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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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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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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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EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) proposed delay: What busi…

On 23 September 2025, the European Commission announced its plan to postpon…

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Shrinkflation – are brands and supermarkets required to info…

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

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District Court of Rotterdam annuls fines for home care providers for lack of evidence

On 14 March 2013, the District Court of Rotterdam (the "District Court") annulled a decision of the Dutch Competition Authority ("NMa") imposing fines…

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L’indemnité d’éviction de l’agent commercial: seule la fin effective du contrat compte

En vertu de l'article 20 alinéa 5, 2° de la loi relative au contrat d'agence commerciale, aucune indemnité d'éviction n'est due si l'agent commercial …

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ECJ Finds Prohibition on Sales at a Loss Incompatible With EU Law

By order of 7 March 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) ruled on a preliminary reference from the Ghent Commercial Court concerni…

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Indemnités payées dans le cadre d’une convention non-concurrence conclue après l’expiration du contrat de trav…

Jusqu’à présent, l’indemnité de non-concurrence après la fin des relations de travail était uniquement soumise aux retenues fiscales et échappait aux …

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Belgian Privacy Commission Issues New Recommendation on Direct Marketing

On 30 January 2013, the Belgian Privacy Commission (Commission de la protection de la vie privée / Commissie voor de bescherming van de persoonlijke l…

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L’interdiction belge de la vente à perte contraire au droit européen

La Cour de justice a jugé que l'interdiction belge de la vente à perte est contraire au droit européen, pour autant que cette interdiction vise à prot…

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Brussels Court of Appeal annuls infringement decision in VEBIC-case on procedural grounds

By judgment of 13 February 2013 the Brussels’ Court of Appeal ("CoA") annulled the decision of the Competition Council (Raad voor de Mededinging, "CC"…

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Bpost fined for abuse of its dominant position in the Belgian postal sector

As from 2005, the Belgian Competition Council received a number of complaints against Bpost for abuse of its dominant position in the Belgian postal s…

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Paris Court of Appeal confirms: Pierre Fabre breached competition law by banning internet sales within its sel…

In 2006, the French Competition Authority (the Conseil) started to investigate whether a number of manufacturers of cosmetics and personal care produc…

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Brussels Court of Appeal Curbs the Powers of the Belgian Competition Authority

In a judgment of 5 March 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal set out the conditions under which the Belgian Competition Authority can seize documents w…

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European Court of Justice clarifies scope of post-term non-compete obligation in franchise agreement

In its judgment of 7 February 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") ruled (Case C-117/12) that a post-term non-compete obligation in a franchise…

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Les programmes de conformité au droit de la concurrence au seindes entreprises

Les programmes de conformité au droit de la concurrence peuvent constituer un outil utile pour éviter des problèmes de droit de la concurrence.

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Dutch Court rules on cartel damage claims in Gas Insulated Switchgear case

On 16 January 2013, the District Court for the Eastern Netherlands handed down a landmark judgment concerning a claim for cartel damages. The judgment…

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Electrabel aurait abusé de sa position dominante

Dans son rapport motivé déposé au Conseil de la concurrence le 7 février dernier, l’Auditorat du Conseil de la concurrence constatequ’Electrabel a abu…

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bpost condamnée pour abus de position dominante

Le Conseil de la Concurrence belge a condamné le 10 décembre 2012 bpost pour abus de position dominante sous la forme de rabais discriminatoires entre…

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Brussels Courts Shed Light on Superlative Advertising

During the past year, several judgments of Brussels’ courts have clarified the notion of superlative advertising and defined its limits. As such, the…

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La Chambre des Représentants de Belgique approuve de nouvelles règles en matière de concurrence

Ce 28 février, la Chambre des Représentants de Belgique a approuvé une nouvelle législation en matière de concurrence. Celle-ci apporte un certain nom…

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Dutch competition authority prohibits in rare decision merger between baking companies and dismisses divestmen…

In its decision of 14 December 2012 (Case 7321), the Dutch competition authority ("NMa") concluded that the proposed acquisition of A.A. ter Beek (kno…

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Dutch administrative court rules that provision of a Bachelor programme by an institute for distance learning …

On 30 January 2013, the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Dutch Council of State (Afdeling Bestuursrechtspraak Raad van State, "ABRvS") hand…

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Refusal to sell in the automotive sector

Today’s automotive sector is a market with many players. At different levels, networks are built, sales are concluded and trade relationships are ma…

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