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The substantive FSR review essentially follows a three-step test: (i) assessing whether a foreign subsidy distorts the EU market; (ii) weighing the foreign subsidy's negative effects against its positive impacts ("balancing test"); and (iii) imposing remedies if necessary...

In merger procedures, it is a fundamental requirement for parties to provide accurate and complete information to the European Commission as it forms the basis of the Commission's assessment of mergers.

On 12 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment regarding the interpretation of Articles 49 and 54 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("TFEU") in proceedings concerning a cross-border conversion of a company governed by Italian law into a company governed by Hungarian law (ECJ, case C-378/10, VALE Építési kft).

On 4 May 2017, the federal Parliament adopted a new law which introduces extensive changes to the procedure of judicial liquidation of companies.

On 1 December 2022, the European Commission published the results of the evaluation it launched on 17 June 2019 on the application of its State aid Regulation...

January 2023 saw the entry into force of the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which introduced new, stronger ESG public disclosure obligations for large companies, listed SMEs and parent companies of large groups operating in the EU Member States.

In two judgments, dated 18 February 2016 and 24 March 2016, the Constitutional Court decided on the constitutionality of two provisions of the Law of 31 January 2009 on the Continuity of Enterprises.

In a decision dated 16 December 2010, the Constitutional Court (Grondwettelijk Hof/Cour Constitutionnelle) ruled on a preliminary question on the raised minimum paid-up capital (volgestort/libéré) of a single member private limited liability company (éénhoofdige besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid/société privée à responsabilité limitée unipersonelle).

On the 18 March 2026, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) announced a new and harmonised corporate legal regime, ‘EU Inc.’ touted as the ‘28th regime’. It is the European Union’s (‘EU’) response to fragmentation faced...

A few days after publication of the European Commission's recommendation on collective redress mechanisms, the Belgian cabinet adopted the Collective Actions Bill on 5 July 2013.

In its decision of 3 March 2011, the Liège Court of Appeal declared an action against the liquidator of a limited liability company C. (hereinafter the "Company") (i) inadmissible with respect to the action against the liquidator in his official function; and (ii) without merit with respect to the action against the liquidator in his personal capacity.

The Act of 24 May 2023 and Royal Decree of 23 April 2023 offer companies that achieved (exceptionally) high profits in 2022, the possibility to grant a purchasing power premium to their...

Creating share classes allows a company to distinguish the rights of its shareholders.

The ongoing global coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak is significantly impacting international business and cross-border commercial operations