159 results Shaping the Future: The Belgian Competition Authority’s 2025 Roadmap On 29 April 2025, the Belgian Competition Authority announced its sectoral and strategic priorities. These priorities reflect a confident authority that seeks to strengthen its enforcement tools to meet new challenges in competition law. Digital antitrust conduct: too elusive to catch? The ink on the Digital Market Act has barely dried, but fast-evolving digital developments already have competition authorities calling for new tools. Is Big Tech not kept in check by the DMA, the antitrust rules and the EU Merger Regulation after all? Planologische compensatie: een gamechanger in de strijd voor open ruimte? De planologische compensatieplicht is nu wettelijk verplicht bij elke wijziging van een 'zachte' naar een 'harde' bestemming. Wat betekent dit voor toekomstige RUP’s? Ontdek de regels, uitzonderingen én de nieuwe handleiding van het Departement Omgeving. Transition finance in the debt and investments markets This blog explores the key elements of the Guide and its practical implications for loan documentation and structuring, as well as the outlook for transition finance investment products. First application of Towercast in Belgium and merger filing exemption for certain hospital merger The Belgian Competition Authority has applied the Towercast case law in a first case in Belgium. It could possibly try do so again for certain hospital mergers that the legislator has recently exempted from merger filing in Belgium. Europese Commissie start inbreukprocedure tegen België wegens foutieve omzetting van regels rond prijsvermindering voor diensten De Europese Commissie heeft een inbreukprocedure gestart tegen België omdat het de regels rond prijsvermindering zoals voorzien in de Omnibus- of Moderniseringsrichtlijn niet alleen toegepast op roerende goederen, maar ten onrechte ook op diensten. Selectie van EU-BE juridische ontwikkelingen Hier vindt u een selectie van recente Belgische en Europese juridische ontwikkelingen tot en met 31 december 2023. On repeat but louder: the ACM’s 2024 priorities On 23 January 2024, the ACM announced its priorities for 2024. The energy transition, the digital economy and sustainability are still on the ACM’s priority list, but now with better-equipped enforcement methods available. Selectie van recente EU-BE juridische ontwikkelingen in consumentenbescherming Hier vindt u een selectie van recente Belgische en Europese juridische ontwikkelingen in consumentenbescherming. Greenwashing in the EU financial markets: sustainable finance status update The European financial markets feature numerous financial products with characteristics such as ‘green’, ‘ESG’, ‘sustainable’, ‘climate’, ‘transition’, ‘impact’ or similar. But when is it fair to name or label financial products as such? Commission steers market definition to the 21st century Companies have a new and improved tool for the competitive assessment of their conduct and intended acquisitions. The European Commission has updated its guidance on how to define relevant markets for the purpose of EU competition law enforcement. Aankondigingen van prijsverminderingen opnieuw gereglementeerd Aankondigingen van prijsverminderingen moeten steeds de vorige prijs vermelden, zijnde de laagste prijs die de onderneming in de 30 dagen onmiddellijk voorafgaand aan de prijsvermindering toepaste. Belgian Competition Authority confirms jurisdiction for M&A transactions in hospital sector On 14 July 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority confirmed its jurisdiction to review M&A transactions between hospitals, regardless of whether these hospitals belong to the same hospital network. The era of FDI screenings kicks off in Belgium The Belgian screening mechanism for FDIs will enter into force on 1 July 2023. The mechanism is designed to safeguard Belgium's critical infrastructure and to protect sectors crucial to Belgium's public order, national security and strategic interests. 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. Pagination Previous page Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Current page 9
Shaping the Future: The Belgian Competition Authority’s 2025 Roadmap On 29 April 2025, the Belgian Competition Authority announced its sectoral and strategic priorities. These priorities reflect a confident authority that seeks to strengthen its enforcement tools to meet new challenges in competition law.
Digital antitrust conduct: too elusive to catch? The ink on the Digital Market Act has barely dried, but fast-evolving digital developments already have competition authorities calling for new tools. Is Big Tech not kept in check by the DMA, the antitrust rules and the EU Merger Regulation after all?
Planologische compensatie: een gamechanger in de strijd voor open ruimte? De planologische compensatieplicht is nu wettelijk verplicht bij elke wijziging van een 'zachte' naar een 'harde' bestemming. Wat betekent dit voor toekomstige RUP’s? Ontdek de regels, uitzonderingen én de nieuwe handleiding van het Departement Omgeving.
Transition finance in the debt and investments markets This blog explores the key elements of the Guide and its practical implications for loan documentation and structuring, as well as the outlook for transition finance investment products.
First application of Towercast in Belgium and merger filing exemption for certain hospital merger The Belgian Competition Authority has applied the Towercast case law in a first case in Belgium. It could possibly try do so again for certain hospital mergers that the legislator has recently exempted from merger filing in Belgium.
Europese Commissie start inbreukprocedure tegen België wegens foutieve omzetting van regels rond prijsvermindering voor diensten De Europese Commissie heeft een inbreukprocedure gestart tegen België omdat het de regels rond prijsvermindering zoals voorzien in de Omnibus- of Moderniseringsrichtlijn niet alleen toegepast op roerende goederen, maar ten onrechte ook op diensten.
Selectie van EU-BE juridische ontwikkelingen Hier vindt u een selectie van recente Belgische en Europese juridische ontwikkelingen tot en met 31 december 2023.
On repeat but louder: the ACM’s 2024 priorities On 23 January 2024, the ACM announced its priorities for 2024. The energy transition, the digital economy and sustainability are still on the ACM’s priority list, but now with better-equipped enforcement methods available.
Selectie van recente EU-BE juridische ontwikkelingen in consumentenbescherming Hier vindt u een selectie van recente Belgische en Europese juridische ontwikkelingen in consumentenbescherming.
Greenwashing in the EU financial markets: sustainable finance status update The European financial markets feature numerous financial products with characteristics such as ‘green’, ‘ESG’, ‘sustainable’, ‘climate’, ‘transition’, ‘impact’ or similar. But when is it fair to name or label financial products as such?
Commission steers market definition to the 21st century Companies have a new and improved tool for the competitive assessment of their conduct and intended acquisitions. The European Commission has updated its guidance on how to define relevant markets for the purpose of EU competition law enforcement.
Aankondigingen van prijsverminderingen opnieuw gereglementeerd Aankondigingen van prijsverminderingen moeten steeds de vorige prijs vermelden, zijnde de laagste prijs die de onderneming in de 30 dagen onmiddellijk voorafgaand aan de prijsvermindering toepaste.
Belgian Competition Authority confirms jurisdiction for M&A transactions in hospital sector On 14 July 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority confirmed its jurisdiction to review M&A transactions between hospitals, regardless of whether these hospitals belong to the same hospital network.
The era of FDI screenings kicks off in Belgium The Belgian screening mechanism for FDIs will enter into force on 1 July 2023. The mechanism is designed to safeguard Belgium's critical infrastructure and to protect sectors crucial to Belgium's public order, national security and strategic interests.
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.