Antitrust & Merger Control

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• Belgian parliament adopts law regarding abuse of economic dependence and unfair, misleading and aggressive practices between undertakings

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  Last Reviewed: 29 May 2019 / Submitted: 29 March 2019

  On 21 March 2019, the Belgian parliament adopted a law (i) expanding the scope of Belgian competition law to also cover abuses of economic dependence, (ii) introducing a greylist and a blacklist of clauses in B2B agreements and (iii) prohibiting certain unfair, misleading and/or aggressive market practices in a B2B context. On 24 May 2019, this law was published in the Belgian Official Gazette.

• Parliament approves new Belgian competition law

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  Submitted: 26 April 2019

  Belgian Parliament adopts act reforming Belgian competition law.

• General Court annuls European Commission’s State aid decision regarding Belgian excess profits tax ruling system

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  Submitted: 04 March 2019

  The General Court of the European Union has held that the Belgian tax system for providing rulings in respect of the "excess profits" of MNEs did not constitute an illegal State Aid scheme.

• SABAM found to have abused its position by the Brussels Commercial Court

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  Submitted: 17 July 2018

  On 12 April 2018, the President of the Dutch-speaking Brussels Commercial Court (the Court) ruled that SABAM - the Belgian copyright collecting society - was abusing its dominant position. SABAM was subsequently ordered to cease and desist its abuse.

• Belgium transposes EU Damages Directive

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  Submitted: 30 August 2017

  On 12 June 2017, the Act implementing the EU Damages Directive into Belgian law was published in the Belgian State Gazette.

• EU Commission fines Facebook €110m for providing misleading information in relation to WhatsApp acquisition

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  Submitted: 30 August 2017

  ​On 18 May 2017, the EU imposed fines of €110m on Facebook for providing incorrect or misleading information when, in 2014, the EU Commission was investigating Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp, under the EU Merger Regulation (Regulation No 139/2004) (EUMR).

• Innovation and EU merger control - a new approach?

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  Submitted: 30 August 2017

  The European Commission is increasingly taking action on the grounds of an adverse impact on innovation in merger situations.

• The European Commission ramps up its enforcement action in the e-commerce sector

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  Submitted: 30 August 2017

  On 14 June 2017, the European Commission announced three new antitrust investigations into the licensing and distribution practices of Nike, Sanrio and Universal Studios.

• Google fined a record €2.4bn by European Commission for favouring its own shopping comparison tool

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  Submitted: 29 August 2017

  ​On 27 June 2017, the European Commission imposed a record €2.42bn fine on Google after finding it had abused its dominant position in the search engine market by giving favourable treatment to its comparison shopping service in its search results.

• Belgium transposes EU Damages Directive

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  Submitted: 24 July 2017

  On 12 June 2017, the Act implementing the EU Damages Directive into Belgian law was published in the Belgian State Gazette. The Act adds a new chapter to the Belgian Code of Economic Law.

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