Actualités et articles

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

Affaire Scarlet

Dans son arrêt rendu ce 24 novembre dans l’affaire Scarlet Extended SA c/ Sabam (C-70/10), la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne a jugé que le droi…

14/11/11

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

03/11/11

La discrimination fondée sur l’âge: nouvelle jurisprudence de la Cour de Justice

Un système par lequel un régime de rémunération instaurant une discrimination en fonction de l’âge soit remplacé par un régime de rémunération fondé s…

01/11/11

Directive quotas-aviation : avis de l’Avocat général

L’avocat général conclut à la compatibilité de la directive 2008/101 avec plusieurs principes et dispositions de droit international.

01/11/11

Règlement du Parlement européen et du Conseil relatif à l'intégrité et à la transparence du marché de l'énergi…

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

Interdiction des ventes en ligne : nouvelle jurisprudence de la Cour de justice de l’UE

La Cour de justice de l’UE a jugé le 13 octobre 2011 que l’interdiction générale de la vente sur internet de produits cosmétiques et d’hygiène corpore…

31/10/11

Consultation européenne concernant les escroqueries et les pratiques déloyales

La Commission entend protéger les entreprises contre les escroqueries et les pratiques déloyales et organise une consultation publique afin de collect…

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…

27/10/11

Tolérance zéro pour les commissions secrètes

Lorsqu'une société effectue des dépenses visées à l'article 57 du code des impôts sur les revenus (ex : commissions, ristournes, honoraires, rémunérat…

25/10/11

European Court of Justice clarifies rules of parent’s liability for subsidiary’s infringements to competition …

The ECJ has set aside a ruling imputing liability to Elf Aquitaine for the participation by its subsidiary, Arkema, in the monochloroacetic acid carte…

24/10/11

L’agriculture européenne : grande perdante des négociations UE – Mercosur

Relancées en mai 2010, les négociations entre l'Union européenne et le Mercosur en vue de la conclusion d'un accord de libre-échange se feront manifes…