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07/03/11

Compliance Officer Now Required in Non-financial Sectors

The Third Anti-money Laundering Directive (Directive 2005/60/EC of 26 October 2005) was implemented in Belgian law by the Act of 18 January 2010 (the …

07/03/11

2012 Social Elections

As you know, so-called social elections or elections for the purpose of establishing employee representative bodies (i.e. a works council and committe…

07/03/11

Update on the Shareholders' Rights Bill

Implementation of the Shareholders' Rights Directive in Belgium seems to be a never-ending process. We summarised the implementing legislation (the "S…

07/03/11

ICANN launches new gTLD Programme

Organisations that wish to establish a presence on the Web usually apply for a second-level domain. For example, in nautadutilh.com or nautadutilh.be,…

05/03/11

Financial and technical capability : not to be confused!

Financial and technical capability – Motivation – Balance of interests.

05/03/11

Confidentiality of tenders versus effective judicial protection

Council of State reiterates that, in the framework of litigation relating to the awarding of a public contract, the tenders’ confidentiality must be p…

05/03/11

Decision of a company to go before the Court

Strict principles of the Administrative Court’s caselaw.

04/03/11

Obligation about the weighting of award criteria

Weighting of the award criteria determined after tenders have been submitted – alteration of the weighting – violation of the principle of equal treat…

04/03/11

The EU Commission keeps a strong watch on horizontal cooperation agreements

The recently adopted European new rules concerning horizontal cooperation agreements are already being applied by the EU Commission.

04/03/11

Last chance to participate to a consultation on the EU framework dealing with future bank failures

This consultation is part of the Commission’s ongoing efforts to establish a comprehensive set of measures dealing with possible banking failures.

04/03/11

Commission’s investigation on the aids allocated to Ducroire and SECA BT

The two export credit insurance companies were granted with capital injections from their respective Sates at the moment of their foundation. The Comm…

04/03/11

New Directive Amending the Prospectus Directive Will Require Modification of the Prospectus Act

A directive amending the Prospectus Directive and the Transparency Directive was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 11 Decembe…

03/03/11

The social elections of 2012: the National Labour Council (NLC) suggests very practical measures for improving…

In view of the upcoming social elections, the minister for employment and equal opportunities, Joëlle Milquet, has consulted the NLC about certain pro…

03/03/11

The collective agreement 2011-12 was rejected by the trade unions. The Government takes the lead.

Where are we with the project of harmonizing the status of blue and white collar workers?

01/03/11

Only certain anti-crisis measures extended.

Certain measures were put in place during the crisis to deal with the employment consequences thereof. The applicability of certain measures has, yet …

26/02/11

The E-Privacy Directive: opt-in or opt-out for storing “cookies”?

Belgian law is expected to implement the amended European E-Privacy Directive (2009/136/EC) by the end of May 2011. The most important innovation in t…

26/02/11

The Act of 10 January 2011 will simplify the current Act of 28 March 1984 regarding patents

The Act of 10 January 2011 regarding the execution of the Patent Treaty and relating to European patents contains important modifications to the Belgi…

26/02/11

The Benelux Court of Justice rules about the “reflex effect” in trademark law

According to the Benelux Court of Justice, the holder of a lapsed trademark may not claim protection against the mere use of that sign by a company th…

25/02/11

Obligation of recovery of electrical and electronic waste

Petition against the decision of the Walloon government of 23 December 2010 amending the decision of the Walloon government of 23 September 2010 estab…

25/02/11

Bee – evaluation of the risks of plant protection products – pesticides

Council of State – French Republic – Cancellation of the authorization to sell “Cruiser” insecticide.

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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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07/03/11

Compliance Officer Now Required in Non-financial Sectors

07/03/11

2012 Social Elections

07/03/11

Update on the Shareholders' Rights Bill

07/03/11

ICANN launches new gTLD Programme

05/03/11

Financial and technical capability : not to be confused!

05/03/11

Confidentiality of tenders versus effective judicial protection

05/03/11

Decision of a company to go before the Court

04/03/11

Obligation about the weighting of award criteria

04/03/11

The EU Commission keeps a strong watch on horizontal cooperation agreements

04/03/11

Last chance to participate to a consultation on the EU framework dealing with future bank failures

04/03/11

Commission’s investigation on the aids allocated to Ducroire and SECA BT

04/03/11

New Directive Amending the Prospectus Directive Will Require Modification of the Prospectus Act

03/03/11

The social elections of 2012: the National Labour Council (NLC) suggests very practical measures for improving…

03/03/11

The collective agreement 2011-12 was rejected by the trade unions. The Government takes the lead.

01/03/11

Only certain anti-crisis measures extended.

26/02/11

The E-Privacy Directive: opt-in or opt-out for storing “cookies”?

26/02/11

The Act of 10 January 2011 will simplify the current Act of 28 March 1984 regarding patents

26/02/11

The Benelux Court of Justice rules about the “reflex effect” in trademark law

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Obligation of recovery of electrical and electronic waste

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Bee – evaluation of the risks of plant protection products – pesticides

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