In 2014, only one public holiday will fall on a Saturday (or a day that is normally a non-working day within the company). As a result, in most cases only one replacement day will have to be determined.
The first public consultation under the Biocidal Products Regulation will be on the active substance dinotefuran as a potential candidate for substitution. The consultation is open until 28 January 2014.
The cartels affected financial derivatives, such as forward rate agreements, swaps, futures and options. These are instruments linked to a specific financial instrument or indicator or commodity, and through which specific risks can be traded in financial markets. They are used by banks or companies for the purpose of managing the risk of interest rate fluctuations.
On 23 April 2013, the General Court of the European Union (the “GC”) upheld an earlier decision of the Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market to invalidate a registered Community design (“RCD”) of Su-Shan Chen (“Chen”) on account of an infringement of an earlier registered 3D trade mark of AM Denmark A/S (“AM Denmark”).
Op 5 juli 2013 werd door de ministerraad een wetsontwerp goedgekeurd betreffende de mogelijkheid tot het invoeren van collectieve schadeafwikkelingen door consumenten.
On 7 November 2013, the Court of Justice handed down its judgment in UPC Nederland BV v. Gemeente Hilversum (C-518/11). The case concerned a reference for a preliminary ruling brought before the Court of Justice by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal ("ACA").
Parties concerned are invited to submit their comments to the proposed harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) of the substance. The CLH public consultation lasts for 45 days and the comments received will be published regularly on the ECHA website during the consultation period. At the end of the public consultation round, the comments received are compiled into a list that will be part of the Opinion of the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC).
Middels Verordening nr. 1336/2013 van de Europese Commissie van 13 december 2013 worden de nieuwe drempelbedragen voor Europese bekendmaking vastgelegd en dit vanaf 1 januari 2014.
Deze drempelbedragen zijn exclusief BTW.
On 17 October 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) answered a preliminary question from the Belgian Supreme Court in the case of United Antwerp Maritime Agencies NV (“Unamar”) vs. Navigation Maritime Bulgare (“NMB”) (Case C-184/12).
Zoals reeds aangekondigd in onze vorige e-zine, gaat de publicatie en inwerkingtreding van de verschillende boeken van het Wetboek Economisch Recht door.
