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On 21 March 2019, the Belgian Parliament adopted a law modifying the Code of Economic Law to, inter alia, introduce as an actionable offence the abuse of a position involving economic dependence.

On 17 October 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") answered a preliminary question from the Belgian Supreme Court in the case of United Antwerp Maritime Agencies NV ("Unamar") vs. Navigation Maritime Bulgare ("NMB") (Case C-184/12).

On 12 September 2014, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation) issued a judgment on the interpretation to be given to the notion of the "prima facie" validity of patents

On 7 November 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") issued an interesting judgment concerning the obligation to provide information to data subjects when processing their personal data.

The case on the merits between the Privacy Commission and Facebook is scheduled to be heard in the autumn of 2017.

In this section, we give a factual overview of a significant case development at EU level, and then provide a more detailed analysis of the important substantive and procedural developments addressed in this case.

Under the former rules, a planned concentration has to be notified to the German Federal Cartel Office if certain turnover thresholds are met by the undertakings concerned

The Proposed Regulations implement, in part, the Digital Single Market Strategy which the Commission adopted on 6 May 2015.

On 29 August 2011, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published proposals to identify twenty chemicals as "Substances of Very High Concern" (SVHCs).

Applying these principles to the case at hand, the ECJ first found that users of TPB were given access to copyright-protected works at all times and in all places.

In the facts underlying the case at hand, ISCC sought to register two UK patents relating to unfertilized human ova which have been stimulated to divide in the absence of sperm.

In November 2009, the UK Court of Appeal of England and Wales and the Belgian Court of First Instance of Antwerp each referred questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") concerning the legal position of goods in transit through an EU Member State in which these goods infringe intellectual property rights (See, this Newsletter, Volume 2009, No. 11, p. 6).

The Court of Justice of the European Union issued a preliminary ruling after a referral by the Regional Court of The Hague relating to the sui generis database right.

In view of these arguments, the Court requested the ECJ to assess the compatibility of the Belgian measures within these three sets of EU rules.

On 2 October 2013, the Working Party (the "Working Party"), an independent European advisory body on data protection and privacy comprised of a representative of the national data protection authorities of the EU Member States, adopted an opinion providing guidance on obtaining consent for the use of cookies (the "Opinion").

The CRA introduces new procedures for collective actions and collective settlement, as well as a redress scheme.

Pursuant to CBA 109, employees are entitled to be informed in writing about the reason for their dismissal.