On 25 April 2019, the Chamber of Representatives of the federal Parliament approved in plenary session a bill reforming Book IV of the Code of Economic Law (Wetboek van Economisch Recht / Code de droit économique) (“CEL”)
On 17 June 2019, the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) published its Annual Report for 2018. This document, which is available in French and Dutch, also includes an Annex on the enforcement priorities for 2019
On 28 May 2019, the Belgian Competition Authority ruled that the Order of Pharmacists had used its influence to hinder the business activities of the innovative pharmacy and parapharmacy chain MediCare-Market.
LinkedIn vous informe de la carrière de vos ex-employés. Ce site peut-il servir de preuve à une violation de la clause de non-concurrence ?
Un an après la proposition de la Commission européenne, la directive 2019/633 relative aux pratiques commerciales déloyales dans les relations interentreprises dans la chaîne d'approvisionnement agricole et alimentaire vient d’être publiée au Journal Officiel ce 17 avril 2019.
It was a blue Monday for a hand full of Belgian retailers on 20 May 2019 when the Belgian competition authority (BCA) conducted dawn raids on undertakings active in the retail distribution sector, which – according to the newpaper de Tijd – included Carrefour.
Le dénigrement en ligne constitue un mal répandu. Internet est aujourd’hui le premier outil d’orientation de la clientèle. Sans surprise, les entreprises en concurrence tentent de s’y démarquer. Au besoin, ces efforts prennent la forme de pratiques de dénigrement de leurs rivaux.
On 16 November 2018, the Belgian Council of Ministers adopted a draft Bill (the “Draft Bill”) bringing about a wholesale change of the competition law provisions of the Code of Economic Law (“CEL”) (see, Van Bael & Bellis on Belgian Business Law, Volume 2018, No. 11, p. 3, available at www.vbb.com). When the Belgian government became a caretaker government a few weeks later, the Draft Bill seemed moribund. However, members of parliament recently converted it into a private members’ bill which was introduced in the Federal Chamber of Representatives at the end of February 2019.
Starting from the observation that the current provisions of the Code of Economic Law would not make it possible to ensure an effective level of protection for companies in a position of weakness or even economic dependence on other companies
Cela fait longtemps que le monde des affaires belge l’attendait… une législation encadrant les secrets d’affaires.
C’est sous l’impulsion de l’Union européenne (directive 2016/943 “secrets d’affaires”) que le législateur belge a adopté la loi du 30 juillet 2018 relative à la protection des secrets d’affaires, qui entre en vigueur le 24 août 2018.
