The Belgian federal government continues its reform of the Belgian labour market. On 3 February 2026, a new draft act was published. It still needs to go through the full legislati…
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In the EU, geographical indications of wines and spirits are protected under Regulation (EC) No 110/2008.1Pursuant to that regulation, it is prohibite…
Read MoreOne of the companies, Exide Technologies, made use of the leniency programme and denounced the practice in late 2013, in exchange for total immunity.&…
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On 6 October 2015, the CJEU invalidated the U.S. Safe Harbor. The EU Commission then published a draft adequacy decision on 29 February, putting in p…
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The Flemish Tax Administration’s latest and enlarged position on split purchases leads to confusion The Flemish Tax Administration has recently expan…
Read MoreOn 19 January 2016, the European Commission approved compensation for public service obligations to two Swedish airports (Sundsvall Timra and Skelleft…
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In navolging van andere Europese landen zoals bijvoorbeeld Frankrijk, werd een aantal weken geleden een wetsvoorstel gelanceerd in de Kamer dat wijzig…
Read MoreThe labour court stated in a judgment of 7 May 2015 that the general obligations of the employee with regard to competition and trade secrets arise fr…
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On 10 March 2016, the Constitutional Court (Grondwettelijk Hof/Cour constitutionnelle) held that a non-contractual civil damages claim based on an inf…
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After a series of inspections, the Commission initiated formal proceedings at the end of 2010 against several cement companies. In the framework of su…
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Sinds de zesde staatshervorming zijn de gewesten bevoegd voor het zogenaamde doelgroepenbeleid. Als gevolg van die bevoegdheidsoverdracht heeft h…
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On 22 March 2016, the new Belgian Leniency Guidelines (the "Guidelines") entered into force. They apply to all leniency applications su…
Read MoreMet een arrest nr. 233.609 van 26 januari 2016, heeft de Raad van State, in artikel 71, vierde lid, van haar eigen procedurereglement, de bepaling ver…
Read MoreThe European Commission has adopted several recent decisions on State aid relating to the port sector. Firstly, on 15 January 2016, the Commiss…
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The transposition of the European Accountancy Directive into the Companies Code and its implementation decree by an Act of 18 December 2015 has severa…
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On 22 March 2016, the Belgian Competition Authority’s (“BCA”) new cartel leniency guidelines (the “Guidelines”) entered into force.[1] Below we brief…
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Om “estate planners” te voorzien van voldoende (boeiende) gespreksstof aan de feesttafel, publiceerde Minister Turtelboom op de laatste dag van 2…
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On 18 March 2016, the European Commission published its initial findings on the existence of geo-blocking practices in the e-commerce sector. Thi…
Read MoreThe entry into force of the new public procurement law gets closer every day, as the new Public Procurement Directive 2014/24 must be implemented by 2…
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The procedure involving social elections to designate the members of the Works Council (“WC”) and/or Committee for the Prevention and Protection on th…
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On 10 March 2016, the Court of Justice ruled that the European Commission's requests for information addressed to several cement companies d…
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