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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.
It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!
The law proposal, tabled on 23 February 2021 by the Federal Government, aims at including in the Belgian Code of Economic Law a mechanism for screenin…
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In the future, the European Commission apparently would like to subject dual distribution to additional conditions for being able to benefit fro…
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De Belgische wetgever heeft op 15 juli 2021 een nieuwe wet gestemd tot wijziging van de wet betalingsachterstand van 2 augustus 2002. Na de eerde…
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Voor de Voorzitter van de Nederlandstalige Ondernemingsrechtbank te Brussel, zetelend zoals in kort geding[1], bracht het 13-jarige stilzitten van eis…
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Het Hof van beroep te Gent beval de staking van de wederrechtelijke registratie van een domeinnaam, die potentiële klanten beoogde te misleiden en af …
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De Voorzitter van de Ondernemingsrechtbank te Antwerpen, zetelend zoals in kort geding, oordeelde dat de exclusieve verdeler van een softwareprogramma…
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On 6 May 2021, the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”)’s Competition College imposed a fine of EUR 859,310 on three undertakings of the Caudalie gro…
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On May 5, 2021, the European Commission unveiled a proposal for a Regulation “on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market.” This leg…
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The new Belgian Act of 29 March 2021 explicitly and generally exempts operations creating loco-regional hospital networks from the notification obliga…
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De Voorzitter van de Ondernemingsrechtbank te Brussel, zetelend zoals in kortgeding, heeft geoordeeld dat de openbaarmaking van een geheim productiepr…
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On 15 January 2021, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie / Cour de Cassation) overruled a decision of the Antwerp Court of Appeal of 3 February…
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Due to having worked at home so much, you forget your badge when you go to the office for the first time in months. Fortunately, the security guard re…
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On November 25, 2020, the EU adopted a new Class Actions Directive, covering representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of …
Read MoreOn 10 March 2021, the Belgian Competition Authority issued its annual communication setting out its policy priorities for the current year.
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The Law of 4 April 2019 introduced new mandatory rules that intend to procure that the key terms of contracts between undertakings are fair and not ab…
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In recent years, the practice of drop-shipping has intensified by taking advantage of the boom in e-commerce. While this way of business is in princip…
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The Law of 4 April 2019 (the “B2B Law”)(1) introduced new mandatory rules that intend to procure that the key terms of contracts between business…
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As the B2B law is specifically adopted with a focus on the situation of franchisees who could sometimes be faced with unfair terms and conditions, fra…
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On 21 December 2020, the Opposition Division of the EUIPO rejected the registration application for the ‘CHAMPAWS’ trade mark for pet beverages becaus…
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As the B2B law applies to all contracts between businesses, it will generally concern contracts for the provision of services and commercial distribut…
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