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The European Commission has adopted several recent decisions on State aid relating to the port sector. Firstly, on 15 January 2016, the Commiss…
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On 18 March 2016, the European Commission published its initial findings on the existence of geo-blocking practices in the e-commerce sector. Thi…
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On 10 March 2016, the Court of Justice ruled that the European Commission's requests for information addressed to several cement companies d…
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Last 18th March, the Commission published an initial “Issues paper” on geo-blocking in the EU within the framework of the ongoing e-commerce sector in…
Read MoreRecent werd het Europees Hof van Justitie via een prejudiciële vraag, gesteld door de Roemeense districtsrechtbank te Oradea, verzocht te oordelen of …
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The provisions on class actions in the Belgian Economic Code have been partially annulled by a judgment of the Belgian Constitutional Court of 17 Marc…
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Vergelijkende reclame is reeds sinds de wet van 15 mei 1999 toegelaten in België, maar tot noch toe zien we dergelijke reclame nog maar zeer wein…
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On 23 February 2016, the College of Competition Prosecutors (Auditoraat / Auditorat – the “Competition College”) of the Belgian Competition Authority …
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Het zal u maar overkomen, u spendeert jaarlijks ettelijke bedragen aan communicatie en het zorgvuldig opbouwen van uw reputatie evenals die van uw bed…
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On 1 March 2016, the board of the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) adopted new guidelines concerning the leniency regime under Belgian competitio…
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Op 9 januari 2016 is Verordening nr. 524/2013 van het Europese Parlement en de Raad betreffende onlinebeslechting van consumentengeschillen in werking…
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On 21 January 2016, the European Commission decided that the corporate tax exemptions granted to seaports under the existing Dutch and Belgi…
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On 29 February 2016, the General Court ("GC") dismissed most of the appeal grounds brought by 14 international groups of air freight forwarders and la…
Read MoreFirstly, on 15 January 2016, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation into alleged aid to two container-terminal operators in the Port of Antwe…
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Imagine: you are a key account manager at a successful company with top-quality products. Over the years, the company has built up a valuable and loya…
Read MoreOn 27 July 2015, the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority imposed on the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (“IFE”), a…
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On 20 January 2016, the Court of Justice dismissed all appeal grounds brought by Toshiba and upheld the fine for its participation in the power transf…
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On 21 January 2016, the Court of Justice interpreted in its preliminary ruling in Eturas what constitutes a concerted practice in the contex…
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On 21 January 2016, the Court of Justice handed down its judgment on appeal brought by three legal entities of the Galp Energía group ("Galp…
Read MoreOn 8 January 2016, the Financial Services and Markets Authority (“FSMA”) initiated a consultation on a draft regulation governing the distribution of …
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