European Union’s first use of the International Procurement Instrument against China: what it means for the medical devices market
By Xiufang (Ava) Tu and Lina Zhou Intro News – First IPI investigation carried out by the EC…
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THE OFFICI@L – June 2025 – Issue 103
The OFFICI@L – Issue 103 – June 2025, our newsletter dedicated to European Union officials, has just been…
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The OFFICI@L – Issue 102 – May 2025, our newsletter dedicated to European Union officials, has just been…
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Read more Federal government agreement in Belgium – what are the main tax changes?
A government agreement has recently been reached. At this stage, it is only a statement of intent, and…
Read more THE OFFICI@L – JANUARY 2025 – ISSUE 99
The OFFICI@L – Issue 99 – January 2025, our newsletter dedicated to European Union officials, has just been…
Read more EU starts to assess outbound investments in three sensitive sectors
by Xiufang (Ava) TU, Partner, DALDEWOLF China & ASEAN Desk We are now entering a completely different dimension of investment…
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The OFFICI@L – Issue 98 – November/December 2024, our newsletter dedicated to European Union officials, has just been…
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The OFFICI@L – Issue 96 – September 2024, our newsletter dedicated to European Union officials, has just been…
Read more Reform of registration and inheritance taxes in the Walloon Region
The Walloon government has published the new contemplated tax measures for registration duties and inheritance tax, which have…
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The OFFICI@L – n° 92 – March 2024, our newsletter dedicated to European Union officials, has just been…
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The OFFICI@L – n° 91 – February 2024, our newsletter dedicated to European Union officials, has just been…
Read more Infringement of food law in Belgium – The new sanctions regime explained
Since January 1st, 2024, a stricter system of administrative sanctions has granted the Belgian Food Safety Agency (AFSCA/FAVV)…
Read more The OFFICI@L – January 2024 – Number 90
The OFFICI@L – n° 90 – January 2024, our newsletter dedicated to European Union officials, has just been…
Read more The OFFICI@L – Nov-/December 2023 – Number 89
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Read more THE OFFICI@L – N° 87 – SEPTEMBER 2023
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Read more Consumer Payment Delays: Are Your Terms and Conditions in Compliance?
Today, September 1st, the Law of May 4, 2023, which inserts Book XIX “Consumer Debts” into the Belgian…
Read more The OFFICI@L – n° 86 – june 2023
The OFFICI@L – n° 86 – june 2023, the new issue of our newsletter, which is dedicated to…
Read more Belgium starts to screen foreign investment as from 1st of July
Following the implementation of the Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for screening foreign direct…
Read more the OFFICI@L – No. 85 – April / May 2023
the OFFICI@L – No. 85 – April / May 2023, the new issue of our newsletter, which is…
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The OFFICI@L – No. 84 – March 2023, the new issue of our newsletter, which is dedicated to…
Read more Insolvency and preventive restructuring frameworks: draft law of 20 March 2023
Belgium was slow to transpose the European Directive (EU) 2019/1023 on preventive restructuring frameworks into national legislation. This…
Read more Advertising virtual currencies: Belgium introduces new rules
On 17 May 2023, new rules governing advertisements for virtual currencies will come into force. These rules aim…
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The OFFICI@L – No. 83 – February 2023, the new issue of our newsletter, which is dedicated to…
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The OFFICI@L – No. 82 – January 2023, the new issue of our newsletter, which is dedicated to…
Read more The new Belgian copyright tax regime goes live : now is the right time to take appropriate actions
The copyright (and related rights) tax regime reform is embedded in the Program Law of December 26, 2022,…
Read more the OFFICI@L – No. 81 – December 2022
The December issue of our newsletter the OFFICI@L (No. 81), which is dedicated to EU civil servants, has…
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The November issue of our newsletter the OFFICI@L (No. 80), which is dedicated to EU civil servants, has…
Read more Marc DAL is included in the Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist: Benelux 2022
DALDEWOLF is proud to share that Marc DAL has been included by The Legal 500 in the Arbitration…
Read more the OFFICI@L – No. 79 – October 2022
The October issue of our newsletter the OFFICI@L (No. 79), which is dedicated to EU civil servants, has…
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The September issue of our newsletter the OFFICI@L (No. 78), which is dedicated to EU civil servants, has…
Read more Belgium: guidelines on the use of environmental claims
Aude Mahy, Partner leading the Food Law team, and Floriane Delbaere, associate, published in the European Food and…
Read more the OFFICI@L – No. 77 – June 2022
The June issue of our newsletter the OFFICI@L (No. 77), which is dedicated to EU civil servants, has…
Read more Decoding food law in times of food (r)evolutions
Publication by Aude Mahy (DALDEWOLF) of the book : “Droit alimentaire – Approche pragmatique de la réglementation belge…
Read more the OFFICI@L – No. 76 – April/May 2022
The April/May issue of our newsletter the OFFICI@L (No. 76), which is dedicated to EU civil servants, has…
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The March issue of our newsletter the OFFICI@L (No. 75), which is dedicated to EU civil servants, has…
Read more The producers of agricultural products, better protected by the Act of 28 November 2021
As war rages in Europe’s breadbasket, economic sanctions targeting Russian interests are putting pressure on entire sections of…
Read more Sunflower oil shortage: food manufacturers, avoid legal action
Food manufacturers facing a shortage of raw materials derived from sunflower seeds, such as sunflower oil, may have…
Read more Public procurement: neutralization of the advantage of the incumbent
In the latest issue, 1/2022 of the journal L’Entreprise et le Droit, Emmanuel van Nuffel d’Heynsbroeck discusses the…
Read more Arbitration: Marc Dal and Estelle Levy publish in the Cahiers de l’Arbitrage/Paris Journal of International Arbitration
“Quelles tâches le tribunal arbitral peut-il confier à son secrétaire ?”, a commentary on the judgment of the Brussels…
Read more Food law: Aude Mahy in L’Echo
Aude Mahy, partner at DALDEWOLF specializing in food law, is interviewed in L’Echo on the occasion of the…
Read more the OFFICI@L – No 74 – February 2022
The February issue of our newsletter the OFFICI@L, which is dedicated to EU civil servants, has just been…
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Read more The OFFICI@L – December 2021 – No 72
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Read more Newly released China’s Foreign Investment Negative List
On Christmas Eve, China released a draft amendment to the PRC Company Law for public opinion, and just…
Read more the OFFICI@L by DALDEWOLF – November 2021 – #71
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The October issue of our newsletter “the OFFICI@L”, dedicated to the EU civil servants has just been published.…
Read more the Offici@l by DALDEWOLF – September 2021 – Nr 69
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Read more The reform of Belgian property law enters into force today.
