Competition authorities have the right to seize documents relevant to the i…
Navigating Belgium’s short-term rental landscape can be tricky. As regulati…
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On 20 January 2016, the Court of Justice ruled on the relationship between leniency applications submitted to the Commission and to national comp…
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The Belgian Competition Authority recently published its decision on the acquisition by Cordeel Group (a general contractor company) of the Belgian ac…
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De wet van 26 oktober 20151 heeft naast andere aanpassingen aan het Wetboek van economisch recht (hierna "WER") ook belangrijke inhoudelijke…
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Le 29 octobre 2015, la Cour de cassation a tranché une question importante : la réglementation concernant la période d’attente (interdiction d’annonce…
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On 13 November 2015, a draft bill introducing into Belgian competition law a new infringement called “abuse of significant dominant position” (the “Dr…
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On 27 July 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") imposed provisional measures on the Fédération Equestre internationale ("FEI"), the in…
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On 10 November 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) launched a public consultation on new draft leniency guidelines (the “Draft Guidelines”…
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A lot has been written about two recent court cases related to Facebook. The first one is the decision of 6 October in the case of the Austrian studen…
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On 30 September 2015, the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority ("the College") imposed a fine of EUR 50,000 on the press group San…
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On 21 October 2015, the European Commission decided that a tax ruling between Starbucks and the Netherlands should be considered illegal state aid. As…
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On 26 October 2015, the Belgian federal legislature repealed the rules governing announcements of price reductions, in order to align Belgian law to E…
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On 6 October 2015, the General Court ("GC") dismissed an application brought by Corporación Empresarial de Materiales de Construcción (formerly known …
Read MoreFollowing taxi associations’ protests and legal action, Uber services have been restricted in, among other countries, Belgium, France, Germany and Ita…
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Imagine: the head of the legal department knocks at your door and asks if he can come in for a minute. Without waiting for your response, he enters an…
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On 22 October 2015, the Court of Justice rendered a judgment on appeal against the Commission decision in the Heat Stabilisers cartels (Commission v A…
Read MoreOn 15 July 2015, the European Commission imposed fines of up to €49 million on cargo train operators Express Interfracht (Austrian railway incumbent Ö…
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On 6 October 2015, the Court of Justice ruled under which circumstances Post Danmark's rebate scheme for bulk advertising qualified as an abuse of a d…
Read MoreThe Belgian law on pre-contractual information does not grant bank and insurance agents a right to pre-contractual information. The Belgian Constituti…
Read MoreOn 16 October 2015, the Belgian Parliament voted a law modifying the Belgian Code of Economic Law. The modifications should enter into force on 1 Nove…
Read MoreThe Belgian High Court seems to be allowing for the severability of non-competition clauses. Instead of completely setting aside an invalid non-compet…
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