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Following a rigorous evaluation and review of the 2011 Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations (HBERs) and the Guidelines on the applicability of Artic…
Read MoreIn Belgium, the legal framework provides creditors with several options to address situations where a debtor fails to meet their financial obligations…
Read MoreOn 12 October 2023, the notification and declaration obligation for public procurement and concessions procedures under the Foreign Subsidies Regulati…
Read MoreOn 12 October 2023, the notification obligation for concentrations under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) and its implementing Regulation comes …
Read MoreDans un monde commercial de plus en plus concurrentiel, les labels se sont imposés comme des critères de distinction essentiels. Ces certifications ne…
Read MoreCompanies holding a dominant position on their (digital) markets may be sanctioned by (national) competition authorities for infringing… the General D…
Read MoreOn 20 September 2023, the General Court released a series of judgments holding that the Belgian excess profit rulings (“EPRs”) qualified as a State ai…
Read MoreEversheds Sutherland has announced the strategic international hire of Marjolein De Backer as a Partner in its Competition, Trade & Foreign Invest…
Read MoreThe Belgian Competition Authority (the “BCA”) adopted on 30 May 2023 its annual communication setting out its policy priorities for the current year. …
Read MoreAs from October 2023, companies receiving financial contributions from third countries will have to report these to the European Commission when engag…
Read MoreA lot of uncertainty has existed about the requirement for hospitals to notify M&A transactions to the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”). On 2…
Read MoreAre you a company facing unpaid consumer invoices? What are you allowed to do in light of the new Belgian consumer debt collection rules? As of when d…
Read MoreMet ingang van 1 september 2023 treedt het boek XIX "Schulden van de consument" in het Wetboek van economisch recht in werking. De bepalingen van dit …
Read MoreOp vandaag treedt het nieuwe boek XIX van het Wetboek Economisch Recht getiteld “Minnelijke schulden van de Consument” in werking. Een onderneming zal…
Read MoreCompanies should be wary of the novel approach taken by two national competition authorities towards indirect information exchange. A Dutch and a Belg…
Read MoreWhat’s Cooking? (formerly Ter Beke) announced in October 2021 its plan to acquire Imperial Meat Products VOF, the Belgian and Dutch subsidiary of the …
Read MoreThe Foreign Subsidies Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 (FSR) adopted on 14 December 2022 aims to address the distortions caused by foreign subsidies to the E…
Read MoreIn a recent case, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) had to consider whether the ‘selling price’ under EU consumer protection rules should include …
Read MoreIn the age of artificial intelligence (“AI”), many legal questions arise around the compensation for damage caused by defective products. For example,…
Read MoreThe Act of May 4, 2023, inserting Book XIX "Consumer Debts" into the Belgian Economic Code, B.S. May 23, 2023 aims to update the rules on amicable col…
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