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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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Toestemming voor boekenonderzoek: geen vrijgeleide voor fiscale visitatie

In een arrest van 3 oktober 2024 heeft het Hof van Cassatie de krijtlijnen voor een fiscale visitatie verder afgebakend en daarbij nogmaals het belang van een geldige toestemming b…

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Laura Jakobs Joins DALDEWOLF: A New Asset for the EU Law Practice

DALDEWOLF is pleased to announce the arrival of Laura Jakobs in its European Union law team. Laura brings significant expertise in European litigation.

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The Cyber Resilience Act - A new step forward for the cybers…

The Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 of the European Parlia…

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18/11/24
Overview of the new legal framework for Designs in the EU - …

Often misunderstood and definitely underused, EU design law is about to rec…

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Le régime fiscal des restructurations de sociétés, vers de nouvelles opportunités ?

La vie d’une entreprise est en constant mouvement : nouveaux produits ou activités, nouveaux marchés, nouveaux concurrents. Fusions, scissions, filial…

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Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive recast

On November 24 2010 the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of the European Commission's proposal to recast the EU Restriction of Hazar…

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New EU law may encourage increased trade defence measures

On December 16 2010 the European Commission announced that the European Parliament had finally reached an agreement with the EU Council over new rules…

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Revised EU Competition Rules For Co-operation Between Competitors

European Commission adopts revised competition rules for horizontal co-operation, information exchange and standardisation.

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Les nouvelles règles européennes relatives aux accords de coopération horizontale

La présente contribution a pour objet l’examen des nouvelles règles de concurrence européennes adoptées par la Commission européenne, le 14 décembre 2…

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A new preliminary ruling

The Constitutional Court has published a preliminary ruling request from the Court of First Instance Liège of 3 November 2010 regarding the constituti…

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Claim the refund of the unduly paid tax on your dividends and interests derived from foreign source…

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the Belgian supplementary municipal tax is incompatible with the free movement of capital. T…

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The income received by the shareholders of a French SCI regarded as transparent for tax purposes is exempt fro…

The income that a Belgian resident receives from a French SCI (“société civile immobilière”) regarded as transparent for tax purposes is exclusively t…

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European cross border injunctions revisited

In a 22 December 2010 decision in the case Solvay v Honeywell e.a., the District Court of The Hague has referred several questions to the Court of Jus…

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Clinical research and VAT: news and questions

By a recent decision, the Belgian VAT Authorities stated that clinical research is an activity that requires VAT. It is likely that researchers will (…

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€ 799 million fine for air cargo carriers

On 9 November 2010, the European Commission fined 11 air cargo carriers a total of €799,445,000 for operating a worldwide cartel which negatively affe…

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Europe opens an investigation into Google

The European Commission decided on 30 November 2010 to start formal proceedings against Google, accused of abusing its dominant position in online sea…

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Vouchers as part of remuneration and VAT

On 29 July 2010, the European Court of Justice stated that the provision of a voucher to an employee as part of its remuneration amounts to a supply o…

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The European Commission prevents ING from reimbursing its investors

In compliance with its restructuring plan, ING will have to reimburse the aid money allocated by the Dutch government, before paying off the owners of…

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What are the priorities for boosting EU competitiveness and innovation?

The European Commission has launched a public consultation enabling anyone to give its opinion on how EU money should be spent to boost EU competitive…

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Révision des directives européennes en matière de protection de données

La Commission européenne a présenté le 4 novembre dernier sa « stratégie globale sur la protection des données dans l´Union européenne ».

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La Commission européenne va promouvoir la facturation électronique

Dans une communication du 2 décembre 2010 intitulée « Faire profiter pleinement l’Europe des avantages de la facturation électronique », la Commission…

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ECJ completes its jurisprudence on comparative advertising

Pursuant to the guidelines issued in its previous decisions , the European Court of Justice states that comparative advertising on foodstuff is also a…

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Europe opens an investigation into Google

The European Commission decided on 30 November 2010 to start formal proceedings against Google, accused of abusing its a dominant position in online s…

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EU fails to reach an agreement over single patent

The European Union has failed to end the linguistic battle that has delayed the launch of a single European patent.

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