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23/01/2024
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Van Bael & Bellis appoints Andreas Reindl as Managing Partner

Van Bael & Bellis (VBB) is pleased to announce that it has appointed competition partner Andreas Reindl as its new managing partner, with effect from 1 February 2024. Andreas succeeds Philippe De Baere who has led the firm since 2016 and will continue to practise as a member of VBB’s EU and international trade law group

- 04/09/2024
- News
Court of Justice of European Union Rejects European Commission’s Broad Interpretation of its Merger Review Powers in Landmark Illumina/Grail Judgment

Yesterday, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union set aside the judgment in which the General Court had confirmed the competence of the European Commission to review
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- 02/09/2024
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Rules on Price Reduction Announcements in Practice: Necessary or Absurd?

On 25 August 2024, the Flemish public broadcaster VRT NWS published a news article (available here) regarding recent price reduction announcements by consumer electronics retailer MediaMarkt which, at first sight, seem rather strange. For example, one of the advertisements for a portable speaker declares that the speaker can now be bought for EUR 86 instead of EUR 87, a discount of only EUR 1. What may initially appear to be a minor oversight or a trivial pricing tactic is actually the result of price reduction regulations aimed at curbing questionable promotional practices.
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- 30/08/2024
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Greek Competition Authority Targets Novartis for Alleged Exclusionary Behaviour on Market for Treatment of Macular Diseases

The Greek competition authority (Hellenic Competition Commission or HCC) announced on 29 August 2024 that it issued a Statement of Objections (SO) against Switzerland-based Novartis and that firm’s Greek subsidiary on account of suspected exclusionary behaviour on the Greek market for the treatment of macular diseases (see, attached press release).
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- 27/08/2024
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VBB on Belgian Business Law, Volume 2024, No. 6-7

The June/July 2024 issue of our Belgian Business Law newsletter reporting on the latest developments in a range of areas, including competition law, consumer law, intellectual property and labour law.
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- 23/08/2024
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European Commission publishes draft Guidelines on exclusionary abuses: lowering the bar for intervention

On 1 August 2024, the European Commission (Commission) launched a public consultation on its draft Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance (Draft Guidelines). The Draft Guidelines summarize the Commission’s interpretation of the law governing the application of Article 102 TFEU to exclusionary abuses of dominance.
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- 22/08/2024
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Belgian Competition Authority Concludes Cooperation Agreement with Ombudsman to Handle Whistleblower Reports of Competition Law Infringements

On 21 August 2024, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) made public a cooperation agreement with the federal Ombudsman
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- 20/08/2024
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Belgium - Committees for Borderline Products for Human and Veterinary Use Replace Mixed Committee

On 19 August 2024, the Belgian Official Journal published a Royal Decree of 16 July 2024 determining the composition, tasks and functioning of the Committee for Borderline Products for Human Use
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- 20/08/2024
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Webinar | Thompson Hine LLP & Van Bael & Bellis: Regulatory Compliance for Multinationals: ESG Considerations

Heightened regulatory scrutiny and government enforcement in the fields of trade, antitrust and ESG create a challenging environment for multinational firms,
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- 08/08/2024
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Commission Report on Six Years Application of GDPR

On 25 July 2024, the European Commission (the Commission) published its second report (the Report) on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)..
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