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 judgement of 20 June 2012, the President of the Commercial Court of Dendermonde found that the blackout pre-sales period, which prohibits the ann…
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On 12 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) handed down a judgment regarding the interpretation of Articles 49 and 54 of t…
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In a recent workshop organised at the end of May, ECHA shared experiences in evaluating registration dossiers containing nanomaterials and proposed th…
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On 5 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down a judgment on a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesg…
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On 5 June 2012, the final version of the Commission Guidelines on State aid measures in the context of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading s…
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On 6 July 2012, the Brussels Commercial Court (the “Court”) ordered Jupiler Blue to be withdrawn from the Belgian Market due to possible confusion wit…
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On 7 June 2012, the Transport and Telecommunications Council adopted at second reading the new Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment …
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The Program Law of 22 June 2012 (1) introduced a new (tax deductible) social security contribution whereby a rate of 1.5% must be paid by the employer…
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Guidelines on the operation of the new EU rules on the parallel trade of plant protection products under Regulation 1107/2009 have been issued by the…
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EU member states have raised concerns over EU proposals to expand the list of pesticides covered by water pollution controls. Discussions have reveale…
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The Program Law of 22 June 2012 (1) introduced a new (tax deductible) social security contribution whereby a rate of 1.5% must be paid by the employer…
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The draft bill which will profoundly change the fight against bogus self-employment in a number of sectors of industry, was adopted by the Chamber. Th…
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In een vorige nieuwsbrief werd reeds toelichting gegeven over de nieuwe anti-misbruikbepaling die sinds 1 juni 2012 geldt inzake registratie- en succe…
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The Danish Presidency has concluded it is not possible "to achieve an agreement on proposals to allow national bans on the cultivation of EU-approved …
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We have been carefully monitoring the progress of the Biocidal Products Regulation ("BPR") into EU law. We reported to you that on 10 May 2012, the …
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Regulation 883/2004 is the main instrument dealing with the coordination of the social security systems within the European Economic Area. One of its …
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New FSMA guidelines for the treatment of dossiers relating to public offers and admissions to trading on a regulated market applicable since 1 July 20…
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On 11 July 2012, the European Commission has published a proposal for a Directive on collecting societies and multi-territorial licensing of rights in…
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On 21 June 2012, the European Court of Justice (hereafter referred to as the ‘ECJ’) reaffirmed its earlier decision from 2009 whereby workers who fall…
Read MoreBespreking Verordening nr. 1227/2011 van het Europees Parlement en de Raad van 25 oktober 2011 betreffende de integriteit en transparantie van d…
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