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14/08/25
14/08/25
Legal tech company Afriwise acquires LawExplorer and boosts regulatory intelligence in Africa

Afriwise, Africa’s fastest-growing legal-intelligence platform founded by Belgian lawyer Steven De Backer, has acquired LawExplorer, South Africa’s most established provider of reg…

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05/05/25
05/05/25
Promotions at Clifford Chance Brussels

Clifford Chance announces the promotion of 31 partners to the global partnership, and four new Senior Counsel and forty new Counsel appointments across our European offices, 8 of w…

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19/11/24
19/11/24
Liberius welcomes new EU Competition and Trade Law Partner in Brussels

Liberius is thrilled to announce the arrival of David Henry as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU, Competition & Trade Practice. David, a member of the Brussels Bar and a quali…

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01/10/25
Shrinkflation – are brands and supermarkets required to info…

As inflation continues to exert pressure on retail prices, brands and super…

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19/09/25
Arbitration: final destination or simple stopover?

Imagine ... One of your business partners claims that your company is abus…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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13/06/16
Proceed to the checkout, please

Imagine: your company recently introduced a fully updated product line, and the initial sales results have been very encouraging. You are confide…

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09/06/16
Commission blocked Hutchison's proposed acquisition of Telefónica UK

On 11 May 2016, the European Commission blocked Hutchison's proposed acquisition of Telefónica UK ("O2"), despite remedies offered by the parties…

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06/06/16
General Court rejects Trioplast's action for annulment of a Commission notice to pay interest

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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03/06/16
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) – the clock is running…

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…

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31/05/16
Priorities of the Belgian Competition Authority for 2016

On 28 April 2016, the Belgian Competition Authority issued its policy priorities for the current year. This document, which has existed since 2014, ai…

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24/05/16
Suspension de l’arrêté royal sur les cigarettes électroniques

Le Conseil d'état1 a suspendu l’Arrêté Royal du 15 février 2016 relatif à la fabrication et à la mise dans le commerce des cigarettes électroniques2. …

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23/05/16
President of Brussels Commercial Court Dismisses Cease-and-desist Action Brought by Ferrero against Delhaize

On 25 November 2015, the President of the French-speaking section of the Brussels Commercial Court (the “President”) dismissed a cease-and-desist acti…

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20/05/16
Bedrijfsgeheimen - Beste bescherming op Europees niveau in geval van bedrijfsspionage?

Wat is de nagestreefde doelstelling? De doelstelling van de Richtlijn is het vaststellen van een toereikend en vergelijkbaar niveau van rechtsmi…

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19/05/16
Exigence de la mauvaise foi dans les poursuites pénales en matière d’interdiction d’offre conjointe

Par son arrêt du 17 novembre 20151, la Cour d’appel de Gand (chambre correctionnelle) se prononce sur la question de savoir si l’offre d’un voyage à f…

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17/05/16
Belgian Competition Authority approves partial acquisition by Kinepolis of Utopolis cinemas

On 25 March 2016, the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) approved the acquisition by the Kinepolis Group of two of the f…

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16/05/16
Entrée en vigueur du règlement relatif au règlement en ligne des litiges de consommation (RLLC)

Le 9 janvier 2016, le Règlement relatif au RLLC1 (règlement en ligne des litiges de consommation) est entré en vigueur.2 Ce Règlement RLLC entend perm…

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11/05/16
Commission publishes commitments offered by Paramount Pictures in pay-TV investigation

On 22 April 2016, the European Commission published commitments that were offered by Paramount Pictures to address competition concerns rela…

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11/05/16
EU Court of Justice confirms the prohibition of glucose related claims despite a positive opinion of EFSA

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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10/05/16
Acquisition of minority shareholdings is off the DG COMP’s table

The 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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09/05/16
La Cour constitutionnelle annule partiellement la législation relative à l’action en réparation collective

Par son arrêt du 17 mars 2016, la Cour constitutionnelle a partiellement annulé la loi belge relative à l’action en réparation collective1 (titre 2 du…

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06/05/16
Commission reduced EURIBOR cartel fine imposed on Société Générale by EUR 218 million

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…

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06/05/16
Ryanair challenges Commission Decision on Nîmes Airport before EU General Court

Ryanair 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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03/05/16
Annonces de réduction de prix : le Conseil de la Consommation propose des guidelines

En 2015, la réglementation belge relative aux annonces de réduction de prix a été abrogée1. De ce fait, seules les règles générales en matière de prat…

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02/05/16
According to Advocate General, obligation to draw up invoices exclusively in Dutch infringes EU law

In last week's Opinion, the Advocate General concluded that the obligation to draw up cross-border invoices exclusively in Dutch, failing which they a…

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18/04/16
Finnish ‘Verlados’ to be considered as an evocation of ‘Calvados’ regardless of ‘attenuating circumstances’

In the EU, geographical indications of wines and spirits are protected under Regulation (EC) No 110/2008.1Pursuant to that regulation, it is prohibite…

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