The Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 of the European Parlia…
Often misunderstood and definitely underused, EU design law is about to rec…
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On 24 February 2016, Brussels Court of Appeal handed down an umpteenth decision on internal capital gains, but one worth dwelling on. In this area, t…
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On 12 May 2016, the General Court (“GC”) dismissed an action for annulment brought by Trioplast Industrier AB (“Trioplast”) against a letter from…
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On 3 July 2016, the new Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation - No 596/2014 on market abuse) will take effect in Belgium and across Europe, replacing an…
Read MoreIn accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, State aid is forbidden unless it can be authorized by the European Commission …
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The in-depth investigation carried out by the Commission on the merger between Telefónica UK’s “O2” and Hutchison 3G UK’s “Three”, showed important co…
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Il s’agissait en l’espèce d’une société de réviseurs (A) qui avait reçu d’une société belge liée (B) un prêt sans intérêts (par hypothèse, d’un montan…
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On 19 May 2016, the EU Commission (EC) published its final Notice on the notion of State Aid further to its State Aid Modernisation launched in 2012. …
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A la fin de l’année dernière, la taxe Caïman a été élargie à certaines structures sociétaires luxembourgeoises, en particulier les SICAV dédiées. A l’…
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Last Wednesday, the Finance Minister clarified the scope of the Cayman tax with respect to funds. According to the Minister, the tax covers priva…
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On 21 April 2016, Advocate-General Nils Wahl (the “AG”) handed down his opinion in response to a request for a preliminary ruling addressed to the Cou…
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Un résident belge était engagé dans les liens d’un contrat de travail à durée indéterminée auprès d’une société luxembourgeoise, comme gestionnaire de…
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On 22 April 2016, the European Commission published commitments that were offered by Paramount Pictures to address competition concerns rela…
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EU Court of Justice recently confirmed, in a judgement of 16 March 2016 1 , that a number of health claims related to glucose cannot be auth…
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On 21 April 2016, the first case under the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (BPR) was pleaded before the Board of Appeal (BoA) of the Eur…
Read MoreThe Commission is likely to abandon the proposed merger control reform that would place minority shareholdings under the Commission’s scrutiny. During…
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On 6 April 2016, the European Commission announced that it had reduced the fine imposed on Société Générale for its participation in the Euro interest…
Read MoreRyanair and its marketing subsidiary, Airport Marketing Services ("AMS"), lodged an annulment request before the EU General Court on 5 February 2016 a…
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A draft communication by the European Commission on Online Platforms and the Digital Single Market has suggested that new legislation may be needed to…
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Sinds 1 januari 2016 dienen particuliere beleggers rekening te houden met de zogenaamde speculatietaks. De speculatietaks is een heffing van 33% op de…
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