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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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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…
Lire plusOn 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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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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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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La loi du 8 mai 2022 fixant les nouvelles règles relatives aux annonces de réductions de prix (nouveaux articles VI.18 et VI.19 du Code de droit écono…
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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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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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The European Commission has adopted a new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (‘VBER’) accompanied by new Vertical Guidelines. This Regulation (E…
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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 (…
Lire plusFollowing 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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On May 10, 2022, the European Commission adopted the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and accompanying Vertical Guidelines. The new rule…
Lire plusThe 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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On 10 May 2022, the EU Commission adopted new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“VBER”) and Vertical Guidelines following …
Lire plusSupply-chain problems post COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine are key factors for price increases currently affecting most industries. Undertakings that …
Lire plusOn 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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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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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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A little late given transposition deadlines, Belgium has finally adopted an Act transposing two Directives relating to the sale of consumer goods :&nb…
Lire plusL'Autorité belge de la concurrence a approuvé le 29 mars 2022 sous conditions l'acquisition par les groupes DPG Media NV et Rossel & Cie du contrô…
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