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21/10/13

General Court confirms rebuttable presumption that access to the Commission's file may be refused under the Tr…

In its judgment of 13 September 2013 (Case T-380/08), the General Court upheld a Commission decision denying the Kingdom of the Netherlands ("the Neth…

18/10/13

More Flexibility in Working Time

New, more flexible measures governing working time entered into force. These are the Law of 17 August 2013 regarding the modernisation of the labour l…

18/10/13

The Court of Cassation is mistaken when defining originality in copyright law

The Court of Cassation has adapted its case law concerning the originality of a copyright-protected work following recent case law of the Court of Jus…

18/10/13

Temporary work: what's new?

Initially, temporary work was instituted in the law as a means to cope with exceptional working situations. An employer was only allowed to make use o…

17/10/13

Ready for class actions?

Will the collective claim be able to win the enthusiasm of the citizens?

17/10/13

Huurschade wordt vastgesteld en begroot door een deskundige. Kan de begroting van de huurschade het voorwerp u…

De huurovereenkomst bepaalt dat de plaatsbeschrijving bij uittrede huur door dezelfde expert zal worden opgesteld als deze die bij de plaatsbeschrijvi…

17/10/13

Working Party 29 guidance on cookie consent

Today the Article 29 Working Party ("WP29")[1] published a working document on how consent for cookies may be obtained. The WP29's opinions and w…

17/10/13

Council of Ministers approves draft bill on unified employment status

On September 27 2013 the Council of Ministers approved a draft bill introducing a unified status for blue-collar and white-collar workers. Although th…

16/10/13

Proposals of the European Commission for a revision of the Community Trademark Regulation and the Trademark Di…

On 27 March 2013, the European Commission adopted proposals to revise the Community Trademark Regulation and the Trademark Directive aimed at modernis…

16/10/13

New Measures on Automatic Striking-off From The Register of Legal Entities at the Crossroads Enterprise Databa…

New measures have been introduced against dormant companies to fight both social and tax fraud and avoid such companies being used to conduct illicit …

16/10/13

The unified status blue-collar workers - white-collar workers

In its decision of 7 July 2011, the Constitutional Court allowed two years time to the legislator to undo the differences in the status of blue-collar…

15/10/13

Better Protection of Consumers and More Competences for FSMA

The Laws of 30 and 31 July 2013 increasing the protection of purchasers of financial products and services and broadening the competences of the finan…

15/10/13

Serious and irreparable harm must be proven even in interim measures aimed at protecting fundamental rights

On 10 September 2013, the Vice-President of the Court of Justice published an order in Commission v Pilkington, upholding the interim measures granted…

15/10/13

European Commission Proposes Directive to Facilitate Damages Claims Arising from Antitrust Violations

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a directive to facilitate damages claims before the courts of the EU Member States by parties harme…

14/10/13

Royal Decree further implementing the Prospectus and Transparency directives

Yesterday (october 9th), a royal decree was published in the Belgian State Gazette which, in short, amends and further specifies the rules r…

11/10/13

Change in Legislation on Securities concerning Movable Goods

Following on from what happened earlier in the Netherlands and France, security law has now also been thoroughly modernised in Belgium.

11/10/13

Most Favoured Nation provisions increasingly investigated by European Competition Authorities

Most Favoured Nation ("MFN") provisions have come under increased scrutiny of European competition authorities. MFN provisions, also referred to as "p…

11/10/13

Certain termination indemnities subject to Belgian social security contributions

A new royal decree was published today in the Belgian State Gazette [1], providing that several termination indemnities will be subject to social secu…

09/10/13

Audit Committees – More Liability for Directors?

The Act of 17 December 2008 makes it compulsory for some types of companies to set up an audit committee, whereas, in the past, this was only highly r…

09/10/13

The intellectual property rights in the new Code of economic law

The Belgian government has recently adopted Book XI of the new Code of economic law. Book XI deals with the intellectual property rights and will soon…

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European Commission publishes official proposal for new Public Procurement Regulation

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Un développement majeur pour les avocats en matière de lutte contre le blanchiment

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Greenwashing : quand le droit s’invite dans votre stratégie marketing

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Wanneer is jouw recruitment AI-tool een high risk systeem?

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Antwerp Enterprise Court holds that disputes concerning the …

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Temporary work: what's new?

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Ready for class actions?

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Working Party 29 guidance on cookie consent

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Council of Ministers approves draft bill on unified employment status

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16/10/13

New Measures on Automatic Striking-off From The Register of Legal Entities at the Crossroads Enterprise Databa…

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The unified status blue-collar workers - white-collar workers

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Better Protection of Consumers and More Competences for FSMA

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European Commission Proposes Directive to Facilitate Damages Claims Arising from Antitrust Violations

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Royal Decree further implementing the Prospectus and Transparency directives

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