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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In a decision of 14 November 2012, the Belgian Constitutional Court ruled that article 17 of the law on retail leases does not violate articles 10 and…
Read MoreA recent decision of the Belgian Supreme Court (18 October 2012) has put an end to the controversy regarding the conditions for the payment of an incr…
Read MoreQue l'on soit en présence d'un indépendant désireux, pour des raisons fiscales ou de séparation de ses patrimoines privé et professionnel, de constitu…
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La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (ci-après la Cour) a rendu, le 19 avril 2012, un arrêt intéressant au regard des éléments devant être pris en…
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Une distinction est classiquement opérée entre la gestion d'une société (fonctionnement interne) et la représentation de celle-ci vis-à-vis des tiers …
Read MoreThe Vale judgment makes cross-border conversion of companies and legal entities possible and thereby lifts a significant barrier to the freedom of est…
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Today, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) has imposed a EUR 0.9 million fine on Bang & Olufsen France and its Danish pa…
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The Energy Efficiency Directive brings forward legally binding measures to step up Member States' efforts to use energy more efficiently at all stages…
Read MoreBy authorising under certain conditions the dissolution and liquidation of a company in one single act, the new law of 19 March 2012 has put an end to…
Read MoreThe irrebuttable presumption that foreign directors of a Belgian company exercise their mandate as an independent in Belgium has been declared contrar…
Read MoreThe new article 551bis of the Companies Code introduces the obligation for a public limited liability company to respect the principle of equality of …
Read MoreCEPANI is organising on 12 December 2012 (13:30–17:30) a colloquium on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the rules for .be domain name dispute r…
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As of 1 January 2013, a number of provisions of the Employment Relations Act, which aim at facilitating the government's fight against bogus self-empl…
Read MoreThe European Commission sent a statement of objections to Microsoft on non-compliance with browser choice commitments.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeals of The Hague referred preliminary questions to the Court of Justice with regard to the genuine use of a community trademark. Is i…
Read MoreThe current prohibition on announcing price reductions in the periods from 6 December and 6 June untill the start of the official sales periods (3 to…
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Through the Act of 14 December 2005, the legislator decided to gradually cancel bearer securities, resulting in their total abolition by 31 December 2…
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Eind 2012 werd het ‘una via’ principe ingevoerd in het fiscaal strafrecht. De bedoeling van dit principe is om eenheid te brengen in de wijze waarop f…
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La période de pré-soldes (ou période d'attente) est une période de +/- trois semaines précédant les soldes (d'hiver et d'été) pendant laquelle les com…
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Le climat économique mondial est en berne et l'économie belge ne fait pas exception. En 2011, on a dénombré pas moins de 15.528 faillites 1. L'an…
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