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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Ignoring the stand-still obligation under the EU Merger Control Regulation ("EMCR") leads to very high fines. This was confirmed by European Commissio…
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Le vendeur d’un immeuble sera tenté de prévoir une clause (dénommée clause d’exonération) dans le contrat de vente qui précise qu’il « ne donne aucune…
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The justices of the peace and the commercial courts have new competences as from 1 July 2014.
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In a judgment of 8 May 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) held that it has no jurisdiction to examine the compatibility of the B…
Read MoreSeveral books and provisions of the Code of Economic Law will enter into force, pursuant to various royal decrees enacted by the Belgian legislator.
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The new Belgian Competition Act, which entered into force on 6 September 2013, introduced a possibility to appeal decisions of the Belgian competition…
Read MoreThe Commission adopted on 29 April 2014 two decisions regarding the application of EU Competition law on standard essential patents regarding on one h…
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On 28 February 2013, the Belgian Competition Council imposed fines on five flour mills for participating in a cartel on the market for the production …
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On 2 April 2014, the European Commission imposed fines totalling EUR 301.6 million on eleven producers of underground and submarine high voltage power…
Read MoreOn 2 April 2014, the Commission fined producers of high voltage power cables EUR 302,000,000 for a cartel to split the market and to allocate customer…
Read MoreOn 3 April 2014, the Belgian Competition Authority confirmed it had carried out dawn raids on different companies active in the chicken-feeding indust…
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On 10 April 2014, the Court of Justice handed down two judgments concerning the gas insulated switchgear cartel (Joint cases C-231/11, C-232/11 P and …
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If you are a trademark owner, and you find that someone else has registered a domain name that is identical or confusingly similar to your trademark, …
Read MoreOn 29 March 2014, the European Commission adopted a revised competition regime for technology transfer agreements.
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On 26 February 2014, the European Commission rendered the commitments offered by Visa Europe legally binding. These commitments involve significantly …
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By Act of parliament (17July 2013), published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 14 August 2013, the new Belgian Code of Economic Law was supplemented…
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Le 10 décembre 2013, la loi modifiant la loi du 2 août 2002 concernant la lutte contre le retard de paiement dans les transactions commerciales a été …
Read MoreSince 2011, the Competition Prosecutors have communicated guidelines regarding the dawn raid process to undertakings that were dawn raided. Since the …
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Voor de meeste bedrijven lijkt het mededingingsrecht een ver-van-mijn-bed-show. Dit is echter onterecht zoals blijkt uit volgende voorbeelden: werd u …
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The Advocate General of the Court of Justice has ruled in the case brought by the Commission against Belgium because of the incomplete and incorrect B…
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