596 results Extended access to electronic data for the Belgian Competition Authority The Belgian legislator has amended some competition law provisions in Book IV Code of Economic law. The new provision on access to data of electronic communications operators endows the Belgian Competition Authority with new investigation powers. Omnibus I: clarity on the future of the CSRD and CSDDD The long-awaited clarity on Omnibus I is here: the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a political agreement on the text. The European Parliament has already adopted the text, and for the Council of the European Union th Omnibus I: duidelijkheid over de toekomst van de CSRD en CSDDD De lang verwachte duidelijkheid over Omnibus I is er, het Europees Parlement en de Raad van de Europese Unie hebben een politiek akkoord bereikt de tekst. Het Europees Parlement heeft de tekst al aangenomen, en voor de Raad van de Europese Unie lijkt dit EU ESG wrap-up: concluding 2025 and stepping into 2026 In this blog, we briefly discuss the notable legal developments of 2025 and describe some of the major EU legal and legislative developments expected in 2026 and the planned proposals from the European Commission (EC) work programme for 2026. Upward referral of killer acquisitions: enlightened or one-stop shop flop? Companies involved in M&A deals falling below the EU and national notification thresholds need to think twice about their deal’s potential impact on competition from now on. The ECN+ Directive implemented in Belgium and introduction of merger filing fees On 7 March 2022, the Act implementing the ECN+ Directive into Belgian law was published in the Belgian Official Gazette. The Act entered into force on 17 March 2022. Second time lucky: Intel’s EUR 1.06 billion loyalty rebate fine quashed Intel’s second round at the General Court was significantly more successful than its first. In the first round, the General Court had failed to analyse whether the loyalty rebates at issue were capable of restricting competition. In the second round, afte Stibbe advises KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Advising KLM on several environmental and planning aspects. ECJ: private enforcement in aviation sector also a national court's game Recently, the ECJ ruled that national courts dealing with private enforcement cases are competent to apply EU competition law to historical behaviour in the aviation sector. Google Shopping: self-preferencing is a form of abuse of dominance On 10 November 2021, the General Court (GC) almost entirely dismissed Google’s action against the European Commission’s Google Shopping decision. Gun jumping: beware, the Commission will take action The Commission has imposed interim measures on Illumina and GRAIL. These measures include the obligation to run GRAIL by independent management. Stibbe advises supermarket on consumer and competition law questions Stibbe has been advising one of the largest supermarket chains on consumer law questions, promotional activities, product regulation and labelling, product recalls, product liability, litigation, and competition law questions. Stibbe advises Makro Cash & Carry Belgium Stibbe acted as longstanding legal counsel for Makro Cash & Carry Belgium in various legal fields, such as socio-economic legislation, competition and unfair competition law, consumer protection, general commercial, etc. Stibbe represented several clients in an EU inquiry on alleged forgery and public procurement cases Stibbe assisted clients from a range of sectors in an inquiry conducted by the Anti-Fraud Office of the European Union concerning alleged forgery and public procurement cases within the EU. Tjaša Geč-Senčur Senior Associate Amsterdam Chloé Gregg Associate (not admitted to the bar) Amsterdam Florentine Snoeker Associate Amsterdam Rens Stegink Associate Amsterdam Pagination Previous page Page 26 Current page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Next page
Extended access to electronic data for the Belgian Competition Authority The Belgian legislator has amended some competition law provisions in Book IV Code of Economic law. The new provision on access to data of electronic communications operators endows the Belgian Competition Authority with new investigation powers.
Omnibus I: clarity on the future of the CSRD and CSDDD The long-awaited clarity on Omnibus I is here: the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a political agreement on the text. The European Parliament has already adopted the text, and for the Council of the European Union th
Omnibus I: duidelijkheid over de toekomst van de CSRD en CSDDD De lang verwachte duidelijkheid over Omnibus I is er, het Europees Parlement en de Raad van de Europese Unie hebben een politiek akkoord bereikt de tekst. Het Europees Parlement heeft de tekst al aangenomen, en voor de Raad van de Europese Unie lijkt dit
EU ESG wrap-up: concluding 2025 and stepping into 2026 In this blog, we briefly discuss the notable legal developments of 2025 and describe some of the major EU legal and legislative developments expected in 2026 and the planned proposals from the European Commission (EC) work programme for 2026.
Upward referral of killer acquisitions: enlightened or one-stop shop flop? Companies involved in M&A deals falling below the EU and national notification thresholds need to think twice about their deal’s potential impact on competition from now on.
The ECN+ Directive implemented in Belgium and introduction of merger filing fees On 7 March 2022, the Act implementing the ECN+ Directive into Belgian law was published in the Belgian Official Gazette. The Act entered into force on 17 March 2022.
Second time lucky: Intel’s EUR 1.06 billion loyalty rebate fine quashed Intel’s second round at the General Court was significantly more successful than its first. In the first round, the General Court had failed to analyse whether the loyalty rebates at issue were capable of restricting competition. In the second round, afte
ECJ: private enforcement in aviation sector also a national court's game Recently, the ECJ ruled that national courts dealing with private enforcement cases are competent to apply EU competition law to historical behaviour in the aviation sector.
Google Shopping: self-preferencing is a form of abuse of dominance On 10 November 2021, the General Court (GC) almost entirely dismissed Google’s action against the European Commission’s Google Shopping decision.
Gun jumping: beware, the Commission will take action The Commission has imposed interim measures on Illumina and GRAIL. These measures include the obligation to run GRAIL by independent management.
Stibbe advises supermarket on consumer and competition law questions Stibbe has been advising one of the largest supermarket chains on consumer law questions, promotional activities, product regulation and labelling, product recalls, product liability, litigation, and competition law questions.
Stibbe advises Makro Cash & Carry Belgium Stibbe acted as longstanding legal counsel for Makro Cash & Carry Belgium in various legal fields, such as socio-economic legislation, competition and unfair competition law, consumer protection, general commercial, etc.
Stibbe represented several clients in an EU inquiry on alleged forgery and public procurement cases Stibbe assisted clients from a range of sectors in an inquiry conducted by the Anti-Fraud Office of the European Union concerning alleged forgery and public procurement cases within the EU.