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The European Commission has introduced comprehensive Guidelines on Article 102 TFEU addressing abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings. These Guidelines establish a three-stage assessment framework covering market dominance determination, competitive distortion analysis, and objective justification examination. The framework provides detailed analytical approaches for various forms of exclusionary conduct including predatory pricing, margin squeeze, exclusive dealing, and self-preferencing, wh

On 6 March 2012, the EU General Court handed down three judgments relating to the appeals filed by FLS Past, FLSmidth and UPM-Kymmene Oyj against a European Commission decision fining them for their involvement in a cartel affecting the supply of industrial bags.

According to a press release issued by the Council of Ministers on 20 July 2012, a significant reform of Belgian competition law may be adopted in the near future.

In 2006, the European Commission issued a decision finding that nine companies had participated in a cartel relating to hydrogen peroxide and perborate.

This judgment is noteworthy as it is the first instance that an EU court has ruled on the question of the Commission's rejection of a complaint on the grounds that an NCA is already dealing with the case.

On 12 December 2012, the General Court of the European Union handed down a judgment dismissing an appeal by electricity company Electrabel against a European Commission decision to fine it for acquiring control of Compagnie Nationale du Rhone without having received prior approval under the Merger Regulation.

On 5 December 2013, the European Commission adopted a package of reforms to simplify the EU merger control process by reducing red tape.

On 26 September 2013, Advocate General Wathelet issued an Opinion on an appeal brought by Telefónica against a General Court judgment that upheld a Commission Decision against the company for margin squeezing.

The Belgian Competition Authority filed a brief as amicus curiae before the Court of Appeal of Antwerp in a case concerning a vertical agreement in the express delivery sector.

On 21 June 2016, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment in response to a request for a preliminary ruling from the Ghent Commercial Court...

The European Commission's Consumer Affairs Commissioner Meglena Kuneva presented a new report on cross-border e-commerce in the EU. The report highlighted that cross-border e-commerce has been slow to develop in the EU.

On November 2, 2012 Belgium’s Supreme Court decided that article 53 §1 of the Law on Unfair Trade Practices, which instituted a general prohibition on announcements of price reductions in the period preceding the period of Sales is contrary to the Directive (2005/29/EC) concerning unfair B2C commercial practices in the internal market

In its judgment, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal against a judgment of the Ghent Court of Appeal of 16 December 2013 in a dispute pitting Euronics Belgium against Kamera Express BV and Kamera Express Belgium BVBA.

On 15 December 2010, the General Court (the "Court") annulled a decision adopted in 2008 by the Commission which rejected a complaint by the European Confederation for Watch Repairer Associations ("CEAHR") against several Swiss manufacturers of luxury watches.

Under the Lucky4All scheme, groups of lottery players play together in an eight-level pyramid scheme.

On 29 June 2012, the EU’s General Court ("GC") handed down its judgments on appeals brought by E.ON and GDF Suez.

On 27 March 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") handed down its preliminary ruling in an Article 82 (now Article 102 TFEU) case involving Post Danmark.

On 22 April 2016, the General Court ("GC") handed down judgments in three related cases concerning exemptions from excise duties granted by France, Ireland and Italy to alumina producers...