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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Within a dispute between two German newspapers the ECJ was again asked to bring clarification over the scope of the Directive 2005/29 concerning unfai…
Read MoreOn 24 September 2013, the Belgian government introduced a new bill in the Chamber of Representatives regarding the insertion of commercial practices a…
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Le 24 septembre 2013 a été déposé au Parlement un nouveau projet de loi portant insertion du Livre VI « Pratiques du marché et protection du consommat…
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On 24 September 2013, the government submitted a bill to the Chamber of Representatives to insert a Book VI entitled “Market Practices and Consumer Pr…
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Heavy administrative and financial burdens are placed on businesses, particularly small and medium-sized ones, as a result of excessive payment period…
Read MoreBelgium Competition Council drops price-fixing probe into lab testing for mad cow disease.
Read MoreThe new Belgian Competition Authority, which replaces the Competition Council, formally started its operations on Friday 6 September 2013.
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On 6 September 2013, Dutch private and (semi-) public organizations entered into the "Energy Agreement for promotion of sustainable growth".
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On 12 September 2013, the Authority for Consumers and Markets ("ACM") published non-confidential versions of its decisions by which it fined 79 real e…
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On 16 September 2013, the General Court ("GC") ruled on the appeals against the Commission's decision of 23 June 2010 on the bathroom fixtures and fit…
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In his response of 4 September 2013 to a written parliamentary question, the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Johan Vande Lanotte, has given insight in …
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Most Favoured Nation ("MFN") provisions have come under increased scrutiny of European competition authorities. MFN provisions, also referred to as "p…
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On 27 and 28 June 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal (the “Court of Appeal”) delivered two judgments in relation to misleading comparative advertising…
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The amended Competition Act constitutes Book IV of the new Code of Business and Economic Law (Wetboek van economisch recht/Code de droit économique).
Read MoreThe European Commission has informed Motorola Mobility that the company's pursuit and enforcement of an injunction against Apple in Germany on the bas…
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These functional health claims relate to the effects of: 1. ‘toothkind' drinks, which contribute to maintain tooth mineralisation compared to soft dri…
Read MoreOn 28 February 2013, the Belgian Competition Council fined five enterprises because of anticompetitive agreements in the market for the sale and suppl…
Read MoreOn 5 March 2013, the Court of Appeal of Brussels ruled that in-house lawyers have the right to legal privilege vis-à-vis the competition authorities.
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On 9 July 2013, the Constitutional Court (the “Court”) annulled Articles 2, 2° and 3, §2 of the Law on Market Practices and Consumer Protection (Wet v…
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Dans son arrêt préjudiciel du 18 juillet 2013, la Cour de justice a décidé que l'interdiction belge des offres conjointes comportant des services fina…
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