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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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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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19/06/24
Avis de l'Autorité belge de la Concurrence sur les projets d…

Le 8 mai 2024, l'Autorité belge de la Concurrence a rendu son avis sur troi…

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Can parallel importers (re)brand generic medicines? The CJEU limits the ‘room for manoeuvre’

If a branded medicine and its generic version are put on the EEA market by economically-linked undertakings, is a parallel importer then allowed to re…

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Belgian Private Law knows no default hardship provision. Really?

In these unfortunate times of surging energy prices, all businesses experience a sharp increase in production and supply costs. With any luck, these b…

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Etiquetage des produits alimentaires et emploi des langues : une nouvelle loi qui dérange

Dans quelle langue doivent figurer les mentions obligatoires sur les emballages de produits alimentaires en Belgique, un pays doté de trois langues na…

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Key changes in the Belgian copyright legislation : has copyright finally entered the digital age?

The Digital Single Market Directive (Directive 2019/790/UE – “DSM”) was finally recently transposed into Belgian law by a law of 19 June 2022 (“new Ac…

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The Belgian Competition Authority approves acquisitions of insurance portfolios

On 9 August 2022, the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) approved the acquisition of two different run-off insurance portfolios: the AXA Belgium cl…

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State aid: Amendments to the European Commission's Temporary Crisis Framework in the context of the Russian in…

On 20 July 2022, the European Commission adopted an amendment to the Temporary Crisis Framework for State aid measures to support the economy followin…

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Are you accountable for any human rights violations in your value chain?

Even though Belgium is lagging behind when it comes to enacting specific legislation, companies doing business in Belgium should be aware of the risk …

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Renforcement du droit de la concurrence suite à la transposition de la directive ECN+

Le droit Belge de la concurrence a connu une réforme importante avec la loi du 28 février 2022 transposant la directive ECN+ et qui est entrée en vigu…

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Commission decision on the Finnish recapitalisation of Finnair

On 22 June 2022, the General Court of the EU confirmed the legality of the European Commission decision of 9 June 2020 approving the public recapitali…

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EU Institutions Reach Agreement on Foreign Subsidies Regulation

On June 30, 2022, the EU co-legislators (the European Parliament and the Council) reached agreement on a new, far-reaching Regulation aimed at ta…

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La protection des consommateurs devenue plus sévère

Récemment deux directives européennes ont été transposé par une loi concernant la protection des consommateurs dans le cadre de contrats de fourniture…

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New rules for B2C contracts: enforcement of consumer rights

Over the past few weeks, in a series of articles, we have discussed the main changes to Belgian consumer law resulting from the implementation of the …

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Les matériaux de construction sont nettement plus chers et souvent livrés trop tard. Comment faire face à cett…

Sur les chantiers de construction on connaît le problème. Non seulement les prix des matériaux ont considérablement augmenté, mais de nombreux matéria…

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New rules for B2C contracts: pricing & payment

The recent modernisation of Belgian consumer protection legislation also covers certain pricing and payment practices in a B2C context.

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New rules for B2C contracts: distance selling and off-premises sales

The Act of 8 May 2022 amending the Belgian Code of Economic Law has introduced several new requirements which apply to distance selling (e.g. through …

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The Omnibus Act: more transparency for consumers

On 28 May 2022, the Belgian law transposing EU Directive 2019/2161 into the Code of Economic Law (CEL) entered into force (the “Omnibus Act”). The Omn…

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The General Court of the EU confirms the recovery of aid to Tirrenia di Navigazione

On 18 May 2022, the General Court of the EU confirmed the legality of the European Commission's decision of 2 March 2020 concerning the recovery of il…

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New rules for B2C contracts: examples of unfair market practices

The present article, second in our series, focuses on the extended list of unfair (misleading and aggressive) market practices in a B2C context.

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New rules for B2C contracts: time for a checkup of your terms and conditions

The legislative changes that will be discussed find their origin in several texts adopted at EU level: (i) Directive 2019/770 of 20 May 2019 on certai…

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Annonces de réductions de prix denouveau réglementées

La loi du 8 mai 2022 fixant les nouvelles règles relatives aux annonces de réductions de prix (nouveaux articles VI.18 et VI.19 du Code de droit écono…

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