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18/05/16

The Public Procurement draft law has been adopted in Parliament!

It’s official. The Public Procurement draft law was adopted by Parliament on 12 May 2016. With the adoption of this draft law, Belgium tries to meet …

18/05/16

Belgium – Social Elections 2016: Clock Is Ticking (Part 4)

The procedure regarding social elections to designate the members of the works council (WC) and/or committee for the prevention and protection on the …

17/05/16

Belgian Competition Authority approves partial acquisition by Kinepolis of Utopolis cinemas

On 25 March 2016, the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) approved the acquisition by the Kinepolis Group of two of the f…

16/05/16

General Data Protection Regulation: Entry into force!

The Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the pr…

16/05/16

Entrée en vigueur du règlement relatif au règlement en ligne des litiges de consommation (RLLC)

Le 9 janvier 2016, le Règlement relatif au RLLC1 (règlement en ligne des litiges de consommation) est entré en vigueur.2 Ce Règlement RLLC entend perm…

13/05/16

Advocate General Court of Justice of European Union Confirms Validity of Prohibition on Price Reductions for …

On 21 April 2016, Advocate-General Nils Wahl (the “AG”) handed down his opinion in response to a request for a preliminary ruling addressed to the Cou…

13/05/16

Mutual agreement prevails over (appealable) judgment

The Supreme Court ruled in a decision of 18 January 2016 that when a judgment is still appealable, and the parties conclude a settlement agreement tha…

12/05/16

Travail au Luxembourg: l’administration doit motiver l’avis de rectification de la déclaration

Un résident belge était engagé dans les liens d’un contrat de travail à durée indéterminée auprès d’une société luxembourgeoise, comme gestionnaire de…

12/05/16

Tax Flash: State aid - Belgian excess profit rulings decision is published

11/05/16

Commission publishes commitments offered by Paramount Pictures in pay-TV investigation

On 22 April 2016, the European Commission published commitments that were offered by Paramount Pictures to address competition concerns rela…

11/05/16

New EU data protection rules published

The new EU data protection rules have been published in the Official Journal of the EU. The new rules take the form of a regulation that will be …

11/05/16

EU Court of Justice confirms the prohibition of glucose related claims despite a positive opinion of EFSA

EU Court of Justice recently confirmed, in a judgement of 16 March 2016 1 , that a number of health claims related to glucose cannot be auth…

10/05/16

Fieldfisher defends the first case under the Biocidal Products Regulation before the Board of Appeal of ECHA

On 21 April 2016, the first case under the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (BPR) was pleaded before the Board of Appeal (BoA) of the Eur…

10/05/16

Acquisition of minority shareholdings is off the DG COMP’s table

The Commission is likely to abandon the proposed merger control reform that would place minority shareholdings under the Commission’s scrutiny. During…

09/05/16

La Cour constitutionnelle annule partiellement la législation relative à l’action en réparation collective

Par son arrêt du 17 mars 2016, la Cour constitutionnelle a partiellement annulé la loi belge relative à l’action en réparation collective1 (titre 2 du…

07/05/16

Further developments to come in the rules on alternative investment funds?

We’re likely to see three major advances in the rules on Belgian-law alternative investment funds. First, the Act of 19 April 2014 on alternative inv…

06/05/16

De Vlaamse Belastingdienst en de schenking van het familiebedrijf over de grens

Stel u bent ondernemer. Ergens in de vorige eeuw vestigde u zich in België, maar uw kinderen en kleinkinderen wonen in Nederland. Hoe kan u het best (…

06/05/16

Gesleutel aan de wetgeving in het kader van economische werkloosheid

Op 28 april 2016 werd in de Kamer de tekst aangenomen van het Wetsontwerp houdende diverse bepalingen inzake sociale zaken. Zoals de titel van het we…

06/05/16

Commission reduced EURIBOR cartel fine imposed on Société Générale by EUR 218 million

On 6 April 2016, the European Commission announced that it had reduced the fine imposed on Société Générale for its participation in the Euro interest…

06/05/16

Ryanair challenges Commission Decision on Nîmes Airport before EU General Court

Ryanair and its marketing subsidiary, Airport Marketing Services ("AMS"), lodged an annulment request before the EU General Court on 5 February 2016 a…