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Op 1 januari 2023 traden boek 1 “algemene bepalingen” en boek 5 “verbintenissen” van het Burgerlijk Wetboek in werking. Een nieuw jaar en een langverw…
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Now that companies are facing increasing scrutiny of their ESG practices by regulators, investors, customers, and the public at large, supply chain ma…
Read MoreIn 2021, the Belgian Competition Authority imposed a fine of EUR 859,310 on several companies in the French Caudalie group for breaching competition l…
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On 23 December 2022, the Brussels Court of Appeal (“Market Court”) rejected Carrefour Belgium’s application for the suspension of the Belgian Competit…
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On 19 January 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered a groundbreaking ruling stating that national competition authorities (hereaf…
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Na alle prijsstijgingen en loonindexaties, stijgen nu ook de wettelijke rentevoeten. De nieuwe rentevoeten zijn van toepassing vanaf 1 januari 2023. D…
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The new Belgian contract law has become applicable from 1 January 2023. Curious about the impact of these (new) rules on IT contracts concluded from t…
Read MoreThe Batopin project consists in restructuring the cash distribution network of the four largest commercial banks in the country, namely Belfius, BNP P…
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With the entry into force of Book 5 of the Civil Code, Belgian contract law will reform in a way that is unprecedented for nearly two centuries. Altho…
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Sustainability and the environmental impact of consumer goods are becoming key drivers for consumer transactions and for advertising and marketing cam…
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Everyone knows what e-commerce is by now, but what about e-fulfilment? We explain below what this term means and what the points of interest are.
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If a branded medicine and its generic version are put on the EEA market by economically-linked undertakings, is a parallel importer then allowed to re…
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In these unfortunate times of surging energy prices, all businesses experience a sharp increase in production and supply costs. With any luck, these b…
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Dans quelle langue doivent figurer les mentions obligatoires sur les emballages de produits alimentaires en Belgique, un pays doté de trois langues na…
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The Digital Single Market Directive (Directive 2019/790/UE – “DSM”) was finally recently transposed into Belgian law by a law of 19 June 2022 (“new Ac…
Read MoreOn 9 August 2022, the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) approved the acquisition of two different run-off insurance portfolios: the AXA Belgium cl…
Read MoreOn 20 July 2022, the European Commission adopted an amendment to the Temporary Crisis Framework for State aid measures to support the economy followin…
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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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