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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!
Even though Belgium is lagging behind when it comes to enacting specific legislation, companies doing business in Belgium should be aware of the risk …
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Belgian competition law underwent an important reform with the law of 28 February 2022, which transposes the ECN+ Directive that came into force on 17…
Read MoreOn 22 June 2022, the General Court of the EU confirmed the legality of the European Commission decision of 9 June 2020 approving the public recapitali…
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On June 30, 2022, the EU co-legislators (the European Parliament and the Council) reached agreement on a new, far-reaching Regulation aimed at ta…
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Onlangs zijn twee Europese richtlijnen omgezet door een wet betreffende de bescherming van de consument in het kader van overeenkomsten voor de leveri…
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Over the past few weeks, in a series of articles, we have discussed the main changes to Belgian consumer law resulting from the implementation of the …
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Het is een algemeen gekend probleem op de bouwwerf. Niet alleen zijn de materialen aanzienlijk in prijs gestegen, maar bovendien geraken veel material…
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The recent modernisation of Belgian consumer protection legislation also covers certain pricing and payment practices in a B2C context.
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The Act of 8 May 2022 amending the Belgian Code of Economic Law has introduced several new requirements which apply to distance selling (e.g. through …
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On 28 May 2022, the Belgian law transposing EU Directive 2019/2161 into the Code of Economic Law (CEL) entered into force (the “Omnibus Act”). The Omn…
Read MoreOn 18 May 2022, the General Court of the EU confirmed the legality of the European Commission's decision of 2 March 2020 concerning the recovery of il…
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The present article, second in our series, focuses on the extended list of unfair (misleading and aggressive) market practices in a B2C context.
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The legislative changes that will be discussed find their origin in several texts adopted at EU level: (i) Directive 2019/770 of 20 May 2019 on certai…
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In het Belgisch Staatsblad van 2 juni 2022 verscheen de wet van 8 mei 2022 met nieuwe regels voor aankondigingen van prijsverminderingen (nieuwe artik…
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The Belgian law transposing EU Directive 2019/2161 (known as the "Omnibus Directive") entered into force on 28 May 2022. Below we …
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Today, the Act of 8 May 2022 amending books I, VI and XV of the Code of Economic Law (hereafter “Omnibus Act”) has been published in the Official Gaze…
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The European Commission has adopted a new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (‘VBER’) accompanied by new Vertical Guidelines. This Regulation (E…
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On 1 June 2022, the Belgian law transposing the EU directives on certain aspects of contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services (…
Read MoreFollowing its evaluation of procedural and jurisdictional aspects of EU merger control, on 6 May 2022 the European Commission published drafts for a r…
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On May 10, 2022, the European Commission adopted the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and accompanying Vertical Guidelines. The new rule…
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