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10/06/16

European Parliament approves amended Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive

On 8 June 2016, the European Parliament (EP) approved 91 amendments to a draft report of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive. The amendments to the…

10/06/16

Conditional merger clearance for major European beer brewers

The £71 billion SABMiller takeover by AB InBev was cleared by Commission decision M.7881 on 24 May 2016, subject to the divestiture of SABMiller’s Eur…

09/06/16

Commission blocked Hutchison's proposed acquisition of Telefónica UK

On 11 May 2016, the European Commission blocked Hutchison's proposed acquisition of Telefónica UK ("O2"), despite remedies offered by the parties…

08/06/16

European Commission publishes notice on the notion of State Aid

The in-depth investigation carried out by the Commission on the merger between Telefónica UK’s “O2” and Hutchison 3G UK’s “Three”, showed important co…

06/06/16

Meerwaarde en normaal beheer privé-patrimonium: een dubbelzinnig arrest

Op 24 februari 2016 heeft het Hof van Beroep te Brussel een zoveelste beslissing genomen inzake interne meerwaarden. Het loont de moeite om stil te st…

06/06/16

General Court rejects Trioplast's action for annulment of a Commission notice to pay interest

On 12 May 2016, the General Court (“GC”) dismissed an action for annulment brought by Trioplast Industrier AB (“Trioplast”) against a letter from…

03/06/16

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) – the clock is running…

On 3 July 2016, the new Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation - No 596/2014 on market abuse) will take effect in Belgium and across Europe, replacing an…

02/06/16

The new European Commission Notice on the notion of State aid

In accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, State aid is forbidden unless it can be authorized by the European Commission …

01/06/16

European Commission bans acquisition of Hutchinson by rival O2 in the UK

The in-depth investigation carried out by the Commission on the merger between Telefónica UK’s “O2” and Hutchison 3G UK’s “Three”, showed important co…

01/06/16

Prix de transfert : les avantages anormaux ou bénévoles reçus par une société belge constituent-ils une base i…

Il s’agissait en l’espèce d’une société de réviseurs (A) qui avait reçu d’une société belge liée (B) un prêt sans intérêts (par hypothèse, d’un montan…

25/05/16

EU Commission notice of notion of State Aid

On 19 May 2016, the EU Commission (EC) published its final Notice on the notion of State Aid further to its State Aid Modernisation launched in 2012. …

23/05/16

Le ministre des Finances confirme l’application de la taxe Caïman aux fonds privés dédiés

A la fin de l’année dernière, la taxe Caïman a été élargie à certaines structures sociétaires luxembourgeoises, en particulier les SICAV dédiées. A l’…

19/05/16

Cayman Tax: applicable to privately managed funds

Last Wednesday, the Finance Minister clarified the scope of the Cayman tax with respect to funds. According to the Minister, the tax covers priva…

13/05/16

Advocate General Court of Justice of European Union Confirms Validity of Prohibition on Price Reductions for …

On 21 April 2016, Advocate-General Nils Wahl (the “AG”) handed down his opinion in response to a request for a preliminary ruling addressed to the Cou…

12/05/16

Travail au Luxembourg: l’administration doit motiver l’avis de rectification de la déclaration

Un résident belge était engagé dans les liens d’un contrat de travail à durée indéterminée auprès d’une société luxembourgeoise, comme gestionnaire de…

12/05/16

Tax Flash: State aid - Belgian excess profit rulings decision is published

11/05/16

Commission publishes commitments offered by Paramount Pictures in pay-TV investigation

On 22 April 2016, the European Commission published commitments that were offered by Paramount Pictures to address competition concerns rela…

11/05/16

EU Court of Justice confirms the prohibition of glucose related claims despite a positive opinion of EFSA

EU Court of Justice recently confirmed, in a judgement of 16 March 2016 1 , that a number of health claims related to glucose cannot be auth…

10/05/16

Fieldfisher defends the first case under the Biocidal Products Regulation before the Board of Appeal of ECHA

On 21 April 2016, the first case under the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (BPR) was pleaded before the Board of Appeal (BoA) of the Eur…

10/05/16

Acquisition of minority shareholdings is off the DG COMP’s table

The Commission is likely to abandon the proposed merger control reform that would place minority shareholdings under the Commission’s scrutiny. During…