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Didier De Vliegher joins Jones Day’s Real Estate Practice in the Brussels office

The global law firm Jones Day announced today that Didier De Vliegher has joined the Firm as of counsel in its Real Estate Practice, based in Jones Day’s Brussels Office.

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Bety Waknine Joins law firm Liedekerke as Of Counsel

Leading independent law firm Liedekerke is pleased to announce the arrival of Bety Waknine in its Regulatory team

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Lydian appoints Lore Derdeyn as Head of its Public & Administrative Law Practice

Lydian is pleased to announce the appointment of Lore Derdeyn as the new head of its Public & Administrative Law practice.

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CEOs and Leaders of Companies: Is the New EU Environmental C…

There is currently a deluge of new EU law being finalized and adopted – par…

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Marchés publics : ce qui va changer pour vos paiements le 1/…

A la suite de l’arrêt de la CJUE du 20 octobre 2022, une réglementation nat…

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Biodegradable waste - Walloon catalog of wastes

Decree , October 7 2010, of the Walloon government to modify the decree , July 10 1997, about the Walloon catalog of wastes.

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Development of the electricity network of Elia

By advice , 2010 October 14, Creg, commission for regulating the electricity and gas, concluded on the development plan of Elia in the next years.

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BELPEX

The decree of the Minister of Energy, 2010 october 26 , repealed the decree of the Minister of Energy, 2010 febuari 19, concerning the rules of the ex…

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CWaPE : updating values linked to promoting green electricity

On 10 November 2010, the CWaPE published a proposition regarding adjustments needed to update certain values linked to promoting electricity using ren…

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Gas transit prices before the Constitutional Court

The CREG has introduced cancelation proceedings before the Constitutional Court of article 3 of the Law of 29 April 2010 concerning the gas transit pr…

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Autonomy of CREG confirmed by the Constitutional court

The Constitutional court confirms in its judgment of 18 November 2010 that the CREG is an independent administrative government who has a large autono…

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European Energy Strategy 2020

On 10 November 2010, the European Commission has adopted the Communication "Energy 2020 - A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy".

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Services Directive : environmental and energy law in the Brussels Region

The Brussels environmental and energy law conforms to the requirements of the Services Directive.

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Current business: the powers and limitations on the powers of an outgoing government

Over the last few years, it has not been easy to form a government in Belgium. For instance, it took 194 days to form a government after the June 2007…

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WTO condemns the EU’s discriminatory treatment of China in anti-dumping cases

Today, the World Trade Organization ("WTO") issued a Panel Report strongly condemning one of the main pillars of the EU's anti-dumping policy against …

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From the hard to repair damage to the balance of interests

The suspension of the awarding decision does not longer require a hard to repair damage. From now on, the Council of State shall examine the balance o…

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Does public procurement law necessarily have to be culpably breached in order to open a case for damages?

The European Court of Justice has judged that Directive 89/665 must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which makes the right to damages…

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Public procurement – interruption of the execution – indemnity – formula Flamme

It is not possible for a contractor to receive an indemnity in case of an interruption if the time allowed for the contract has not been extended beca…

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The Court of Justice of the European Union makes clear the concept of “public works procurements”

Public works contracts – concept – economic benefit to the contracting authority – obligation to provide the works – difference between public works p…

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Confidentiality of EU Transactions : opinion of Advocate General

Does information related to EUA transactions fall into the scope of the Environmental Information Directive?

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Accordance of fonctions in residential zoning with a parking

Accordance of a parking with residential function – Council of the State, nr 207.163 of 31 August 2010.

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Soil certificate in the Brussels Region

On 24 September 2010, the Brussels Government has adopted a Regional Decree concerning soil certificate.

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CWaPE : closed distribution system and direct line

On 10 and 13 September 2010, CWaPE has published two proposals regarding closed distribution system and direct line.

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European Union to reduce high-tech product tariffs as it accepts landmark WTO ruling

The European Union has announced that it will comply with a landmark World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling which condemned EU customs tariffs on high-…

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Soil Certificate in the Brussels Capital Region

From 1 January 2010, the transferor of a right in rem has to obtain, prior to the transfer, a soil certificate from the Brussels Environmental Agency …

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