Nieuws & Publicaties

06/12/11

Changes in Belgian tax legislation

On 25 November the various political parties who are in the process of establishing a new Belgian government, agreed on various changes to Belgian tax…

06/12/11

La nouvelle directive européenne sur les droits des consommateurs

Le 23 juin 2011, le Parlement européen a adopté la proposition de directive relative aux droits des consommateurs. Cette directive, encore en attente …

06/12/11

Commission improves procedural rules in competition proceedings

Commission improves procedural rules in competition proceedings with a notice on best practices and a decision on the functions of the role of the hea…

06/12/11

Independence of science in regulatory decision-making

A conference-debate was organised at the European Parliament by ALDE MEPs Corinne Lepage and Antonya Parvanova.

05/12/11

ECJ Clarifies Role of Satellite Package Provider

On 13 October 2011, the Court of Justice of the EU (the “ECJ”) answered a number of preliminary questions referred to it by the Court of Appeal of Bru…

05/12/11

EU Court Rejects Registration of Loudspeaker Shape as Community Trade Mark

On 6 October 2011, the General Court of the European Union (the “GC”) handed down its judgment in a case pitting Bang & Olufsen A/S (“Bang & O…

03/12/11

European Court of Justice rules that banning online sales in selective distribution systems is liable to be a …

On 13 October 2011, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) handed down its preliminary ruling in the Pierre Fabre case (see VBB on Competition Law, Vol…

03/12/11

ECJ finds absolute territorial exclusivity in broadcasting of Premier League matches contrary to competition l…

On 4 October 2011, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) gave judgment in joined cases C-403/08 Football Association Premier League Ltd, NetMed Hellas…

03/12/11

European Union - European Commission Proposes Optional Common European Sales Law

On 11 October 2011, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a Proposal for a Regulation on a Common European Sales Law (the “Proposal”). …

02/12/11

Ban of BPA in all food contact materials?

On the basis of a Report from ANSES (= French National Agency for Food Safety, Environnement and Labour), France has opened up once again the debate …

02/12/11

ECHA issues a draft of its first Community Rolling Action Plan for substance evaluation

ECHA delivered its homework on time by releasing, before its December 1st 2011 deadline imposed by REACH, a draft for a first Community Rolling Acti…

01/12/11

EU Court Holds that Appeal by Test-Aankoop/Test-Achats Against Commission’s EDF/Segebel Merger Decision is Ina…

On 12 October 2011, the General Court held that an appeal by Belgian consumer organization Test-Aankoop/Test-Achats ("TA") against the European Commis…

25/11/11

Case Scarlet

In its ruling of the 24th of November, in the case Scarlet Extended SA v SABAM (C-70/10), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) stated tha…

14/11/11

Reforms to EU’s GSP scheme discussed in European Parliament trade committee

03/11/11

Discriminatie op grond van leeftijd: het Hof van Justitie mengt zich opnieuw in het debat

Een systeem waarbij een beloningsstelsel dat een discriminatie op grond van leeftijd in het leven had geroepen, wordt vervangen door een beloningsstel…

01/11/11

Richtlijn emissierechten-luchtvaart : conclusie van Advocaat-Generaal

Advocaat-Generaal besluit dat richtlijn 2008/101 verenigbaar is met beginselen en bepalingen van international recht.

01/11/11

Verordening van het Europees Parlement en de Raad betreffende de integriteit en transparantie van de energiema…

Prices in energy wholesale markets are a key factor affecting retail prices for household consumers and industrial users. More than in other sectors, …

31/10/11

Verbod op online verkoop : nieuwe rechtspraak van het Hof van Justitie van de EU

Het Hof van Justitie van de EU oordeelde op 13 oktober 2011 dat het verbod om cosmetica en schoonheidsproducten via het internet te verkopen een schen…

31/10/11

Europese raadpleging inzake bedrog en oneerlijke handelspraktijken

De Europese Commissie plant de bescherming van ondernemingen tegen bedrog en oneerlijke handelspraktijken en organiseert hiervoor een publieke raadple…

28/10/11

MiFID II and MiFIR

On 20 October 2011, the European Commission published two proposals, one calling for an amendment ("MiFID II") to the Markets in Financial Instruments…