Nadat België zijn regels inzake prijsverminderingsaankondigingen heeft moeten afschaffen, zal het nu ten gevolge van EU-richtlijn 2019/2161 opnieuw aangepaste regels moeten invoeren.
With the Law of 4 April 2019 concerning the abuse of economic dependence, unfair clauses and unfair market practices in B2B relations (the “B2B Law”), the Belgian legislator has introduced a prohibition on 'unfair clauses' in agreements between enterprises.
With the Law of 4 April 2019 concerning the abuse of economic dependence, unfair clauses and unfair market practices in B2B relations (the “B2B Law”), the Belgian legislator has introduced a prohibition on 'unfair clauses' in agreements between enterprises.
An Act of 4 April 2019 introduced three new sets of rules governing B2B-relationships: (1) a prohibition of unfair market practices (which entered into force on 1 September 2019), (2) a prohibition of abuse of economic dependence (which entered into force on 22 August 2020)
Vous avez remarqué que pendant la période de confinement, les ventes en ligne ont connu un bond ?
Les nouvelles règles sur l’abus de dépendance économique sont entrées en vigueurs ce 22 août 2020. Nous soulèverons ci-dessous les 8 questions que toute société doit désormais se poser pour savoir si elle se trouve en position dominante
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The first wave of EU legislation regarding the internet emerged twenty years ago. Now the Commission has started the revision of these instruments to adapt them to our rapidly changing digital society.
Within the agricultural and food supply chain, significant imbalances in bargaining power between suppliers and buyers of agri-food products are frequent.
Au plus tard le 1er décembre 2020, l’article IV.2/1 du Code de droit économique entrera en vigueur. Cette disposition consacre l’interdiction des « abus de dépendance économique ». Oui, vous avez bien lu, il n’est pas question d’abus de position dominante mais bien d’abus de dépendance économique, une nouvelle forme d’abus dit « relatif » entre partenaires commerciaux.
The CJEU held in this case that an individual cannot rely on the general prohibition of discrimination on grounds of nationality to challenge a clause in a contract between an insurance company and a manufacturer of medical devices limiting civil liability insurance coverage for harm caused by medical devices to a single EU Member State.
