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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The regulatory landscape is changing rapidly for manufacturers and users of Bisphenol A (BPA), a substance allegedly susceptible to have endocrine dis…
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Find below the summaries of recent substance approval decisions accordingly the transitional regime stipulated in Article 80 of Regulation 1107/2009 c…
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On 22 March 2012, the Parliament passed a bill (1) (hereafter referred to as the “Bill”) which reduces the administrative burdens in financial reporti…
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The European Commission has published the REACH Review study on the scope of REACH and other relevant EU legislation to assess overlaps.
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ECHA has announced that it will release a new version of IUCLID 5 in late May 2012 as well as a new version of REACH-IT later during the summer and th…
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In the framework of two “omnibus” laws adopted at the end of March 2012, new legislation in the field of employment law has been adopted. Important de…
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The Belgian Competition Authority (Raad voor de Mededinging) ("BCA") has imposed a fine of EUR 75,000 on Belgian telecom operator Belgacom for providi…
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The Belgian Competition Authority (Raad voor de Mededinging) ("BCA") has adopted new guidelines explaining its method for calculating fines for infrin…
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As interpreted by Advocate General Cruz Villalón in his opinion of 29 March 2012, Council Regulation 44/2001 on the jurisdiction and the recognition a…
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According to recent figures of the OECD, the wage gap between men and women still amounts to 8.9%. The University of Leuven estimates it even at 11.5%…
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In February 2012, the European Commission (the “Commission”) issued guidelines concerning the enforcement by EU customs authorities of intellectual pr…
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On 3 April 2012, the President of the Commercial Court of Antwerp found that a patent holder had abused its patent right by serving notice on an alleg…
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In a previous Headlines we have already set out the measures in the fight against the non-observance of the obligations with regard to part-time work,…
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Le nombre de faillites n'a jamais été aussi élevé en Belgique. En 2011, on compte pas moins de 15.528 faillites1 . Pour le premier trimest…
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On 30 March 2012, the European Commission published its Antitrust Manual of Procedures (the so-called “ManProc”), which comprises internal working doc…
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On 19 April 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) held that EU data protection rules do not preclude national legislation from prov…
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Votre entreprise connaît des arriérés O.N.S.S. et T.V.A. inquiétants ? Les banques menacent de dénoncer les crédits ? La trésorerie de votre entrepris…
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Two recent acts have streamlined the liquidation procedure by, amongst others, explicitly providing the possibility to wind-up and liquidate a company…
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On 5 April 2012, the Belgian Competition Council imposed a fine of € 75,000 on Belgian telecoms company Belgacom for providing an incomplete response …
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Il s'agit d'une déduction élémentaire, mon cher Watson : si un débiteur se trouve dans l'obligation de solliciter l'ouverture d'une procédure en réorg…
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