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The perfect place for any legal or tax professional to keep abreast of everything that’s happening on the Belgian legal scene

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14/08/25
14/08/25
Legal tech company Afriwise acquires LawExplorer and boosts regulatory intelligence in Africa

Afriwise, Africa’s fastest-growing legal-intelligence platform founded by Belgian lawyer Steven De Backer, has acquired LawExplorer, South Africa’s most established provider of reg…

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05/05/25
05/05/25
Promotions at Clifford Chance Brussels

Clifford Chance announces the promotion of 31 partners to the global partnership, and four new Senior Counsel and forty new Counsel appointments across our European offices, 8 of w…

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19/11/24
19/11/24
Liberius welcomes new EU Competition and Trade Law Partner in Brussels

Liberius is thrilled to announce the arrival of David Henry as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU, Competition & Trade Practice. David, a member of the Brussels Bar and a quali…

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06/10/25
EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) proposed delay: What busi…

On 23 September 2025, the European Commission announced its plan to postpon…

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01/10/25
Shrinkflation – are brands and supermarkets required to info…

As inflation continues to exert pressure on retail prices, brands and super…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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08/09/10
Nutrition and Health Claims

"Extra Light!", "Contains antioxidants", "Cholesterol free", "Meets your daily omega 3 needs", "With probiotics to strengthen your immune system". Cla…

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18/08/10
Changes to the Consumer Credit Act

The Consumer Credit Directive (2008/48/EC) (the "Directive") has been implemented in Belgian law by the Act of 13 June 2010 (the "Act") amending the…

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28/07/10
La nouvelle loi sur les pratiques du marché et le commerce sur Internet : option par défaut, nouveau délai de …

  La loi du 6 avril 2010 relative aux pratiques du marché et à la protection du consommateur (ci après LPMC) a été publiée au Moniteur Belge…

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30/06/10
Loi du 26 mars 2010 sur les services

Cette nouvelle loi constitue la transposition en droit belge de la directive sur les services (dite Bolkestein). Elle a été publiée au Moniteur belge …

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30/06/10
Cartel: an illustration of the benefit of the leniency procedure of the Competition Council

The amount of the fine imposed by the Belgian Competition Council after discovering a cartel involving four Belgian undertakings varies considerably a…

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30/06/10
Novelty in competition law regarding motor vehicles distribution and repair

The European Commission continues its work aiming at reforming competition rules applicable to vertical agreements. The Commission has adopted last 27…

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28/06/10
Prejudiciële vraag aan het Hof van Justitie over de sperperiodes

De vraag of de Belgische marktpraktijkenwetgeving wel in overeenstemming is met het Europees recht blijft actueel, ook na de inwerkingtreding van de n…

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06/06/10
Tied Offers and Financial Services

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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31/05/10
A combined offer can still be an unfair commercial practice

When a bank offers a high interest rate for a deposit account if the consumer also acquires risky investment products, there is a joint offer which co…

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20/05/10
New commercial practices legislation: still falling short?

On April 6 2010 the legislature approved the replacement for the Trade Practices Act, now named the Act on Market Practices and Consumer Protection. I…

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17/05/10
REACH : Point d’étape à moins d’un an avant la 1ère échéance d’enregistrement et précautions pour l’avenir

Le Règlement REACH, entré en vigueur le 1er juin 2007, marque un changement majeur à l'échelle communautaire puisqu'il incombe dorénavant aux acteurs …

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31/03/10
Nutella Cartel

The College of Prosecutors of the Competition Council confirms the existence of a price cartel between Ferrero and three Belgian retail undertakings…

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31/03/10
New Commercial Practices and Consumer Protection Act

On 18 March 2010, the Belgian Senate approved a bill on commercial practices and consumer protection (hereinafter the "CPA") which will repeal the Fai…

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17/03/10
Belgium introduces criminal sanctions for violation of REACH

On 1 June 2008, most provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of 19 December 2006 concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restric…

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21/01/10
Ferrero Faces Price-Fixing Inquest

The report is the result of an investigation that began two years ago in Germany, where the competition authorities investigated the commercial behavi…

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02/10/08
Agent or Distributor: A Competition Law Perspective

The advantages of selling through a genuine agent.

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