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La Directive 2011/62/UE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 8 juin 2011 modifiant la directive 2001/83/CE instituant un code communautaire relatif …
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Last week, at the European Data protection day, the European Commission published its highly anticipated proposal for a new data protection framework.…
Read MoreThe Law of 8 January 2012, modifies the Company Code following Directive 2009/109/EC as regards reporting and documentation requirements in the case o…
Read MoreThe EU Commission opens an investigation into restructuring aid in favor of Air Malta
Read MoreWithin the framework of the procedure of judicial reorganization of Thissen Laboratories by transfer under judicial supervision, the Commercial Court …
Read MoreThrough its decision of 27 November 2008, the Belgian Constitutional Court declared netting arrangements in insolvency proceedings, which are explicit…
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In a judgment of 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the EU (the “ECJ”) interpreted Article 7 (f) of Directive 95/46 of 24 October 1995 on the p…
Read MoreThe Constitutional Court has declared the law on market practices and consumer protection to be applicable to liberal professions. The main consequenc…
Read MoreThe closure of the downloadsite MegaUpload raises both questions of copyright and communication of protected works and of the responsibility of the pr…
Read MoreIn its decision of 25 November 2011, the Belgian Supreme Court stated that counterfeit seizure proceedings, which are ex parte proceedings, may not be…
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On 22 December 2011, the Belgian Constitutional Court issued a preliminary ruling holding that Articles 44, 45 and 75 of the Belgian Competition Law v…
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On 8 January 2012, an act implementing Directive 2009/109/EC (the "Directive") was adopted by the Belgian Parliament (the "Act"). The Act entered into…
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n a press release issued on 6 January 2012, the Belgian Competition Council announced the adoption on 19 December 2011 of new Guidelines regarding the…
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On 6 December 2011, the European Commission announced that it had begun a review of EU antitrust rules in respect of technology transfer agreements. T…
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On 19 January 2012, the European Parliament approved in Second Reading the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the mak…
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On 15 December 2011, the General Court of the European Union ("GC") ruled that the European Commission was mistaken in its refusal to disclose the ind…
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As announced in our Newsflash of 10 May 2011, the new termination legislation (1) entered into force on 1 January 2012. These new mandatory provisions…
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On 30 November 2011, the new European thresholds for public procurement procedures during the period 2012 – 2013 were announced (1).
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The Belgian VAT administration has published a new circular letter1 on the scope of the VAT exemption2 of professional associations rendering certain…
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For Producers adapted balancing tariffs (correction factor up to 125 MWh) for new producers (i.e. having less than 5% of total production); new regul…
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