With Parliamentary elections and a series of national votes in 2024, the EU is entering a pivotal period in its history. In this study, ‘Global business in a changing Europe’, we speak to corporate leaders across the world to...more
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Sustainability
The Belgian subsidy regime in support of offshore wind developments is undergoing some important changes.
Very recently, through Royal Decrees of 23 May and 26 May 2023 and an amendment of the Electricity Act soon to be...more
On 29 October 2021, the Belgian federal government presented its hydrogen vision and strategy. We summarise the key points of this long-awaited policy announcement....more
In a report, published on 14 December 2020, the European Commission welcomed the consistent implementation of the Damages Directive, emphasised its own initiatives to ensure its effectiveness and praised the guidance given by...more
The rapid and global spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus and the resultant governmental strategies are having an increasingly disruptive effect on our daily lives, and also on global supply chains, including in...more
On 1 May 2019, the much discussed new Belgian Code on Companies and Associations (the new BCC) entered into force in Belgium. This eAlert focuses specifically on the new rules on directors' liability that are applicable to...more
The EC published guidelines for national courts to estimate the share of overcharge that is passed on. These non-binding guidelines explain the factors impacting the existence and magnitude of passing-on effects and methods...more
On 4 April 2019, the Belgian Parliament adopted a law introducing a competitive bidding procedure to award domain concessions for new offshore wind farms. In addition to setting out a general framework for the competitive...more
On 10 March 2016, the Belgian Constitutional Court handed down an important decision on the starting point of the limitation period for private enforcement actions. These actions cannot be time-barred before a final decision...more
On 5 December 2014 the Commission’s Directive on rules governing actions for damages for infringements of competition law (the Damages Directive) was published. Member States will now have two years plus twenty days (until...more