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 9 September 2014, the General Court annulled the decision of the European Commission concerning airport charges at Lübeck Airport. The General Cour…
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On 21 November 2014, the OECD published the discussion draft "Follow Up Work on BEPS Action 6: Preventing Treaty Abuse" (the "Discussion Draft"). In i…
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Webshops die hun prijzen laten variëren afhankelijk van het type klant, mag dit wel? Hoewel een veelgebruikte Amerikaanse trend die al enkele jaren be…
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Door een beslissing van 20 november 2014, heeft de BTW-administratie de toepasselijke BTW-toegeving voor rechtspersonen die optreden als bestuurders, …
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One of the key pillars of the EU internal market, the Council Directive 2011/96/EU of 30 November 2011 (the "Parent-Subsidiary Directive") was origina…
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On 15 September 2014, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation) handed down a judgment concerning the payment of social security …
Read MoreOn 26 August 2014, the Board of the Belgian Competition Authority adopted new Guidelines on the calculation of fines.
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On 10 October 2014, the General Court ("GC") struck down the Commission decision against Soliver NV (Case T-68/09) given that it had failed to establi…
Read MoreThe European Commission imposed on 3 September 2014 fines of up to EUR 138,000,000 for a cartel between Infineon, Philips, Samsung and Renesas between…
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PUBLIC CONSULTATION on the Preliminary Opinion on The safety of medical devices containing DEHP- plasticized PVC or other plasticizers on neonat…
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On 1 October 2014, the Court of Appeal of Ghent confirmed that Ducati North Europe BV ("Ducati") had infringed Belgian competition law by abusively ex…
Read MoreThe law of 18 July 2013 is identical to the legislation applicable to the exercise of the profession of property surveyor in the form of a company.
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Last week proved to be an important week for privacy and data protection in the US: while representatives of the European Commission were negotiating …
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On 1 October 2014, the REACH Director's Contact Group (DCG), consisting of representatives from the European Commission, European Chemical Agency (ECH…
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Na lang wachten werd op 23 oktober 2014 het ‘Decreet betreffende de omgevingsvergunning' gepubliceerd in het Belgisch Staatsblad. Binnenkort zal het i…
Read MoreKan de koper, bij de aankoop van een gehuurd goed, de bestaande huurovereenkomst beëindigen? De vaste datum van de huurovereenkomst en de duur van de …
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The Directive on damages actions for competition law infringements of the European Parliament and of the Council was adopted on 10 November 2014. This…
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On 10 October 2014, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") submitted to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit its views as amicus curiae …
Read MoreThe Breyne Act is not one of those laws the application of which can easily be avoided by contractual arrangements. It is always useful to be reminded…
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Op 15 september 2014 velde het Hof van Cassatie een belangrijk arrest inzake auteursrechten. De beslissing stelt een einde aan de betwisting over het …
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