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The European Commission’s proposal for an Industrial Accelerator Act is intended to strengthen the EU’s industrial competitiveness, stimulate decarbonisation...

At the end of January, five political parties agreed to form a new Belgian government and presented the federal government agreement.

2023 saw some very significant decisions, investigations, court judgments and legislative developments in European Union merger control.

On May 8, 2020, the Commission published an important new communication aimed at relaxing State aid rules for COVID‑19‑related equity injections by States into non‑financial companies. While previous initiatives...

The environment and human rights are more than ever at the heart of concerns. This is confirmed by the European Union by placing (very) large companies at the centre of the sustainability...

On 19 March 2024, the European Commission (Commission) sent a Statement of Objections to a manufacturer and distributor of mineral fibre sandwich panels (Company) in which it took the preliminary...

More than a year ago, the EU Batteries Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542) entered into force. In approximately one year's time, the EU Batteries Regulation is set to repeal the 2006 Batteries Directive...

On February 28, 2019, the Belgian Parliament approved a historic company law reform.

On 31 July 2025, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) published a set of Exposure Drafts (EDs) aimed at reshaping the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) into a leaner, materiality-driven framework

There are two primary objectives of every business and corporation. One bases its decisions entirely on the shareholders' interest, and the other focuses on company profits.

Taalwetten kunnen een cruciale rol spelen in zakelijke transacties, dit werd met het arrest van het Hof van Beroep Antwerpen van 5 september 2022 opnieuw benadrukt

Belgium's new Private Investigations Act fundamentally transforms how companies must conduct internal investigations, establishing comprehensive legal requirements for everything from fraud inquiries to HR incidents.

On 1 September 2023, the reformed Belgian Insolvency framework entered into force. This reform amends Book XX of the Code of Economic Law by introducing new reorganisation proceedings and amending...

On November 28, 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR or the "Regulation"), a new legislative tool designed to prevent foreign subsidies...

Following a comprehensive review and consultation process, the new revised EU vertical agreements block exemption Regulation (VBER) and Guidelines have now been published and will come into force on 1 June 2022.

Cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, soya, wood, rubber? Do you sell any of these commodities? Do you sell any products derived, containing or using any of these commodities...

The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is undergoing critical legislative refinement as the Commission, Council, and Parliament have each established distinct positions on extending CBAM to downstream goods and strengthening anti-circumvention measures. With trilogue negotiations now underway and the first political trilogue scheduled for October 2026, significant divergences remain between the institutions on scope, exemptions, and enforcement mechanisms that will shape the final framework

The BCA has designated five priority sectors for 2026 — agri-food, digitalization and telecommunications, healthcare, basic services (including regulated professions...