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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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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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19/09/25
Arbitration: final destination or simple stopover?

Imagine ... One of your business partners claims that your company is abus…

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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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24/06/22
New rules for B2C contracts: distance selling and off-premises sales

The Act of 8 May 2022 amending the Belgian Code of Economic Law has introduced several new requirements which apply to distance selling (e.g. through …

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22/06/22
The Omnibus Act: more transparency for consumers

On 28 May 2022, the Belgian law transposing EU Directive 2019/2161 into the Code of Economic Law (CEL) entered into force (the “Omnibus Act”). The Omn…

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21/06/22
The General Court of the EU confirms the recovery of aid to Tirrenia di Navigazione

On 18 May 2022, the General Court of the EU confirmed the legality of the European Commission's decision of 2 March 2020 concerning the recovery of il…

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16/06/22
New rules for B2C contracts: examples of unfair market practices

The present article, second in our series, focuses on the extended list of unfair (misleading and aggressive) market practices in a B2C context.

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07/06/22
New rules for B2C contracts: time for a checkup of your terms and conditions

The legislative changes that will be discussed find their origin in several texts adopted at EU level: (i) Directive 2019/770 of 20 May 2019 on certai…

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06/06/22
Aankondigingen van prijsverminderingen opnieuw gereglementeerd

In het Belgisch Staatsblad van 2 juni 2022 verscheen de wet van 8 mei 2022 met nieuwe regels voor aankondigingen van prijsverminderingen (nieuwe artik…

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03/06/22
New obligations for businesses dealing with Belgian consumers applicable since 28 May 2022

The Belgian law transposing EU Directive 2019/2161 (known as the "Omnibus Directive") entered into force on 28 May 2022. Below we …

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02/06/22
B2C : more protection for consumers - Belgium implements the Omnibus Directive

Today, the Act of 8 May 2022 amending books I, VI and XV of the Code of Economic Law (hereafter “Omnibus Act”) has been published in the Official Gaze…

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01/06/22
Supply and distribution agreements | Adapted competition rules as from 1 June!

The European Commission has adopted a new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (‘VBER’) accompanied by new Vertical Guidelines. This Regulation (E…

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31/05/22
New rules for contracts for the sale of goods and for the supply of digital content and services

On 1 June 2022, the Belgian law transposing the EU directives on certain aspects of contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services (…

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24/05/22
Ten key takeaways of the draft revision for the EU merger control procedure

Following its evaluation of procedural and jurisdictional aspects of EU merger control, on 6 May 2022 the European Commission published drafts for a r…

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18/05/22
EU Commission Adopts New Rules for Distribution Agreements: What’s to Come for Distribution Relationships in t…

On May 10, 2022, the European Commission adopted the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and accompanying Vertical Guidelines. The new rule…

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11/05/22
Omnibus Directive finally transposed into Belgian law

The Belgian Parliament adopted the Act that transposes the European Omnibus Directive N° 2019/2161, which aims at better enforcement and modernisation…

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11/05/22
New Vertical Block Exemption Regulation – What are the main changes?

On 10 May 2022, the EU Commission adopted new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“VBER”) and Vertical Guidelines following …

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10/05/22
Price increases in commercial contracts in wartime and post COVID-19

Supply-chain problems post COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine are key factors for price increases currently affecting most industries. Undertakings that …

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28/04/22
New consumer guarantees and digital content rules as from 1 June 2022

On 1 June 2022, the new Belgian rules on consumer guarantees and digital content and services will enter into effect. With the new rules, Belgium has …

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19/04/22
Un bouton « je paye » est-il obligatoire sur les sites de commerce électronique ?

Contrat par voie électronique : pour pouvoir être valablement lié par un tel contrat, le consommateur doit comprendre sans ambiguïté à partir de la se…

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07/04/22
Modernisation of consumer law through the harmonisation of contracts for the sale of goods

On 31 March 2022, a legislative Act that makes considerable changes to the sale of consumer goods was published in the Belgian State Gazette. This law…

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06/04/22
Belgian B2C guarantee regime revised : new challenges for businesses

A little late given transposition deadlines, Belgium has finally adopted an Act transposing two Directives relating to the sale of consumer goods :&nb…

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04/04/22
The Belgian Competition Authority approves conditionally the acquisition of RTL Belgium and subsidiaries by DP…

On 29 March 2022, the Belgian Competition Authority approved under conditions the acquisition by groups DPG Media NV and Rossel & Cie of joint con…

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