In het kader van de Europese dag voor Justitie zetten de vier hoge rechtscolleges hun deuren open: Grondwettelijk Hof, Hof van Cassatie, Raad van State en het Rekenhof. VRG-Alumni…
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The establishment of an inspection service within the Belgian Privacy Commission. The Belgian Privacy Commission has recently announced that it will t…
Read MoreThe competent Parliamentary Commission has recently approved a new bill which intends to remedy the incomplete protection that is currently offered to…
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On 16 September 2013, the General Court ("GC") ruled on the appeals against the Commission's decision of 23 June 2010 on the bathroom fixtures and fit…
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Intellectual Property Rights (“IPRs”) and Antitrust have always had a dif"cult relationship. IPRs may confer legal monopolies, antitrust "ghts them. D…
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Le 16 octobre 2013, à l'instigation de Johan Vande Lanotte, Ministre de l'Economie et des Consommateurs, et de Melchior Wathelet, Secrétaire d'Etat à …
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In his response of 4 September 2013 to a written parliamentary question, the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Johan Vande Lanotte, has given insight in …
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Hospitals and suppliers of medicines have been required since 1 July 2013 to apply the public tender rules in the context of their commercial relation…
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In its judgment of 13 September 2013 (Case T-380/08), the General Court upheld a Commission decision denying the Kingdom of the Netherlands ("the Neth…
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New, more flexible measures governing working time entered into force. These are the Law of 17 August 2013 regarding the modernisation of the labour l…
Read MoreThe Court of Cassation has adapted its case law concerning the originality of a copyright-protected work following recent case law of the Court of Jus…
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Initially, temporary work was instituted in the law as a means to cope with exceptional working situations. An employer was only allowed to make use o…
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Will the collective claim be able to win the enthusiasm of the citizens?
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De huurovereenkomst bepaalt dat de plaatsbeschrijving bij uittrede huur door dezelfde expert zal worden opgesteld als deze die bij de plaatsbeschrijvi…
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Today the Article 29 Working Party ("WP29")[1] published a working document on how consent for cookies may be obtained. The WP29's opinions and w…
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On September 27 2013 the Council of Ministers approved a draft bill introducing a unified status for blue-collar and white-collar workers. Although th…
Read MoreOn 27 March 2013, the European Commission adopted proposals to revise the Community Trademark Regulation and the Trademark Directive aimed at modernis…
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New measures have been introduced against dormant companies to fight both social and tax fraud and avoid such companies being used to conduct illicit …
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In its decision of 7 July 2011, the Constitutional Court allowed two years time to the legislator to undo the differences in the status of blue-collar…
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The Laws of 30 and 31 July 2013 increasing the protection of purchasers of financial products and services and broadening the competences of the finan…
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On 10 September 2013, the Vice-President of the Court of Justice published an order in Commission v Pilkington, upholding the interim measures granted…
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