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The perfect place for any legal or tax professional to keep abreast of everything that’s happening on the Belgian legal scene

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14/08/25
14/08/25
Legal tech company Afriwise acquires LawExplorer and boosts regulatory intelligence in Africa

Afriwise, Africa’s fastest-growing legal-intelligence platform founded by Belgian lawyer Steven De Backer, has acquired LawExplorer, South Africa’s most established provider of reg…

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05/05/25
05/05/25
Promotions at Clifford Chance Brussels

Clifford Chance announces the promotion of 31 partners to the global partnership, and four new Senior Counsel and forty new Counsel appointments across our European offices, 8 of w…

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19/11/24
19/11/24
Liberius welcomes new EU Competition and Trade Law Partner in Brussels

Liberius is thrilled to announce the arrival of David Henry as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU, Competition & Trade Practice. David, a member of the Brussels Bar and a quali…

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01/10/25
Shrinkflation – are brands and supermarkets required to info…

As inflation continues to exert pressure on retail prices, brands and super…

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19/09/25
Arbitration: final destination or simple stopover?

Imagine ... One of your business partners claims that your company is abus…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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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
Réglementation sur la période d’attente de l’ancienne loi relative aux pratiques du marché illégale. Qu’en est…

Le 29 octobre 2015, la Cour de cassation a tranché une question importante : la réglementation concernant la période d’attente (interdiction d’annonce…

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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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26/11/15
The European Commission qualified Member States' tax rulings as state aid

On 21 October 2015, the European Commission decided that a tax ruling between Starbucks and the Netherlands should be considered illegal state aid. As…

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25/11/15
Stringent Rules on Announcing Price Reductions Repealed

On 26 October 2015, the Belgian federal legislature repealed the rules governing announcements of price reductions, in order to align Belgian law to E…

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20/11/15
General Court dismissed action by Uralita in the Sodium Chlorate cartel

On 6 October 2015, the General Court ("GC") dismissed an application brought by Corporación Empresarial de Materiales de Construcción (formerly known …

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18/11/15
European Court of Justice to rule on the type of service Uber provides

Following taxi associations’ protests and legal action, Uber services have been restricted in, among other countries, Belgium, France, Germany and Ita…

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18/11/15
A personal look at leniency

Imagine: the head of the legal department knocks at your door and asks if he can come in for a minute. Without waiting for your response, he enters an…

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10/11/15
Court of Justice confirmed that cartel facilitators can be liable under Article 101 TFEU in AC-Treuhand

On 22 October 2015, the Court of Justice rendered a judgment on appeal against the Commission decision in the Heat Stabilisers cartels (Commission v A…

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