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In recent years, the practice of drop-shipping has intensified by taking advantage of the boom in e-commerce. While this way of business is in princip…
Read MoreThe Law of 4 April 2019 (the “B2B Law”)(1) introduced new mandatory rules that intend to procure that the key terms of contracts between business…
Read MoreAs the B2B law is specifically adopted with a focus on the situation of franchisees who could sometimes be faced with unfair terms and conditions, fra…
Read MoreOn 21 December 2020, the Opposition Division of the EUIPO rejected the registration application for the ‘CHAMPAWS’ trade mark for pet beverages becaus…
Read MoreAs the B2B law applies to all contracts between businesses, it will generally concern contracts for the provision of services and commercial distribut…
Read MoreBrussels Markets Courts confirms two-step test for determining the effects of a dawn raid’s illegality.
Read MoreU vindt hieronder een overzicht van recente juridische ontwikkeling op Europees en Belgisch niveau.
Read MoreOver the last 4 years, the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) has increasingly scrutinised anticompetitive restraints in vertical agreements and as…
Read MoreThe B2B law inevitably has an important effect on the general terms and conditions of your agreements. In this section of our practical guide we expla…
Read MoreU vindt hieronder een selectie van nieuwe/hangende prejudiciële vragen, inclusief hyperlinks naar de site van het Hof van Justitie.
Read MoreIn this section of our guide, we deal with the issue which parties are affected by the law and which clauses are subject to this law. We also deal wit…
Read MoreOn 12 November 2020, the European Commission published long awaited draft new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for data transfers between…
Read More1 December 2020 marks a major turning point for business-to-business contracts (B2B), as that is the date on which the law prohibiting unfair contract…
Read MoreAre you a small, medium or big company? As a builder, banker, retailer, seller or any other business, do you enter into B2B agreements that usually pr…
Read MoreRechtbank van Koophandel te Luik1 oordeelt dat het opzetten van een lastercampagne een oneerlijke marktpraktijk uitmaakt indien deze erop is geri…
Read MoreOn 20 November 2020, the Investigation and Prosecution Service of the Belgian Competition Authority announced that it had submitted a motivated propos…
Read MoreFirst Belgian ruling on abuse of economic dependence: much looked forward too, little precedential value?
Read MoreHet Hof van Beroep te Brussel oordeelde dat communicatie gericht aan klanten van een concurrent ter actualisering van klantenbestanden in de mate die …
Read MoreNearly one year ago, the EU Parliament adopted the directive No 2019/2161 (better known as the “Omnibus Directive”) as a result of the “New …
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