The Belgian government has submitted to Parliament a bill introducing significant amendments to the Competition Act.

The Belgian data protection authority (BDPA) has published a decision of 17 December 2019 of its litigation chamber in a case that relates entirely to cookies.

With effect from 1 January 2012 the statutory obligation to disclose substantial shareholdings in listed companies also includes certain cash-settled instruments, such as cash-settled equity swaps and stock options.

At the end of 2020, Luxembourg adopted the Act of 15 December 2020 on space activities (loi du 15 décembre 2020 portant sur les activités spatiales) (the "Space Act").

1 April 2011 will go down in collective memory as the date of the reorganisation of the supervisory structure for the financial sector in Belgium, prompted by the 2008 financial crisis.

This guide provides comprehensive coverage of the outsourcing market, regulatory and legal environment, contract models and terms, HR implications and asset transfers.

On 14 November 2012 a draft directive was published by the European Commission which aims to improve the gender balance among non-executive directors in large listed companies.

The chairman of the Netherlands Consumer and Market Authority, has recently presented three documents setting out ACM's main activities: a strategy document, a market vision and the 2013 priorities.

Under the Netherlands Future of Pensions Act, which came into force on 1 July 2023, all Dutch defined benefit pensions schemes need to be put into run-off and move to a defined contribution model by 1 January 2028.

At the very end of 2013, on 17 December, the final version of the Financial Markets Amendment Decree 2014 (the "Amendment Decree 2014") has been published.

After lengthy negotiations to form a government, a political compromise was finally reached.

Following its White Paper on AI in 2020, the European Commission released in April of this year a proposal for a regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (the "Regulation").

On 5 February 2013 the lower house of the Dutch Parliament adopted amendments to the Heating Supply Act.

The bill amending the rules on inquiry proceedings was passed on 12 June 2012.

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".

On 6 September 2011, the Insurers Governance Principles Monitoring Committee was appointed, with Ferdinand Grapperhaus as the Chairperson.

Belgium has adopted new legislation on the creation and enforcement of security interests in moveable assets.

The Act of 26 February 2021 and certain grand ducal regulations have transposed into Luxembourg law the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2018/1808) (the "Directive").

In previous issues of this newsletter, we focused on the role of the banking and financial sector in the financial crisis.

The entry into effect of the 'Flex BV' Act in October 2012 brought about major changes in Dutch company law.