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Liberius welcomes a new EU Competition Partner in Brussels

Liberius welcomes Jurgen Smits as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU & Competition Practice Group. Jurgen joins from HEINEKEN International, where he was Global Head of Competi…

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Liberius welcomes a new EU Competition and Regulatory Partner in Brussels

Liberius welcomes Wilko van Weert as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU & Competition Practice Group. Wilko specialises in EU competition and regulatory matters, with a pr…

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Eversheds welcomes new partner in Brussels

Eversheds Sutherland has announced the strategic international hire of Marjolein De Backer as a Partner in its Competition, Trade & Foreign Investment practice in Brussels.

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02/07/24
B2C : obligation d’accepter le paiement en espèces

Depuis le 31 mars 2024, toutes les entreprises sont tenues d’accepter les p…

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24/06/24
Priorities of the Belgian Competition Authority for 2024

On 7 June 2024, the Belgian Competition Authority (the “BCA”) published its…

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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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Book X of the new Code of Economic law does not rationalize distribution law, but modifies certain aspects of …

Book X of the new Code of Economic Law ‘agency agreements, commercial partnership agreements and exclusive distribution agreements’ only repeats the e…

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The Late Payment Act has finally been amended

The 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…

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The Antwerp Court of Appeals interprets sales periods differently from the Court of Justice of the EU and the …

A recent decision rendered by the Court of Appeals of Antwerp sheds new light on the question of whether Belgian rules prohibiting announcements of pr…

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Transposition of Directive 2011/7/EU on combating late payments in commercial transactions

Public procurements – sanctions for late payments

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Execution of a contract passed by centralised purchasing

Centralised purchasing – Execution – Distribution of roles

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New Rules on Combating Late Payment in Commercial Transactions

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 adopts and codifies new dawn raid guidelines

The Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) is empowered to carry out dawn raids while investigating alleged breaches of competition law. Since 2011, th…

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Meerdere Boeken van het nieuw Wetboek van Economisch Recht in werking getreden.

Per 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…

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The new Commercial Practices Act

The 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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Despite arbitration clauses, District Court of the Central Netherlands is competent to hear follow-on antitrus…

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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General terms and conditions: certain focus points

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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Dutch Supreme Court ruled against statutory conversion of anticompetitive effect clauses

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…

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First draft decision of the Prosecution body of the Belgian Competition Authority regarding Electrabel

The 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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Belgian Competition Authority Adopts Guidelines on Conduct of Inspections

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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Belgian Competition Authority Issues Guidelines for Dawn Raids

When investigating violations of competition law, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") can carry out unannounced on-site inspections at the premi…

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New Chapter XIII “Consultation”, in the Code of Economic Law

On 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 …

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Sales and the new bill regarding market practices

The 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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NIEUW WETBOEK ECONOMISCH RECHT

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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Caisses d’assurance maladie soumises à la directive relative aux pratiques commerciales déloyales : quid des a…

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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