On 20 December 2019, the European Commission's decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure regarding a EUR 9 million aid from the Valencia Region to Air Nostrum for the renewal of its fleet
De Europese verordeningen introduceerden nieuwe drempelwaarden voor overheidsopdrachten en concessies die onderworpen zijn aan de Europese bekendmakingsregels. Het was wachten op legislatief optreden van de Belgische wetgever om deze Europese drempelwaarden in Belgische wetgeving om te zetten.
The Commission has opened a preliminary investigation into potential anticompetitive datagathering practices, addressing requests for information to Google and Facebook.
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Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of EU law (or “whistleblowers”) was published on 26 November 2019.
On Monday 18 November 2019 the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets ("ACM") announced that the regulator had dawn raided several large traders in the agriculture sector. These dawn-raids follow a European trend in which regulators across Europe focus on buying alliances and cartels in the agricultural and retail sectors. In this blog we will discuss this trend.
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Companies are in principle free to establish in Europe the distribution system that best serves their interests, including selective distribution where their products are put on the market through qualified distributors only.
Dans un arrêt récent, la Cour Européenne des Droits de l’Homme examine le licenciement d’un travailleur, consécutif à la publication par ce dernier d’un article sur internet, au regard de son droit à la liberté d'expression, consacré par l’article 10 de la CEDH.
De strijd tegen klimaatverandering is voor Ursula von der Leyen, de nieuwe voorzitter van de Europese Commissie, topprioriteit. Haar zogenaamde European Green Deal bevat onder meer de volgende beleidsopties:
The European Commission recently issued guidance on the participation of third country bidders in public procurement. It clarified bids may be excluded, but remains silent on whether they may be accepted and under which conditions.
On 14 October 2019, the European Commission (“Commission”) approved the German rescue aid to charter airline Condor under the EU State Aid rules.
