Latest published articles :

• Réforme du droit belge de la concurrence : Nouveau départ ou opportunité manquée ?
• The Belgian Competition Council rejects a complaint of abuse of dominance in the beer distribution sector (Inbev)
• The Belgian Competition Council grants conditional authorization for an acquisition in the broadband market (Mobistar/KPN Belgium Business)
• The Belgian Civil Supreme Court upholds the decision of the Appeal committee of the Pharmacists professional body which considered that competition can be restricted by a professional body which imposes limitations indispensable to protect public interest, but that it is the professional body’s responsibility to verify that such limitations are indispensable (V.D.F.M/Ordre des pharmaciens)
• The Belgian Competition Prosecutor dismisses a complaint from the Union of Belgian French-speaking Booksellers alleging an abuse of dominance and the existence of a cartel between two book distributors (Dilibel)
• The Belgian Competition Prosecutor dismisses a claim from the Union of Belgian French-speaking Booksellers against their main distributors concerning alleged illicit agreement and abuse of dominant position (Interforum)
• The Belgian College of Prosecutors of the Competition Council dismisses a complaint against the incumbent telecom operator for resources and investigation priorities issues (Belgacom)
• The Brussels Court of Appeal confirms that the requirement by an association of authors of the signature of its master agreement in order to grant authorisations to duplicate CDs could not be considered as an abuse of dominant position (SPRL 3.14 / SABAM)
• The Belgian College of Competition Prosecutors classifies a case on abuse of dominant position on the grounds of lack of priority and lack of resources for the first time (Codenet, Colt Telecom, Versatel and WorldCom / Belgacom)

EC Case Law

Links to ECJ/CFI competition decisions and cases classified by competition topics.