In late September, the EU Commission approved a €682 million support scheme for the Belgian government to bolster offshore wind energy. This initiative is part of the EU's Temporary Crisis...

On 22 May 2012, the European Commission published its long-awaited Communication setting out guidelines on certain state aid measures.

On 30 March 2023, the Enterprise Court of Antwerp issued a significant judgment setting boundaries for the enforceability of back-to-back arrangements in subcontracting for works contracts.

The EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CS3D") came into force on 25 July 2024 and imposes significant obligations on large companies based inside as well as outside of the EU, including those in the energy sector, that generate substantial turnover within the EU...

On 25 October 2019, the Flemish Government proposed a draft Order amending the regional Energy Order ("Energiebesluit") of 19 November 2010.

On 5 July 2023, the General Court rendered its judgment in case T-639/20 TIB Chemicals AG. The action was dismissed but the judgment contains highly relevant rulings for economic actors...

On October 28, 2022, the European Commission adopted a second amendment to its Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy following Russia's aggression against Ukraine ("TF").

In May 2022, the Commission presented its proposal regarding REPowerEU.

This webinar will seek to explain the context in which this shift is taking and dive into some of the step changes that the EU is triggering.

The European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) is expected to agree on its draft opinion on restricting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the first half of March 2026.

During its 59th meeting held on 18-20 March 2015, the EU competent authorities (CA) for biocides have adopted the long awaited guidance document on the management of in situ generated active substances...

Regulation 1907/2006 concerning the REACH applies to every manufacturer or importer into the EU of chemical substances on their own or in a mixture.

EU chemicals law, once seen merely as a risk management framework, is now increasingly a lever for strategic autonomy, supply security, and the energy transition.

If regulators can keep pace with innovation, such as battery storage, new revenue streams await logistics owners.

On 22 May 2008, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") delivered its judgment in case C-361/06, Feinchemie Schwebda and Bayer CropScience v College voor detoelating van bestrijdingsmiddelen.

Pre-registration of substances under REACH started on 1 June 2008 and ends on 1 December 2008. Substances on their own, in preparations or in articles which are not pre-registered during that period cannot be manufactured in the EU.

In what could become one of the most far-reaching chemical bans in EU history, five European States — Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Germany — have jointly proposed restricting more than 10,000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") under the Regulation 1907/2006 ("REACH").

The Regulation is meant to complement previous emergency measures in order to accelerate the transition to green energy.

On 16 August 2011, the Flemish Decree of 8 July 2011 modifying the Law of 10 March 1925 on the distribution of electricity and the Energy Decree of 8 May 2009, was published in the Belgian Official Journal.

Today, the European Commission proposed an amendment to the EU Climate Law reviewing the 2040 climate targets that first enshrined climate neutrality by 2050...