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20/02/12

WEEE Recast – EU Parliament approves new WEEE Directive

The current European Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment ("WEEE") (Directive 2002/96/EC) sets targets for the collection, recycling…

20/02/12

2012 : La fin du monde… mobilier ?

2012. L'année de l'accord, l'année du dialogue, du rapprochement. 2012, l'année de la réforme de notre Belgique, mais aussi de sa fiscalité.

17/02/12

Biocidal Products Regulation - Major changes in EU biocides regulation will apply soon

On 19 January 2012, the European Parliament approved in Second Reading the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the mak…

17/02/12

EU: No Trade Mark Liability for Bottler in Litigation with Red Bull

On 15 December 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down a judgment in Case C-119/10 between Frisdranken Winters BV (“Winte…

15/02/12

2011 : toutes voiles vers la transparence

L'année 2011 marque un tournant dans l'histoire de la fiscalité belge avec l'avènement de trois mesures totalement nouvelles et allant vers une transp…

15/02/12

ECJ Clarifies Requirements for Award of Supplementary Protection Certificate for Medicinal Product

On 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) delivered its judgments in case C-322/10 Medeva BV (“Medeva”) v. Comptroller G…

10/02/12

Ice Watch Packaging Is Unfair Competition but no Infringement of Lego Brick Trade Mark

In a judgment of 5 December 2011, the Commercial Court of Brussels (the “Court”) rejected claims brought by Lego Juris AS (“Lego”) that the packaging …

09/02/12

Meer (gerichte) fiscale controles op komst

De belastingplichtigen in België worden de laatste tijd geconfronteerd met tal van nieuwe fiscale maatregelen vanwege de regering Di Rupo. Deze maatre…

09/02/12

Nieuwe anti-misbruikmaatregel: op weg naar fiscale willekeur?

De fiscale bepalingen die de regering Di Rupo eind 2011 heeft ingevoerd, zijn nog niet verteerd, of er zijn al een pak nieuwe nieuwe fiscale maatregel…

08/02/12

ECJ Rules on Counterfeits in Transit

In November 2009, the UK Court of Appeal of England and Wales and the Belgian Court of First Instance of Antwerp each referred questions to the Court …

07/02/12

General Data Protection Regulation

As you may know, the proposal for a “General Data Protection Regulation” has been released on 25 January by the European Commission. This proposal is …

06/02/12

ECJ Confirms that IP Addresses Are Personal Data

On 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the EU (the “ECJ”) handed down its judgment in case 70/10 Scarlet v. SABAM. In this case, the ECJ was req…

06/02/12

The Court of Justice of the European Union rules on the ability to patent human embryos

La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a rendu, le 18 octobre 2011, un arrêt important en ce qui concerne la notion d’embryon humain.

06/02/12

A new European Directive to fight against counterfeit medicines should be transposed by 2013

La Directive 2011/62/UE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 8 juin 2011 modifiant la directive 2001/83/CE instituant un code communautaire relatif …

05/02/12

Moving towards more effective data protection - The EC's proposal for a new Regulation will bring radical chan…

Last week, at the European Data protection day, the European Commission published its highly anticipated proposal for a new data protection framework.…

04/02/12

Restructuring aid and airlines

The EU Commission opens an investigation into restructuring aid in favor of Air Malta

03/02/12

EU: Data Protection Directive Provides For Complete Harmonisation Says ECJ

In a judgment of 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the EU (the “ECJ”) interpreted Article 7 (f) of Directive 95/46 of 24 October 1995 on the p…

30/01/12

European Commission launches review of Technology Transfer Block Exemption and publishes report on interplay b…

On 6 December 2011, the European Commission announced that it had begun a review of EU antitrust rules in respect of technology transfer agreements. T…

29/01/12

European Parliament approves Biocidal Products Regulation – major changes in EU biocides regulation will apply…

On 19 January 2012, the European Parliament approved in Second Reading the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the mak…

26/01/12

General Court rules against Commission decision to deny access to the index of bleach cartel file

On 15 December 2011, the General Court of the European Union ("GC") ruled that the European Commission was mistaken in its refusal to disclose the ind…

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21/06/24

Crowell & Moring launches its Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group in Brussels

19/06/24

19/06/24

Ne manquez pas les Universités d'été d'AVOCATS.BE – Inscrivez-vous aujourd'hui

10/01/24

10/01/24

New LLM opportunity in Belgium: VUB-BSoG transforms its LLM to evening classes and announces ne…

01/07/24

Brussels Court of Appeal Prohibits the Rebranding of a Gener…

28/06/24

Belgium gears up to enforce the EU Deforestation Regulation

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20/02/12

WEEE Recast – EU Parliament approves new WEEE Directive

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2012 : La fin du monde… mobilier ?

17/02/12

Biocidal Products Regulation - Major changes in EU biocides regulation will apply soon

17/02/12

EU: No Trade Mark Liability for Bottler in Litigation with Red Bull

15/02/12

2011 : toutes voiles vers la transparence

15/02/12

ECJ Clarifies Requirements for Award of Supplementary Protection Certificate for Medicinal Product

10/02/12

Ice Watch Packaging Is Unfair Competition but no Infringement of Lego Brick Trade Mark

09/02/12

Meer (gerichte) fiscale controles op komst

09/02/12

Nieuwe anti-misbruikmaatregel: op weg naar fiscale willekeur?

08/02/12

ECJ Rules on Counterfeits in Transit

07/02/12

General Data Protection Regulation

06/02/12

ECJ Confirms that IP Addresses Are Personal Data

06/02/12

The Court of Justice of the European Union rules on the ability to patent human embryos

06/02/12

A new European Directive to fight against counterfeit medicines should be transposed by 2013

05/02/12

Moving towards more effective data protection - The EC's proposal for a new Regulation will bring radical chan…

04/02/12

Restructuring aid and airlines

03/02/12

EU: Data Protection Directive Provides For Complete Harmonisation Says ECJ

30/01/12

European Commission launches review of Technology Transfer Block Exemption and publishes report on interplay b…

29/01/12

European Parliament approves Biocidal Products Regulation – major changes in EU biocides regulation will apply…

26/01/12

General Court rules against Commission decision to deny access to the index of bleach cartel file