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On 3 November 2026, CJEU Advocate General Szpunar delivered an Opinion examining when AI chatbots’ use of online news may infringe press publishers’ rights. His proposed approach d…
Circular letter 2026/C/94 confirms that non-profit organisations and foundations subject to the legal entities tax calculate, declare and pay the withholding tax on their capital g…
Since 1 November 2026, product identifiers (PIDs) are mandatory in customs declarations for B2C distance sales up to €150, and a €2 handling fee per item applies. What do businesse…
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According to the Court of Cassation (18 June 2026), a taxpayer without acco…
In a judgment of 8 May 2026, the Court of Cassation confirms that an ex off…
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A conference-debate was organised at the European Parliament by ALDE MEPs Corinne Lepage and Antonya Parvanova.
On 13 October 2011, the Court of Justice of the EU (the “ECJ”) answered a number of preliminary questions referred to it by the Court of Appeal of Bru…
On 6 October 2011, the General Court of the European Union (the “GC”) handed down its judgment in a case pitting Bang & Olufsen A/S (“Bang & O…
On 13 October 2011, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) handed down its preliminary ruling in the Pierre Fabre case (see VBB on Competition Law, Vol…
On 4 October 2011, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) gave judgment in joined cases C-403/08 Football Association Premier League Ltd, NetMed Hellas…
On 11 October 2011, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a Proposal for a Regulation on a Common European Sales Law (the “Proposal”). …
On the basis of a Report from ANSES (= French National Agency for Food Safety, Environnement and Labour), France has opened up once again the debate …
ECHA delivered its homework on time by releasing, before its December 1st 2011 deadline imposed by REACH, a draft for a first Community Rolling Acti…
On 12 October 2011, the General Court held that an appeal by Belgian consumer organization Test-Aankoop/Test-Achats ("TA") against the European Commis…
In its ruling of the 24th of November, in the case Scarlet Extended SA v SABAM (C-70/10), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) stated tha…
A system of pay leading to discrimination on the grounds of age, which will be replaced by a system of pay based on objective criteria (but maintains,…
The Advocate General considers Directive 2008/101 to be compatible with the principles and provisions of international law.
Prices in energy wholesale markets are a key factor affecting retail prices for household consumers and industrial users. More than in other sectors, …
The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled on 13 October 2011 that a restriction imposed on the online sale of cosmetics and personal care products b…
The Commission seeks to protect EU businesses against scams and unfair practices and organises a public consultation to collect as much relevant infor…
On 20 October 2011, the European Commission published two proposals, one calling for an amendment ("MiFID II") to the Markets in Financial Instruments…
Lorsqu'une société effectue des dépenses visées à l'article 57 du code des impôts sur les revenus (ex : commissions, ristournes, honoraires, rémunérat…
The ECJ has set aside a ruling imputing liability to Elf Aquitaine for the participation by its subsidiary, Arkema, in the monochloroacetic acid carte…
Relancées en mai 2010, les négociations entre l'Union européenne et le Mercosur en vue de la conclusion d'un accord de libre-échange se feront manifes…
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