23 June 2017: Seminar on the new legislation and jurisprudence regarding digital criminal investigation

30.04.2019 EU law

Climate goals and energy targets: legal perspectives

Seminar - On Tuesday April 30th, Stibbe organizes a seminar on climate goals and energy targets. Climate change has incited different international and supranational institutions to issue climate goals and renewable energy targets. Both the UN and the EU have led this movement with various legal instruments.

04.04.2019 EU law

Erik Valgaeren is panelist during the EDPS-ENISA conference on risk in personal data breaches in Brussels.

Speaking slot - Erik Valgaeren, TMT-partner in our Brussels'office, is panelist at the EDPS-ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) conference, which is organised in Brussels on 4th April, 2019.

Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels

12.04.2019 NL law

Hoogste Europese rechter bevestigt dat overheden onrechtmatige staatssteun proactief moeten terugvorderen

Short Reads - De maand maart 2019 zal vermoedelijk de juridisch handboeken ingaan als een historische maand voor het mededingings- en staatssteunrecht. Niet alleen deed het Hof van Justitie een baanbrekende uitspraak op het gebied van het verhaal van kartelschade. Het heeft in de uitspraak Eesti Pagar (C-349/17) van 5 maart 2019 belangrijke vragen opgehelderd over de handhaving van het staatssteunrecht op nationaal niveau.

Team: Tom Barkhuysen, Ali al Khatib

04.04.2019 BE law

Companies and Associations Code published in Belgian Official Journal

Articles - The new Companies and Associations Code (CAC) was published today in the Belgian Official Journal

Jan Bogaert Partner Brussels

11.04.2019 NL law

The Dutch UBO register will be introduced in January 2020

Short Reads - On 4 April 2019, a legislative proposal to implement the Dutch Ultimate Beneficial Owner (''UBO'') register (''UBO register'') was submitted to the Dutch parliament. The obligation to introduce a UBO register derives from the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive as amended by the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive. Approximately 1.5 million Dutch legal entities must register information on their UBOs in this register.

04.04.2019 NL law

Tick-tock: no reset of the appeal clock for amending Commission decision

Short Reads - The European Court of Justice recently upheld the General Court's order finding that metal production and recycling company Eco-Bat had submitted its appeal outside of the appeal term. Eco-Bat had relied on the term starting from the date of the European Commission's decision correcting figures for the fine calculation in the initial infringement decision.

Team: Simone Evans, Daria Budurca