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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Book X of the new Code of Economic Law ‘agency agreements, commercial partnership agreements and exclusive distribution agreements’ only repeats the e…
Read MoreThe Act of 22 November 2013, published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 10 December 2013, amends the Late Payment Act of 2 August 2002. The Act of 2…
Read MoreA recent decision rendered by the Court of Appeals of Antwerp sheds new light on the question of whether Belgian rules prohibiting announcements of pr…
Read MorePublic procurements – sanctions for late payments
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Despite the adoption and implementation of Directive 2000/35/EC on combating late payment in commercial transactions, many payments in commercial tran…
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The Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) is empowered to carry out dawn raids while investigating alleged breaches of competition law. Since 2011, th…
Read MorePer Koninklijk Besluit van 8 december 2013 heeft de Koning het licht op groen gezet om meerdere boeken van het Wetboek van Economisch Recht van kracht…
Read MoreThe Belgian legislature approved the new Commercial Practices Act and inserts the Act as Book VI in the Code of Economic Law. The Act was signed by th…
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On 27 November 2013, the District Court of Central Netherlands declared itself competent to rule on antitrust damages claims against five Dutch elevat…
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Every company works with its own terms and conditions of sale. However, discussions often arise whether these terms and conditions are opposable or no…
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On 20 December 2013, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that the "statutory conversion" provision in the Dutch Civil Code does not apply to clauses that ha…
Read MoreThe Prosecution body filed on 29 November 2013 a draft decision to the President of the Belgian Competition Authority concerning the practices of Elec…
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On 24 December 2013, the Board of Directors of the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) published in the Belgian Official Journal (Belgisch Staatsbla…
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When investigating violations of competition law, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") can carry out unannounced on-site inspections at the premi…
Read MoreOn 14 November 2013, the bill inserting Chapter XIII "Consultation" in the Code of Economic Law was adopted by Parliament; its goal is to rewrite the …
Read MoreThe new bill of 24 September 2013 regarding market practices contains some clarifications about sales, with the aim of ending the discussion about the…
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Zoals reeds aangekondigd in onze vorige e-zine, gaat de publicatie en inwerkingtreding van de verschillende boeken van het Wetboek Economisch Recht do…
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Il a longtemps été admis que les réglementations européenne et belge relatives aux pratiques commerciales s’appliquaient uniquement aux autorités pour…
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Within a dispute between two German newspapers the ECJ was again asked to bring clarification over the scope of the Directive 2005/29 concerning unfai…
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