Following a long arm wrestling with the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA)…
In October 2020, the European Commission approved a recapitalisation measur…
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On 8 May 2024, the General Court of the EU annulled the Commission decision of 26 July 2021 approving restructuring aid to German airline Condor follo…
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Het Koninklijk Besluit van 20 juni 2024 “tot aanvulling van de lijsten van onrechtmatige bedingen in commerciële samenwerkingsovereenkomsten inzake de…
Read MoreOn 8 May 2024, the General Court of the EU annulled the Commission decision of 26 July 2021 approving restructuring aid to German airline Condor follo…
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The Belgian Competition Authority has applied the Towercast case law in a first case in Belgium. As a result, one of the leading telecom operators, Pr…
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Depuis le 31 mars 2024, toutes les entreprises sont tenues d’accepter les paiements en espèces des consommateurs.
Read MoreOn 7 June 2024, the Belgian Competition Authority (the “BCA”) published its annual communication setting out its policy priorities for the current yea…
Read MoreThe Belgian Competition Authority issued on 8 May 2024 its opinion on three draft laws aimed at amending the Code of Economic Law regarding the pricin…
Read MoreIn 2015, Telenet, Belgium’s largest television cable provider, and the V.Z.W. Verenigde veldritorganisatoren (V.V.) and the Union Cycliste Internation…
Read MoreIn response to the Preliminary Assessment stating the potential abuse of its dominant position, Vifor proposed several commitments to rectify the pote…
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From 21 September 2024, webshops delivering goods in Belgium will have to provide at least two delivery methods for the delivery of products to consum…
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The Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (also known as the Digital Market Act, hereafter ‘DMA’1) aims to r…
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Depuis 2019, le législateur belge a entamé l’adoption de réglementations destinées à limiter la liberté contractuelle dans les relations B2B, en s’ins…
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Investigations into suspected competition law infringements almost invariably involve an analysis of very significant quantities of data generated and…
Read MoreOn 12 April 2024, the Belgian Competition Authority authorised the sale of 54 of 57 Louis Delhaize supermarkets under the brand Smatch, Match and Loui…
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Companies facing investigations from competition or regulatory authorities frequently require the support of forensic experts, for instance to respond…
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Professionals who are navigating competition and regulatory investigations - whether triggered by complaints, self-referral, market monitoring, merger…
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Since 1 July 2023, the Belgian rules on the screening of foreign direct investments (“FDI”) have been in force. As the decisions of the Interfederal S…
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The Belgian Act on precontractual information obligations in commercial cooperation agreements included in Book X of the Belgian Code of Economic Law …
Read MoreOn 8 February 2024, the Commission adopted its revised Notice on the definition of the relevant market for the purposes of Union competition law. The …
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