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14/03/16

Belgian Competition Authority Adopts New Leniency Guidelines

On 1 March 2016, the board of the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) adopted new guidelines concerning the leniency regime under Belgian competitio…

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09/03/16

Online Dispute Resolution (‘ODR’) Verordening : wat verandert er voor mijn e-commerce business?

Op 9 januari 2016 is Verordening nr. 524/2013 van het Europese Parlement en de Raad betreffende onlinebeslechting van consumentengeschillen in werking…

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08/03/16

European Commission qualified Dutch and Belgian tax regimes for seaports as state aid

On 21 January 2016, the European Commission decided that the corporate tax exemptions granted to seaports under the existing Dutch and Belgi…

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04/03/16

General Court largely confirmed Commission's freight forwarding cartel decision

On 29 February 2016, the General Court ("GC") dismissed most of the appeal grounds brought by 14 international groups of air freight forwarders and la…

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03/03/16

The European Commission has adopted several recent decisions on State aid relating to the port sector.

Firstly, on 15 January 2016, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation into alleged aid to two container-terminal operators in the Port of Antwe…

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01/03/16

Geen trouwe klanten voor dominante ondernemingen

Stel je voor: je bent key account manager bij een succesvolle onderneming met kwaliteitsproducten. De onderneming heeft doorheen de jaren een waardevo…

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22/02/16

Belgian Competition Authority clarifies the provisional measures imposed on the International Federation for E…

On 27 July 2015, the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority imposed on the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (“IFE”), a…

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18/02/16

Court of Justice dismissed Toshiba's appeal in the power transformers cartel case

On 20 January 2016, the Court of Justice dismissed all appeal grounds brought by Toshiba and upheld the fine for its participation in the power transf…

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15/02/16

Court of Justice clarified the concept of a concerted practice for unilateral announcements

On 21 January 2016, the Court of Justice interpreted in its preliminary ruling in Eturas what constitutes a concerted practice in the contex…

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11/02/16

Court of Justice reduced fine imposed on Galp Energía España and acknowledged excessive duration of General Co…

On 21 January 2016, the Court of Justice handed down its judgment on appeal brought by three legal entities of the Galp Energía group ("Galp…

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09/02/16

Distribution of certain derivative financial instruments to retail clients: a prospective ban?

On 8 January 2016, the Financial Services and Markets Authority (“FSMA”) initiated a consultation on a draft regulation governing the distribution of …

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08/02/16

Court of Justice confirmed independence of EU and national leniency programmes

On 20 January 2016, the Court of Justice ruled on the relationship between leniency applications submitted to the Commission and to national comp…

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22/01/16

Belgian Competition Authority imposes fine for gun-jumping in merger control procedure

The Belgian Competition Authority recently published its decision on the acquisition by Cordeel Group (a general contractor company) of the Belgian ac…

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07/01/16

Prijskortingen en enkele andere regels inzake marktpraktijken verder geliberaliseerd of aangepast

De wet van 26 oktober 20151 heeft naast andere aanpassingen aan het Wetboek van economisch recht (hierna "WER") ook belangrijke inhoudelijke…

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23/12/15

Sperperioderegeling oude wet marktpraktijken onwettig. Wat onder de nieuwe wet?

Het Hof van Cassatie heeft op 29 oktober 2015 een belangrijke knoop doorgehakt: de regeling inzake de sperperiode (verbod op prijsverminderingen tijde…

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21/12/15

Draft Bill proposes the introduction of “abuse of significant dominant position” into Belgian competition law

On 13 November 2015, a draft bill introducing into Belgian competition law a new infringement called “abuse of significant dominant position” (the “Dr…

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18/12/15

Exclusivity obligations in sports organization rules violate EU competition law

On 27 July 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") imposed provisional measures on the Fédération Equestre internationale ("FEI"), the in…

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17/12/15

Belgian Competition Authority launches public consultation on new leniency guidelines

On 10 November 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) launched a public consultation on new draft leniency guidelines (the “Draft Guidelines”…

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15/12/15

Doing business in Europe? Mandatory data protection compliance in every single country

A lot has been written about two recent court cases related to Facebook. The first one is the decision of 6 October in the case of the Austrian studen…

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30/11/15

Belgian Competition Authority fined an undertaking in a merger control investigation for failure to provide in…

On 30 September 2015, the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority ("the College") imposed a fine of EUR 50,000 on the press group San…

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Legal tech company Afriwise acquires LawExplorer and boosts regulatory intelligence in Africa

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28/11/25

Niet-afwervingsovereenkomsten: gezond verstand of kartelrisi…

19/11/25

Wettelijke en commerciële productgaranties: nieuwe regels, n…

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14/03/16

Belgian Competition Authority Adopts New Leniency Guidelines

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Online Dispute Resolution (‘ODR’) Verordening : wat verandert er voor mijn e-commerce business?

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European Commission qualified Dutch and Belgian tax regimes for seaports as state aid

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General Court largely confirmed Commission's freight forwarding cartel decision

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The European Commission has adopted several recent decisions on State aid relating to the port sector.

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Geen trouwe klanten voor dominante ondernemingen

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Belgian Competition Authority clarifies the provisional measures imposed on the International Federation for E…

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Court of Justice dismissed Toshiba's appeal in the power transformers cartel case

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Court of Justice clarified the concept of a concerted practice for unilateral announcements

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Court of Justice reduced fine imposed on Galp Energía España and acknowledged excessive duration of General Co…

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Distribution of certain derivative financial instruments to retail clients: a prospective ban?

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Court of Justice confirmed independence of EU and national leniency programmes

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Belgian Competition Authority imposes fine for gun-jumping in merger control procedure

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Prijskortingen en enkele andere regels inzake marktpraktijken verder geliberaliseerd of aangepast

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Sperperioderegeling oude wet marktpraktijken onwettig. Wat onder de nieuwe wet?

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Draft Bill proposes the introduction of “abuse of significant dominant position” into Belgian competition law

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Exclusivity obligations in sports organization rules violate EU competition law

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Belgian Competition Authority launches public consultation on new leniency guidelines

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Doing business in Europe? Mandatory data protection compliance in every single country

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Belgian Competition Authority fined an undertaking in a merger control investigation for failure to provide in…