New pre-contractual disclosure requirements apply before entering into fran…
On 21 September 2024, the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Belgian Competitio…
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Het Hof van Beroep te Brussel oordeelde dat communicatie gericht aan klanten van een concurrent ter actualisering van klantenbestanden in de mate die …
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Nearly one year ago, the EU Parliament adopted the directive No 2019/2161 (better known as the “Omnibus Directive”) as a result of the “New …
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Doorheen de jaren is er al veel inkt gevloeid over de wettigheid van de sperperioderegeling (verbod op prijsverminderingen tijdens de sperperiode) in …
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Nadat België zijn regels inzake prijsverminderingsaankondigingen heeft moeten afschaffen, zal het nu ten gevolge van EU-richtlijn 2019/2161 opnieuw aa…
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With the Law of 4 April 2019 concerning the abuse of economic dependence, unfair clauses and unfair market practices in B2B relations (the “B2B Law”),…
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With the Law of 4 April 2019 concerning the abuse of economic dependence, unfair clauses and unfair market practices in B2B relations (the “B2B Law”),…
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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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The Belgian legislator has introduced a prohibition on 'unfair clauses' in agreements between enterprises through the Law of 4 April 2019 concerning t…
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An Act of 4 April 2019 introduced three new sets of rules governing B2B-relationships: (1) a prohibition of unfair market practices (which entered int…
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Over het startpunt van de 7 werkdagen-termijn ter beëindiging van een handelsagentuurovereenkomst wegens een uitzonderlijke omstandigheid of een ernst…
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Vous avez remarqué que pendant la période de confinement, les ventes en ligne ont connu un bond ?
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Le Règlement UE 1924/2006 sur les allégations nutritionnelles et de santé prévoit qu’on ne peut faire référence aux effets bénéfiques généraux, non sp…
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Les nouvelles règles sur l’abus de dépendance économique sont entrées en vigueurs ce 22 août 2020. Nous soulèverons ci-dessous les 8 questions que tou…
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La position acquise par certaines plateformes et moteurs de recherche crée un déséquilibre de plus en plus marqué. Ces fournisseurs ont la capacité d’…
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Het begrip “economische afhankelijkheid”kentgeen equivalent in het Europese mededingingsrecht. Verordening nr. 1/2003 betreffende de uitvoering van de…
Read MoreIn August 2017, the Belgian Competition Authority (BMA) opened an investigation into potential anticompetitive practices resulting from the conclusion…
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The Belgian Parliament introduced the prohibition on abuse of economic dependence in an Act of March 2019 to protect undertakings that are economicall…
Read MoreThe Belgian Competition Authority published on 22 July 2020 its position on the application of merger control to local hospital networks.
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In Trendsetteuse (C-828/18), the Court of Justice of the EU held that in order to be protected under the Commercial Agency Directive, it is …
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Following the recent legislative amendment obliging hospitals to establish and be part of a loco-regional hospital network,[1] the Belgian Compet…
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