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Liberius welcomes new EU Competition and Trade Law Partner in Brussels

Liberius is thrilled to announce the arrival of David Henry as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU, Competition & Trade Practice. David, a member of the Brussels Bar and a quali…

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New hire for Taylor Wessing's Benelux Disputes & Investigations team

Siedse Willems has joined Taylor Wessing as a Senior Associate in the Benelux Disputes & Investigations team. Siedse, who has been a lawyer since 2017, brings a wealth of exper…

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AKD expands its EU law, Competition & Regulation practice in Belgium

AKD expands its EU law, Competition & Regulation practice in Belgium with partner Koen Platteau. Koen is an all-round competition lawyer with over 30 years of experience.

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06/12/24
Embracing the future of product safety: the EU’s General Pro…

The new General Product Safety Regulation (EU 2023/988 – GPSR) aims to fill…

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12/11/24
Can the competition authority see what you write to your man…

Competition authorities have the right to seize documents relevant to the i…

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Vices cachés – Vente/Achat d’immeuble

Le vendeur d’un immeuble sera tenté de prévoir une clause (dénommée clause d’exonération) dans le contrat de vente qui précise qu’il « ne donne aucune…

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Will the fight against late payments be more effective?

The justices of the peace and the commercial courts have new competences as from 1 July 2014.

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ECJ Reconfirms Compatibility of Belgian Opening Hours Legislation With EU Law

In a judgment of 8 May 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) held that it has no jurisdiction to examine the compatibility of the B…

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Update: Entering into force of the Code of Economic Law

Several books and provisions of the Code of Economic Law will enter into force, pursuant to various royal decrees enacted by the Belgian legislator.

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Appeals against use of dawn raid documents in Belgium suspend the time limitation periods

The new Belgian Competition Act, which entered into force on 6 September 2013, introduced a possibility to appeal decisions of the Belgian competition…

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Patents and competition law

The Commission adopted on 29 April 2014 two decisions regarding the application of EU Competition law on standard essential patents regarding on one h…

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The Brussels Court of Appeal annuls cartel fine on the basis of the ne bis in idem principle

On 28 February 2013, the Belgian Competition Council imposed fines on five flour mills for participating in a cartel on the market for the production …

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The EU Power Cables Case: Antitrust Parental Liability of Private Equity Management Companies

On 2 April 2014, the European Commission imposed fines totalling EUR 301.6 million on eleven producers of underground and submarine high voltage power…

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EUR 302,000,000 fines for a cartel between producers of high voltage power cables

On 2 April 2014, the Commission fined producers of high voltage power cables EUR 302,000,000 for a cartel to split the market and to allocate customer…

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Dawn raids of the Belgian Competition Authority

On 3 April 2014, the Belgian Competition Authority confirmed it had carried out dawn raids on different companies active in the chicken-feeding indust…

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The Court of Justice rules on internal fine allocation between companies belonging to the same undertaking and…

On 10 April 2014, the Court of Justice handed down two judgments concerning the gas insulated switchgear cartel (Joint cases C-231/11, C-232/11 P and …

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Update - how can a trademark owner claim back a domain name?

If you are a trademark owner, and you find that someone else has registered a domain name that is identical or confusingly similar to your trademark, …

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Antitrust and technology transfer agreements

On 29 March 2014, the European Commission adopted a revised competition regime for technology transfer agreements.

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Credit card companies under scrutiny from competition authorities

On 26 February 2014, the European Commission rendered the commitments offered by Visa Europe legally binding. These commitments involve significantly …

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Book III of the Belgian Code of Economic Law imposes significant transparancy and information obligations upon…

By Act of parliament (17July 2013), published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 14 August 2013, the new Belgian Code of Economic Law was supplemented…

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La lutte contre le retard de paiement dans les transactions commerciales

Le 10 décembre 2013, la loi modifiant la loi du 2 août 2002 concernant la lutte contre le retard de paiement dans les transactions commerciales a été …

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For the first time, the Belgian Competition Authority publishes new guidelines for dawn raids

Since 2011, the Competition Prosecutors have communicated guidelines regarding the dawn raid process to undertakings that were dawn raided. Since the …

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Een hervorming van het mededingingsrecht, een verhoging van de aansprakelijkheid. Een verwittigd bestuurder is…

Voor de meeste bedrijven lijkt het mededingingsrecht een ver-van-mijn-bed-show. Dit is echter onterecht zoals blijkt uit volgende voorbeelden: werd u …

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Belgium criticised for incomplete implementation of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

The Advocate General of the Court of Justice has ruled in the case brought by the Commission against Belgium because of the incomplete and incorrect B…

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Bedrijfsjuristen en mededingingsrecht: wat valt onder het beroepsgeheim?

Door de recente aanpassing en verscherping van het Belgisch mededingingsrecht, zullen veel bedrijfsleiders zich de vraag stellen naar de status van de…

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