Nieuws & Publicaties

12/05/16

Tax Flash: State aid - Belgian excess profit rulings decision is published

11/05/16

Commission publishes commitments offered by Paramount Pictures in pay-TV investigation

On 22 April 2016, the European Commission published commitments that were offered by Paramount Pictures to address competition concerns rela…

11/05/16

EU Court of Justice confirms the prohibition of glucose related claims despite a positive opinion of EFSA

EU Court of Justice recently confirmed, in a judgement of 16 March 2016 1 , that a number of health claims related to glucose cannot be auth…

10/05/16

Fieldfisher defends the first case under the Biocidal Products Regulation before the Board of Appeal of ECHA

On 21 April 2016, the first case under the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (BPR) was pleaded before the Board of Appeal (BoA) of the Eur…

10/05/16

Acquisition of minority shareholdings is off the DG COMP’s table

The Commission is likely to abandon the proposed merger control reform that would place minority shareholdings under the Commission’s scrutiny. During…

06/05/16

Commission reduced EURIBOR cartel fine imposed on Société Générale by EUR 218 million

On 6 April 2016, the European Commission announced that it had reduced the fine imposed on Société Générale for its participation in the Euro interest…

06/05/16

Ryanair challenges Commission Decision on Nîmes Airport before EU General Court

Ryanair and its marketing subsidiary, Airport Marketing Services ("AMS"), lodged an annulment request before the EU General Court on 5 February 2016 a…

03/05/16

Online Platforms may face new EU legislation as from next year

A draft communication by the European Commission on Online Platforms and the Digital Single Market has suggested that new legislation may be needed to…

28/04/16

Speculatietaks. Een gewaarschuwd belegger is er twee waard

Sinds 1 januari 2016 dienen particuliere beleggers rekening te houden met de zogenaamde speculatietaks. De speculatietaks is een heffing van 33% op de…

26/04/16

"Middeleeuwse praktijken"

De gruwel van het middeleeuwse rechtsbestel hebben we gelukkig overwonnen. De rechten en waarden die moeten beletten dat dit zou kunnen terugkomen, zi…

26/04/16

Panama Papers: les détenteurs de sociétés offshore seront-ils pris la main dans le sac à partir de 2017?

Depuis 2013, les particuliers belges sont tenus de déclarer la détention de « constructions juridiques », telles que des sociétés établies dans des pa…

21/04/16

VLABEL blijft de estate planningswereld verbazen

VLABEL zorgt opnieuw voor een schokgolf bij planningen van vastgoed en deze keer op het vlak van schenkingen van vastgoed. Een goede negen maande…

19/04/16

Schenking met voorbehoud van vruchtgebruik voor Nederlandse notaris in het vizier

Zeer recent heeft de Vlaamse Belastingdienst (Vlabel) haar standpunt nr. 15004 van 21 maart 2016 (gepubliceerd op 4 april 2016) aangevuld. Volgens dit…

15/04/16

Uitgebreid standpunt van Vlaamse Belastingdienst inzake gesplitste aankoop leidt tot verwarring

De Vlaamse Belastingdienst heeft haar standpunt inzake gesplitste aankoop recent uitgebreid naar de gesplitste inschrijving van effecten en geldbelegg…

15/04/16

SGEI in the airport sector

On 19 January 2016, the European Commission approved compensation for public service obligations to two Swedish airports (Sundsvall Timra and Skelleft…

11/04/16

State aid and ports

The European Commission has adopted several recent decisions on State aid relating to the port sector.  Firstly, on 15 January 2016, the Commiss…

08/04/16

The Belgian Competition Authority’s new Cartel Leniency Guidelines

On 22 March 2016, the Belgian Competition Authority’s (“BCA”) new cartel leniency guidelines (the “Guidelines”) entered into force.[1] Below we brief…

07/04/16

Nieuwe Omzendbrief inzake familiebedrijven: enkele nieuwigheden

Om “estate planners” te voorzien van voldoende (boeiende) gespreksstof aan de feesttafel, publiceerde Minister Turtelboom op de laatste dag van 2…

05/04/16

Court of Justice annulled Commission's requests for information in cement cartel case

On 10 March 2016, the Court of Justice ruled that the European Commission's requests for information addressed to several cement companies d…

04/04/16

The European Commission publishes its initial findings on geo-blocking in the e-commerce sector

Last 18th March, the Commission published an initial “Issues paper” on geo-blocking in the EU within the framework of the ongoing e-commerce sector in…