As previously communicated in our newsflash of 21 March 2019, the new Belgian Code on Companies and Associations (BCCA) entered into force on 1 May 2019.

On 24 April 2018, the European Commission fined Altice, a Dutch-based telecom operator, € 125 million for procedural infringements of the EU Merger Regulation.

The Court of Justice of the European Union handed down a judgment on the request for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Article 1(2)(h) and Article 3(1) of the "Prospectus Directive".

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the European Union that apply to register their industrial property rights this year can recover up to 75 % of the official registration fees...

The Belgian Supreme Court handed down a judgment concerning the powers of a director between the expiry of his or her mandate and the next shareholders’ meeting.

On 12th March the new Corporate Governance Code for listed companies was presented. The new Code is a revision of the so-called 'Code Lippens' which dates from 2004.

On 21 November 2016, the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority rejected a request of Brouwerijen Alken-Maes to suspend the acquisition of Brouwerij Bosteels by Anheuser-Busch InBev NV.

The judgment was issued following an appeal lodged by VAB, VAB Rijschool and Rijscholen Sanderus – companies which offer roadside assistance and driving lessons in Belgium.

On 1 March 2022, French supermarket group, Intermarché, announced that it would acquire the retail activities of the Mestdagh group.

Apple lost a legal challenge in the Netherlands after a ruling that the company abused its dominant market position by imposing unfair terms on dating app developers.