News & Articles

24/07/13

CJEU clarifies scope of Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation

On 18 July 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") handed down its judgment in case C-299/12, in which it clarified three issues con…

22/07/13

Due to limited impact of infringement, Trade and Industry Appeal Tribunal reduces fine for providing wrong inf…

In its judgement of 14 May 2013, the Trade and Industry Appeal Tribunal (College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven, "CBb") lowered a fine imposed by t…

19/07/13

The General Court confirms fines for three undertakings in the aluminium fluoride cartel

On 18 June 2013, the General Court ("GC") dismissed the appeals lodged by Fluorsid, Minmet and Industries Chimiques du Fluor ("ICF") against the Commi…

17/07/13

European Court of Justice affirms in full the General Court's judgement in Quinn Barlo

On 30 May 2013 the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") upheld the judgement of the General Court ("GC") in the case Quinn Barlo and Others v. Commission…

15/07/13

European Court of Justice affirms that the theory of economic entity does not imply that earlier cartel infrin…

On 13 June 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") rendered its judgement in the case Versalis SpA v. Commission (C-511/11 P) upholding the Genera…

12/07/13

New budget control 2013 measures and recently implemented tax measures

On 30 June 2013, the Belgian government reached an agreement on various tax measures to be implemented following the June 2013 budget control. These m…

11/07/13

ECJ declares incompatible with EU law an Austrian provision precluding access to cartel case files without par…

On 6 June 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") published its judgement in Donau Chemie (C-536/11). The case concerned a reference for a prelimi…

09/07/13

Notional Interest Deduction

The notional interest deduction ("NID") refers to the deemed interest expenses that Belgian companies and establishments are entitled to calculate ann…

08/07/13

European Consultation on revised competition rules for technology transfer agreements

The European Commission launched on 18 February 2013 a public consultation on a proposal for revised competition rules for technology transfer agreeme…

05/07/13

The Commission published a proposal for a directive on rules governing actions for antitrust damages

01/07/13

Transatlantic developments in relation to the antitrust analysis of reverse payment settlements: Lundbeck and …

Lundbeck held various patents relating to citalopram, both in respect of the substance itself and in respect of various production processes. When the…

27/06/13

Regularisation: Significant Changes on the Horizon - Current System Extended until 14 July 2013

The Act of 27 December 2005 introduced a system of permanent tax regularisation, allowing taxpayers to regularise previously undeclared amounts. The s…

26/06/13

Has the Court of Justice Disallowed Language Requirements in Cross-border Employment Relationships?

On 16 April 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union held (C-202/11) that the rule that an employment contract between a company established i…

25/06/13

New European legislation on credit agencies

One and a half years after the Commission's legislative proposal to reinforce the regulatory framework of credit rating agencies (CRAs), Europe remain…

20/06/13

State aid and health care – the public funding of a Portuguese health-care institution is not a State aid, sin…

The European Commission considers that the public funding by Portuguese health-care authorities of the construction of a health-care unit is not liabl…

20/06/13

New developments in Dutch landmark cases concerning state aid and state guarantees

On 26 April 2013 the Dutch Supreme Court (the “Hoge Raad”) rendered two judgments in the state aid cases concerning guarantees provided by the Port of…

19/06/13

Damage claims facilitated by Eu private enforcement proposal

The European Commission has adopted its long-awaited Directive on private actions. It explains how citizens and companies can claim damages when they …

13/06/13

La TVA et les voitures de société : où en est-on ?

Depuis le 1er janvier 2011, les assujettis sont - en principe - obligés de limiter la déduction de la TVA sur leurs véhicules de société à concurrence…

13/06/13

European Court of Justice upholds finding that the Commission failed to act within the meaning of Article 265 …

On 16 May 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") dismissed an appeal of the European Commission (the "Commission") against a judgment of the Gene…

11/06/13

The ECJ condemns Belgium for its tax exemption on savings deposits

Article 21.5º of the Belgian Income Tax Code 1992 (“ITC”) provides that the first tranche of € 1,830 (for 2013 fiscal year) per year of income from sa…