In a decision of 7 October 2025, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data…
Recent French judgments from the Nantes Judicial Court have drawn a clear l…
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On 11 December 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment on a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Su…
Read MoreThe Royal Decree of 25 April 2014 ("RD") makes it possible for individuals to electronically file company amendment acts and to register the company d…
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In an Order of 4 December 2014, the Court of Justice provided guidance on the compliance of long-term exclusive purchasing or "single branding" clause…
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By a judgment of the 10th of July 2014, the European Court of Justice sanctioned the Kingdom of Belgium for, inter alia, imposing via the national leg…
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On 30 December 2014, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets ("ACM") published two decisions (6306_20/216_OV and 6306_20/217_OV) in which …
Read MoreTime frames during which an employee has to be permanently on call to answer a call from his employer, but during which the employee is not obliged to…
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De financiële regelgeving bevat heel wat regels ter bescherming van de financiële consument. Zo heeft de prospectusregelgeving tot doel het publiek te…
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On 4 December 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment regarding the application of Article 101 of the Trea…
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Following new legislation regarding psychosocial risks in the work place, employers need to be aware of several necessary actions.
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De Programmawet van 19 december 2014 voorziet in een verhoging van de taks op de beursverrichtingen en dit vanaf 1 januari 2015. De taks op de beursve…
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Sector specific indexation rules are still applicable while legislation for the 2015 "indexation skip" is pending. Although the governmental agreemen…
Read MoreThe General Court of the European Union ruled that a three-dimensional representation of the Rubik's cube is a valid Community trademark, given that t…
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On the 11th of September the European Court of Justice handed down a decision clarifying the lawfulness of the digitalisation of books by public libra…
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Royal Decree n°38 provides that persons appointed with a mandate as director of a Belgian company are irrefutably presumed to perform a self-employed …
Read MoreIn its judgment in joined (opposition) cases C-581/13 P and C-582/13 P Intra-Presse SAS v. OHIM and Golden Balls Ltd regarding the registration of the…
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The Decree of still imposes the obligation to use the Dutch language but allows the use of another language known by all parties for employment contra…
Read MoreThe ban on employing temporary agency workers during a strike, which can be found in article 19 of the collective labour agreement n° 108 of 16 July 2…
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Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) n° 109 introduces an obligation to state the reasons for dismissal.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeal of Brussels has decided that red soles of the brand Louboutin are a valid trademark. As a consequence [of this decision], other sh…
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In our VAT newsflash of 27 November 2014, we informed you that, as of 1 January 2015, legal entities would no longer be able to choose whether their s…
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