This 1 September 2021, a substantial reform of Belgian property law enters into force. Indeed, Belgian property law…
Read more Public procurement: the contracting authority and Schrödinger’s cat paradox
Emmanuel van Nuffel d’Heynsbroeck, « L’offre est-elle anormalement basse – Ou pas ? Réflexions critiques sur l’étendue de l’obligation de…
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Read more European Public Prosecutor’s Office starts work – Victims or alleged perpetrators of criminal offences against Union law: what are your rights?
The European Public Prosecutor Office, a new body of the European Union, has started its investigation and prosecution…
Read more The European Commission proposes a new instrument to scrutinise foreign subsidies distorting the internal market
On 5 May 2021, the European Commission proposed a brand new instrument mimicking the EU State aid discipline,…
Read more the OFFICI@L | May 2021 | #67
The DALDEWOLF newsletter “the OFFICI@L”, dedicated to European Union officials, has just been published for its new May…
Read more Food law – Webinar of 3 June 2021: Access to the European market – Regulation and labelling
On 3 June 2021, Aude Mahy will give a presentation – “Access to the European market – Regulation…
Read more Food law: use of green claims towards consumers
On 20 May 2021, Aude Mahy was invited as a speaker at the Annual Conference on EU Law…
Read more The social enterprise, a legal entity halfway between company and association
« L’entreprise sociale: une promesse du monde d’après? », in Journal des tribunaux, 2021/18, No 6856, pp. 329-332
Read more The ethics of accredited mediators
Patrick Van Leynseele, « Le nouveau code belge de déontologie des médiateurs agréés : critique de ce qu’il ne faut…
Read more Food law: update on origin labelling
On 12 February 2021, our food law partner Aude Mahy presented an update on the topic of origin…
Read more Subcontracting in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Romain Battajon and Arnaud Tshibangu Mukendi, « Le régime légal de la sous-traitance dans le secteur privé en…
Read more The OFFIC@L | September 2020 | #59
Édito Chers lecteurs, C’est la rentrée. Une rentrée bien particulière, encore virtuelle pour nombre d’entre nous mais rentrée…
Read more Competition & Sustainability: When restrictions on competition are accepted
Operators active in the food sector may be willing to discuss and co-operate in order to attain sustainability…
Read more Aides d’État – L’accès à la justice par les concurrents des bénéficiaires d’aides est confirmé par l’arrêt de la cour de justice du 3 septembre 2020 dans l’affaire C 817/18 P
Par son arrêt C‑817/18 P du 3 septembre 2020, la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne confirme que les…
Read more Competition & Food Law Flash: When labelling and packaging practices constitute an abuse of dominance
Competition & Food Law Flash: When labelling and packaging practices constitute an abuse of dominance The European Commission…
Read more Food law: a new intervention by our partner Aude Mahy
Aude Mahy, “Sustainable Nutrition Food labels and claim: what’s next with the F2F? – Live talk”, 14 July…
Read more The OFFICI@L | May 2020 | #58
The 58th issue of the OFFICI@L, our legal newsletter on European civil service law, is now online and…
Read more The OFFICI@L | April 2020 | #57
The 57th issue of the OFFICI@L, our legal newsletter on European civil service law, is now online and…
Read more Regulated professions and competition law
The European Commission, the French and Belgian competition authorities have clearly indicated that monitoring compliance by orders and…
Read more The OFFICI@L | March 2020 | #56
The 56th issue of the OFFICI@L, our legal newsletter on European civil service law, is now online and…
Read more The OFFICI@L | February 2020 | #55
EDITO Dans ce numéro de the OFFICI@L, nous nous penchons sur une décision récente du Tribunal de l’UE…
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