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 September 3, 2014, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a judgment in response to a request from the Hof van Beroep te Brussel ("Court of A…
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Vanaf 1 november 2014 zal de activiteit van een onafhankelijke financiële planner onder het toezicht vallen van de FSMA. De wet van 25 april 2014 (BS …
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Vanaf 10 januari 2015 treedt Verordening 1215/2012 tot herziening van Verordening 44/2001 betreffende de rechterlijke bevoegdheid, de erkenning en d…
Read MoreIt was a political promise from some time ago: now it has been fulfilled. The Act of 4 April 2014 regulating the mental health profession and amendi…
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On 13 May 2014 the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) rendered a decision in a case in which the Court had to answer important questions relating to …
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Op 4 augustus 2014 werd in het Belgisch Staatsblad de omzendbrief overheidsopdrachten van 22 juli 2014 gepubliceerd. De omzendbrief geeft een overzich…
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On 27 June 2014, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation) handed down a judgment concerning the powers of a director during the …
Read MoreThe law of 10 April 2014 modifying Royal Decree No. 78 of 10 November 1967 concerning the exercise of healthcare professions introduces a new proced…
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Voor lozing van het meeste niet-huishoudelijk afvalwater in rioolwaterzuiveringsinfrastructuren (RWZI's) is vaak speciale aandacht nodig en moeten apa…
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In a decision of 27 March 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) held that Article 8(3) of Directive 2001/29/EC (the “Copyright Direc…
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Directive 214/65/EU on Markets in Financial Instruments repealing Directive 2004/39/EC (“MiFID I”) and Regulation (EU) 600/2014 on Markets in Financia…
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The Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) was ratified by Belgium one year ago and has, according to article VIII of the convention, now entered…
Read MoreIt took 15 years to apply (part of) the law of 29 April 1999 on non-conventional practices. Homeopathy was finally regulated, following the publicat…
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Maximilian Schrems zet zijn kruistocht tegen Facebook verwoed verder. Na verscheidene procedures voor de Privacycommissies van Ierland, Luxemburg en D…
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On 5 June 2014, the General Court of the European Union (the "General Court") handed down a judgment in joined cases T-495/12 to T-497/12. The General…
Read MoreThe Law of 28 March 2014 (MB 29 April 2014, effective date 1 September 2014) introduces a collective redress in the Belgian Economic Code. With this…
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Selon la pratique et les usages actuellement en vigueur dans le secteur de l'assurance, le droit à la commission est lié directement à la police d'a…
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On 30 April 2014, the Court of Appeal of Antwerp (the “Court of Appeal”) confirmed the invalidation of the ex parte order granting an anti-counterfeit…
Read MoreThe European Commission adopted on 13 June 2014 a new communication to support important projects of common European interest.
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In principle, company representatives are subject to the mandatory social insurance system of self-employed persons. Until recently, the legislation …
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