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Key takeaway #1 The European Commission promises to consider the specificities of the defense sector and its contribution to defense readiness in its competition enforcement (antitrust, merger control and State aid control).

Since the entry into force of the Financial Collateral Act of 15 December 2004 (the "Collateral Act") implementing Directive 2002/47/EC on financial collateral arrangements as regards linked systems and credit claims (the "Collateral Directive"), financial collateral arrangements have benefitted from increased flexibility and legal certainty in Belgium.

On April 16, 2020, Belgium adopted the law transposing the Shareholder Rights Directive II ("SRD II Law"), almost one year after the ultimate transposition deadline of the directive.

2011 has been rather calm as far as new corporate legislation is concerned.

The new Criminal Code grants the court the ability to mediated companies and individuals to be hit much harder financially.

Belgian employers approaching the 50- or 100-worker threshold face a critical decision point: the 2028 social elections may seem distant, but the reference period for calculating workforce averages has already begun. Every hiring and departure between October 2026 and September 2027 directly impacts whether your company must organize mandatory employee representative elections. Understanding these calculations and their strategic implications is essential for workforce planning in the coming months.

For the corporate withholding tax ("WHT") exemption for work shifts to apply, the consecutive shifts must consist of the same scope of work. But does this mean that the scope of work must be identical

The availability of vast amounts of operational and consumer data, and advancements in artificial intelligence present opportunities...

On 3 December, 2019, Dentons' EU Competition & Antitrust team held its third complimentary webinar in a series dedicated to vertical restraints in the EU.

On 30 June 2022, the European Parliament and the Council reached political agreement on a draft EU regulation aimed at preventing foreign subsidies from distorting competition in the EU single market (Foreign Subsidies Regulation, FSR)...

The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e-newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering

As heatwaves intensify across Europe and beyond, employers grapple with balancing workplace dress codes against health and safety obligations. This global analysis examines how 24 jurisdictions approach the question of whether dress codes should be relaxed during extreme heat, revealing the tension between management prerogative, employee safety, and mandatory protective equipment requirements.

The EU Deforestation Regulation (‘EUDR') was published in the Official Journal on 9 June 2023 and entered into force on 29 June 2023, marking the start of its implementation phase.

Global investment in AI surged to approximately USD 252 billion in 2024, representing a thirteen-fold increase since 2014. As AI technologies become deeply embedded across key economic sectors such as finance...

According to the President, Uber B.V.'s services therefore fall outside the scope of the Ordinance.

The employer's solidarity contribution on company cars - based on the CO2 emission of a company car - has been in place since 1 January 2005.