1 June 2015, the economic inspectorate of the FPS Finance participated in a European investigation intended to detect violations of the guarantee l…
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In heel wat arbeidsovereenkomsten voor handelsvertegenwoordigers wordt quasi automatisch een concurrentiebeding voorzien. Waarom zou men dit als werkg…
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The Belgian and German competition authorities handed down settlement decisions for hub-and-spoke and retail price maintenance practices. These settle…
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Real estate investments are increasingly being channelled through joint ventures. Although this can be a helpful investment structure, joint venture a…
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On 11 May 2015, the College of Competition Prosecutors (Auditoraat / Auditorat) of the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit…
Read MoreOn 11 June 2015, the European Commission opened a formal anti-trust investigation into Amazon’s e-book distribution arrangements. The investigation fo…
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On 16 June 2015, the General Court ("GC") reduced a fine on Pacific Fruit in a case concerning alleged collusion with Chiquita on banana pri…
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On 24 April 2015, the Dutch-speaking Commercial Court of Brussels dismissed a claim for damages filed by the Belgian State, the Buildings Public Autho…
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De vereisten van snelheid en efficiëntie van het handelsverkeer hebben talrijke ondernemingen ertoe aangespoord om de voorwaarden op basis waarvan zij…
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On 22 May 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) published its first annual report covering a full year of the new Competition Authority’s ac…
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