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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Le processus de révision des lignes directrices à finalité régionale est en marche. Les futures lignes directrices devront tenir compte du contexte de…
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In 2006, the French Competition Authority (the Conseil) started to investigate whether a number of manufacturers of cosmetics and personal care produc…
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On 19 February 2013, Ministers from 24 Member States signed the international agreement setting up the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) during the EU Comp…
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The Act providing for sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals has been published in the Belgian State Ga…
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In a judgment of 5 March 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal set out the conditions under which the Belgian Competition Authority can seize documents w…
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In its judgment of 7 February 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") ruled (Case C-117/12) that a post-term non-compete obligation in a franchise…
Read MoreThe European Commission has imposed a fine of EUR 67 million on Telefonica, the Spanish telecom provider, for illegal agreements with its Portuguese c…
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La délimitation du champ d'application de la directive 2005/29/CE sur les pratiques commerciales déloyales des entreprises vis-à-vis des consom…
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Under current Belgian law, the unpaid seller of movable goods benefits from a priority right (voorrecht onbetaalde verkoper/privilège du vendeur impay…
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Effective 1 July 2013, the Royal Decree of 14 January 2013 (hereinafter, the "Decree") will introduce new general rules for the performance of public …
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An employment agreement frequently includes a standard non-competition clause, even though its validity or relevance to the specific case has not been…
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On 7 February 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") ruled on a reference from the Slovakian Supreme Court in a case concerning three major Slova…
Read MoreAntitrust compliance programmes can be a useful tool for preventing competition law issues.
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The recently introduced new corporate income tax on certain capital gains on shares (cf. our e-zine of 14 March 2013), does not change the current tax…
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On 12 March 2013 the Commission decided to request the Member States' green light to open negotiations for Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partners…
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Since 1977, there has been a project in the works to create a Community patent, i.e. a single patent title providing uniform protection throughout the…
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On 16 January 2013, the District Court for the Eastern Netherlands handed down a landmark judgment concerning a claim for cartel damages. The judgment…
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On 13 February 2013, in pursuit of its aim to clarify the current regulatory framework, the European Commission (the “Commission”) proposed a new legi…
Read MoreElectrabel abused its dominant position, says the College of Competition Prosecutors in its motivated report submitted to the Competition Council on 7…
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Recently, a new tax regime relating to capital gains on shares has been introduced (Program Law of 27 December 2012). Under the new tax regime certain…
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