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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The European Commission's decision in the recent DRAM case sheds light on how the cartel settlement procedure is working in practice
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Older employees who transfer from heavy work duties to lighter work – while in service for the same employer and with his consent– and suffer a income…
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In Belgium, all supplementary pension schemes must comply with the Law of 28 April 2003 on Supplementary Pensions (abbreviated as “WAP”). It is genera…
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On 12 May 2010, the new Commercial Practices Act ("CPA") entered into force, repealing the former Fair Trade Practices Act of 14 July 1991 ("FTPA…
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The Omnibus Act of 23 December 2009 (the "Act"), published in the Belgian State Gazette on 30 December 2009, recently introduced a number of measures …
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In the March issue of Brussels to the Point, we discussed the Act of 12 January 2010 (the "Act") creating a new variant on the BVBA/SPRL, the so-…
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In light of the ongoing financial crisis and the difficulty of imposing adequate measures on financial institutions, the Belgian government submi…
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Controversy continues to surround the review of the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive and the EU Restriction of Hazardous …
Read MoreOn 26 April 2010, the federal Electricity regulator (“CREG”) published a study on the possible abolition or exemption of injection rate for producti…
Read MoreIn principle, management staff or trusted workers who receive a high salary are not entitled to overtime pay unless the parties have agreed otherwise.…
Read MoreAuparavant, lorsque l’employeur était contrôlé par l’ONSS sur les remboursements forfaitaires de frais qu’il accordait à ses travailleurs, il appart…
Read MoreCompulsory competence of a public authority in case of non-compliance with an essential specification – comment of an decision of the “Conseil…
Read MoreA mixed contract of which the main object is the acquisition by an undertaking of 49% of the capital of a public undertaking does not, as a whole, f…
Read MoreThe right for a citizen to be judged within a reasonable delay constitutes , for the Council of State, a obligation to achieve a result (Civ. Brusse…
Read MorePolluted soils – Pollution prior to the expected date for the transposition of the directive 2004/35/EC on the environmental respon…
Read MoreOn 22 March 2010, the Walloon energy regulator publishes new guidelines on self-production in relation with the lease of a solar panel…
Read MoreThe 1st Grenelle roundtable law of 3 August 2009 mentions various objectives to be conveyed in the 2nd Grenelle roundtable law to be enacted this ye…
Read MoreThe new legislation will ensure more transparency in the working of co-ownership and will facilitate the resolution of problems that arise in the da…
Read MoreUnder certain circumstances, Belgian law recognises to the purchaser of a property the right to early terminate existing commercial lease agreements. …
Read MoreOn 25 March 2010, the Privacy Commission granted brokers who are members of the BIV (professional institute for brokers) digital access to the land re…
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