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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…
Read MoreOn 20 May 2015, the EU General Court (“GC”) rejected an application for annulment by Timab Industries against a 2010 Commission decision imposing a fi…
Read MoreOn 12 May 2015, the General Court ("GC") dismissed the appeal launched by Unión de Almacenistas de Hierros de España ("UAHE") against the Commission's…
Read MoreDe regeling inzake consumentenkoop voorziet in een hiërarchie tussen de verschillende sancties die toepassing vinden wanneer een consument bij een pro…
Read MoreThe General Court ("GC") upheld a decision of the Commission imposing a fine of almost EUR 60 million on Timab for its participation in the animal fee…
Read MoreIn March of this year Commissioner Vestager announced the proposal of an EU-wide sector inquiry into e-commerce. This week the e-commerce sector …
Read MoreOn 21 May 2015, Advocate General Kokott issued her Opinion on the request for a preliminary ruling by Denmark’s Maritime and Commercial Court (Danish …
Read MoreOn 21 May 2015, the Court of Justice answered preliminary questions posed by the Landgericht Dortmund about the rules governing jurisdiction to hear a…
Read MoreOn 21 May 2015, Advocate General Wahl issued his Opinion on an appeal lodged by AC-Treuhand AG (“AC-Treuhand”) against a General Court (“GC”) judgment…
Read MoreDit is wat het Europese Hof van Justitie recent besliste in haar arrest van 4 juni 2015 (C-195/14).
Read MoreC'est ce que vient de décider la Cour de Justice de l'Union européenne dans un arrêt rendu ce 4 juin 2015 (C-195/14).
Read MoreImagine: for years now you've represented your company in the meetings of a trade federation. Nothing especially exciting, but in the meantime the par…
Read MoreThe protection of trade secrets has been on the European legislator's agenda since 2011. It was felt that the lack of harmonisation in this field is v…
Read MoreOn 1 April 2015, the Investigation Service of the Belgian Competition Authority concluded that competition law was not infringed, after an investigati…
Read MoreDirk Bogaers (Sirius Legal) answers two questions that often arise in the fringe of e-commerce: what VAT rate is applicable on the transportation of g…
Read MoreOn 21 April 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit / Autorité belge de la concurrence) ("BCA") published its enforc…
Read MoreOn 24 April 2015, the Commercial Court in Brussels dismissed the Belgian State's request for compensation for damages allegedly caused by four elevato…
Read MoreOn 16 April 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") ruled on a request for a preliminary ruling from the Hungarian Supreme Court rega…
Read MoreJe draait er niet voor in de cel, maar de boetes voor kartelvorming zijn wel erg hoog in Europa. Frank Wijckmans van contrast geeft toelichting in dit…
Read MoreOn 23 April 2015, the Court of Justice dismissed all grounds of appeal brought by LG Display and LG Display Taiwan and upheld the fine for their parti…
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