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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In a judgment dated 30 June 2016, the Brussels Court of Appeal annulled a decision of the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA"). That decision had imp…
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On 7 September 2016, the Court of Justice dismissed the appeal by various entities of the Pilkington group ("Pilkington") concerning its rol…
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In a judgment dated 9 June 2016 (C.15.0360.N) by the Court of Cassation ("Hof van Cassatie"/"Cour de cassation"), the question was raised whether the …
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Sélection de legislations récentes, y inclus les hyperliens vers les textes complets publiés au Moniteur belge.
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Depuis le 19 mai 2016, les nouvelles règles relatives aux avertissements sanitaires combinés pour les cigarettes, le tabac à rouler et le tabac à pipe…
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La Cour de justice s’est prononcée sur une question préjudicielle relative à une publicité de Citroën pour un véhicule automobile, qui indiquait le pr…
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In a preliminary ruling issued on 21 July 2016 (C-542/14), the Court of Justice has confirmed that an undertaking is not automatically liable for viol…
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La vive lutte concurrentielle entre deux vendeurs de cuberdons sur le Groentenmarkt à Gand s’est retrouvée dans la presse suite aux nombreuses plainte…
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On 30 June 2016, the Brussels Court of Appeal (Hof van beroep te Brussel / Cour d'appel de Bruxelles) overturned a 2013 decision of the Belgian Compet…
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Dans le cadre d’une campagne publicitaire, P&G avançait que ses serviettes Always Discreet (contre les fuites urinaires) étaient « jusqu’à 40…
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Your company's receptionist forwards an e-mail that arrived at the info e-mail address. It was sent by the European Commission’s Directorate-General f…
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On 30 August 2013, the Belgian Competition Authorities imposed fines for approximately EUR 14.5 million in total on cement producers CBR, CCB and…
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On 4 July 2016, the European Commission decided that support measures granted by several Dutch municipalities to football clubs do not breach Sta…
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On 19 July 2016, the European Commission imposed a EUR 2.93 billon fine on five major European truck manufacturers for colluding on pricing and p…
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On 14 July 2016, the General Court ("GC") reset the fine that had been imposed on Parker Hannifin Manufacturing ("Parker ITR") and Parker-Hannifi…
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On 28 July 2016, Belgian authorities published an official document interpreting the concepts of food prepacked for direct sale, and food that is supp…
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On 21 July 2016, the Court of Justice issued a preliminary ruling in which it found that a company cannot be held liable for anti-competitiv…
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The European Court of Justice ruled that the obligation to draw up cross-border invoices exclusively in a particular language (under penalty of nullit…
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The European Commission has fined MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco and DAF EUR 2.93 million for coordinating prices at “gross lists” level for mediu…
Read MoreOn 29 June 2016, the Belgian Competition Authority closed its investigation into the Professional Institute for Real estate agents (“BIV”). It conclud…
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