On 6 September 2013, the bill amending the Competition Act entered into force.

On 20 December 2012, the Belgian Constitutional Court rendered an important judgment relating to the tax treatment of fines imposed by the European Commission for cartel violations, which will certainly have significant consequences for large companies.

Effective 1 July 2013, the Royal Decree of 14 January 2013 will introduce new general rules for the performance of public contracts and public works concessions.

The European Commission has recently published an "EU Cyber Security Strategy", including a proposal for a Directive on Network and Information Security.

Liability is a hot issue in the field of taxation.

The Act of 10 July 2020 ("the Act") transposes into Luxembourg law the last part of the fourth Anti-money Laundering Directive (2015/849) as amended by the fifth Anti-money Laundering Directive (2018/843).

In 2021, we believe that you, as in-house counsel, will have to deal with five main developments in the area of M&A.

"Energy Audit" is a frequently used term in legal practice, but we've noticed that companies often have questions about it.

Discover our brochure "Insolvency in Luxembourg" for an overview of options available to companies in financial distress in Luxembourg.

Since the entry into force of the Financial Collateral Act of 15 December 2004 (the "Collateral Act") implementing Directive 2002/47/EC on financial collateral arrangements as regards linked systems and credit claims (the "Collateral Directive"), financial collateral arrangements have benefitted from increased flexibility and legal certainty in Belgium.

A hotly debated topic in several European jurisdictions has now been decided.

The CD Regulation provides that a design will be protected as a Community Design to the extent that it is "new" and has "individual character". A design will be considered to be new if no identical design has been made available to the public (in the case of a registered Community design) before the date of filing of the application for registration of the design for which protection is claimed, or, if priority is claimed, the date of priority.

The patent of Oliver Brüstle that is at stake relates to purified neural precursor cells and to processes for their production from embryonic stem cells.

The cross-border transfer of personal data is a reality within most corporate groups, which constantly exchange data using shared service centres, databases, etc.

Certain fundamentals of the Belgian tax system have been reinstated, the withholding tax on capital income once again constitutes a full discharge from tax liability for natural persons and no register will be created for capital income.

At the beginning of September, the Minister of Justice and Security submitted a bill to the lower house of the Dutch Parliament that will amend the rules on inquiry proceedings.

The law of 12 July 2013 relating to alternative investment fund managers which implements the EU AIFM Directive in Luxembourg , entered into force on 15 July 2013.

On 13 February, the Court of Justice of the European Union rendered an important judgment on the scope of legitimate hyperlinking.

Despite the adoption and implementation of Directive 2000/35/EC on combating late payment in commercial transactions, many payments in commercial transactions between economic operators and public authorities are made later than agreed in the contract or the general conditions.

With the Belgian tax administration publishing a Circular Letter following the decision of the European Court of Justice in Tate & Lyle Investments , the framework is set for qualifying foreign companies to claim back Belgian withholding tax paid on outbound dividends.