Actualités et articles

L'endroit idéal pour tout professionnel du droit ou de la fiscalité de s'informer de l'actualité du secteur juridique belge

Taylor Wessing logo
Lire plus
New hire for Taylor Wessing's Benelux Disputes & Investigations team

Siedse Willems has joined Taylor Wessing as a Senior Associate in the Benelux Disputes & Investigations team. Siedse, who has been a lawyer since 2017, brings a wealth of exper…

Lire plus
AKD logo
Lire plus
AKD expands its EU law, Competition & Regulation practice in Belgium

AKD expands its EU law, Competition & Regulation practice in Belgium with partner Koen Platteau. Koen is an all-round competition lawyer with over 30 years of experience.

Lire plus
Liberius logo
Lire plus
Liberius welcomes a new EU Competition Partner in Brussels

Liberius welcomes Jurgen Smits as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU & Competition Practice Group. Jurgen joins from HEINEKEN International, where he was Global Head of Competi…

Lire plus
Simont Braun logo
10/10/24
New Disclosure Requirements for Commercial Cooperation Agree…

New pre-contractual disclosure requirements apply before entering into fran…

Altius logo
29/09/24
The Belgian Competition Authority intensifies its fight agai…

On 21 September 2024, the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Belgian Competitio…

Dotted texture left
Dotted texture left

Explication des nouvelles lois, régime et bilan d’application des dispositions légales, état de la jurisprudence : nous livrons des articles de droit ciblés et pratiques sur toute l’actualité juridique.

Ces articles s'adressent à tous les professionnels du droit qui recherchent des informations juridiques pertinentes sur une disposition précise ou souhaitent simplement se tenir au courant de l’actualité législative et juridique.

Dotted texture right

Plus d'actualités et d'articles

Real start of the European Commission's e-commerce sector inquiry: be alert!

In March of this year Commissioner Vestager announced the proposal of an EU-wide sector inquiry into e-commerce. This week the e-commerce sector …

Lire plus
Advocate General issues Opinion on the proper assessment of a retroactive rebate scheme in the Post Danmark II…

On 21 May 2015, Advocate General Kokott issued her Opinion on the request for a preliminary ruling by Denmark’s Maritime and Commercial Court (Danish …

Lire plus
Court of Justice ruled that antitrust damage claims may be brought where one of the defendants or the actual i…

On 21 May 2015, the Court of Justice answered preliminary questions posed by the Landgericht Dortmund about the rules governing jurisdiction to hear a…

Lire plus
Advocate General Wahl issues Opinion on liability of cartel facilitators

On 21 May 2015, Advocate General Wahl issued his Opinion on an appeal lodged by AC-Treuhand AG (“AC-Treuhand”) against a General Court (“GC”) judgment…

Lire plus
De etikettering van een levensmiddel kan de consument misleiden zelfs indien de lijst van ingrediënten correct…

Dit is wat het Europese Hof van Justitie recent besliste in haar arrest van 4 juni 2015 (C-195/14).

Lire plus
L’étiquetage d’une denrée alimentaire peut induire le consommateur en erreur même lorsque la liste des ingrédi…

C'est ce que vient de décider la Cour de Justice de l'Union européenne dans un arrêt rendu ce 4 juin 2015 (C-195/14).

Lire plus
Cartels: why silence is not always golden...

Imagine: for years now you've represented your company in the meetings of a trade federation. Nothing especially exciting, but in the meantime the par…

Lire plus
The proposal for an EC Directive on the protection of trade secrets – A state of play

The protection of trade secrets has been on the European legislator's agenda since 2011. It was felt that the lack of harmonisation in this field is v…

Lire plus
The Belgian Competition Authority closes two investigations relating to cargo handling at Brussels Airport

On 1 April 2015, the Investigation Service of the Belgian Competition Authority concluded that competition law was not infringed, after an investigati…

Lire plus
VAT and e-commerce in Belgium : a couple of questions and answers

Dirk Bogaers (Sirius Legal) answers two questions that often arise in the fringe of e-commerce: what VAT rate is applicable on the transportation of g…

Lire plus
Belgian Competition Authority Publishes its Enforcement Priorities for 2015

On 21 April 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit / Autorité belge de la concurrence) ("BCA") published its enforc…

Lire plus
Belgium court reconfirmed that the finding of an elevators cartel does not imply that all customers suffered d…

On 24 April 2015, the Commercial Court in Brussels dismissed the Belgian State's request for compensation for damages allegedly caused by four elevato…

Lire plus
ECJ Further Extends Scope of Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

On 16 April 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") ruled on a request for a preliminary ruling from the Hungarian Supreme Court rega…

Lire plus
Europa streng voor kartelvorming

Je draait er niet voor in de cel, maar de boetes voor kartelvorming zijn wel erg hoog in Europa. Frank Wijckmans van contrast geeft toelichting in dit…

Lire plus
The Court of Justice confirmed that cartel fines may be based on sales not directly affected by the cartel

On 23 April 2015, the Court of Justice dismissed all grounds of appeal brought by LG Display and LG Display Taiwan and upheld the fine for their parti…

Lire plus
Nouveau décret sur les implantations commerciales en Wallonie

Le 4 février 2014, la Parlement wallon a adopté le nouveau décret sur les implantations commerciales. Les changements sont importants tant pour les op…

Lire plus
Brussels Court of Appeal Commissions Expert Report to Determine Whether Belgacom Abused Dominant Position in M…

On 26 February 2015, the Brussels Court of Appeal handed down an interlocutory judgment ordering experts to assist the Court in determining whether th…

Lire plus
Brussels Court of Appeal Rules on Legitimate Expectations, Unfair Commercial Practices and Evidential Value of…

On 27 February 2015, the Brussels Court of Appeal (the "Court") delivered a judgment in which it applies the rules on legitimate expectations, on unfa…

Lire plus
Brussels Court of Appeal confirms BCA’s conditional clearance of a merger in the road safety sector

On 11 March 2015, the Brussels Court of Appeal confirmed the conditional clearance decision adopted by the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") in a …

Lire plus
Strengere regels voor consumentenkrediet vanaf 1 april 2015

Vanaf 1 april 2015 zijn een reeks strengere regels voor het verlenen van krediet aan consumenten in werking getreden. De nieuwe regels moeten zorgen v…

Lire plus