News & Articles

23/05/16

President of Brussels Commercial Court Dismisses Cease-and-desist Action Brought by Ferrero against Delhaize

On 25 November 2015, the President of the French-speaking section of the Brussels Commercial Court (the “President”) dismissed a cease-and-desist acti…

23/05/16

Le ministre des Finances confirme l’application de la taxe Caïman aux fonds privés dédiés

A la fin de l’année dernière, la taxe Caïman a été élargie à certaines structures sociétaires luxembourgeoises, en particulier les SICAV dédiées. A l’…

20/05/16

Bedrijfsgeheimen - Beste bescherming op Europees niveau in geval van bedrijfsspionage?

Wat is de nagestreefde doelstelling? De doelstelling van de Richtlijn is het vaststellen van een toereikend en vergelijkbaar niveau van rechtsmi…

19/05/16

Cayman Tax: applicable to privately managed funds

Last Wednesday, the Finance Minister clarified the scope of the Cayman tax with respect to funds. According to the Minister, the tax covers priva…

19/05/16

Exigence de la mauvaise foi dans les poursuites pénales en matière d’interdiction d’offre conjointe

Par son arrêt du 17 novembre 20151, la Cour d’appel de Gand (chambre correctionnelle) se prononce sur la question de savoir si l’offre d’un voyage à f…

18/05/16

Après le tax shelter au niveau fédéral, le capital à risque mobilisé en Wallonie via le « Prêt Coup de Pouce »…

Les PME jouent un rôle déterminant dans la création d’emplois et représentent un facteur de développement économique crucial pour la Belgique.  O…

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…