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earthlaw.network attended MIPIM the week of March 10-14, 2025
End of mipim for our team, this unmissable event for global real estate, which brings together more than 20,000 professionals and 5,000 investors each year in Cannes. several member law firms ot the network were represented. Our experts in urban planning, environment...
Europe – The Court of Justice of the European Union orders by judgment of 6 March 2025 (case C-315/23) the Republic of Croatia to pay the Commission a fine of EUR 1,000,000 and a periodic penalty payment of EUR 6,500 for each day of delay in implementing the necessary measures imposed on it by the Court in a judgment of 2 May 2019 and intended to adequately manage waste dumped in Biljane Donje posing a threat to human health and the environment.
HAVET & VANHUFFEL - Association d'avocats The Court of Justice of the European Union orders by judgment of 6 March 2025 (case C-315/23) the Republic of Croatia to pay the Commission a fine of EUR 1,000,000 and a periodic penalty payment of EUR 6,500 for each day...
Europe – The Court of Justice of the European Union considers in a judgment of 27 February 2025 (Case C-674/23) that Article 16 of the Charter of the European Union, which guarantees the freedom to pursue an economic or commercial activity, freedom of contract and free competition and refers, inter alia, to freedom of prices and Article 15 of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market do not preclude the capping, by law, of the commission of a real estate agency at 4% of the sale or rental price, provided that that legislation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives which it pursues and that there are no other less restrictive measures to obtain the same result
HAVET & VANHUFFEL - Association d'avocats The Court of Justice of the European Union held in a judgment of 27 February 2025 (Case C-674/23) that Article 16 of the Charter of the European Union, which guarantees the freedom to pursue an economic or commercial...
Europe – The European Commission communicated to the European Parliament and the Council, on February 26, 2025, its action plan for affordable energy (COM(2025)79)
HAVET & VANHUFFEL - Association d'avocats As part of the "Clean Industrial Deal," the European Commission communicated to the European Parliament and the Council on February 26, 2025, its action plan for affordable energy (COM(2025)79). For the record, On January...
Europe – The European Commission made public, on February 26, 2025, two proposals « omnibus » directive and regulation, the aim of which is to simplify the EU’s rules on sustainability and investments
HAVET & VANHUFFEL - Association d'avocats On February 26, 2025, the European Commission adopted a new set of proposals aimed at simplifying EU rules, boosting competitiveness and freeing up additional investment capacity. Environnementally, these proposals cover...
Nouveau règlement européen sur les emballages et les déchets d’emballages.
Un nouveau règlement, paru au JOUE le mercredi 22 janvier, relatif aux emballages et aux déchets d’emballages vient encadrer la prise en charge de ces derniers. L’objectif est de pallier la quantité de déchets d’emballages qui ne cesse d’augmenter. Cette augmentation...
Belgique – Etat fédéral – Conseil d’Etat – Enseignements du premier arrêt relatif aux conditions d’engagement des procédures en suspension en matière d’autorisations urbanistiques devant le Conseil d’Etat, applicables depuis le 1er janvier 2025 devant le Conseil d’Etat
HAVET & VANHUFFEL - Association d'avocats La loi du 11 juillet 2023 et l’arrêté royal du 19 novembre 2024 ont modifié notamment les règles de procédure applicables à la procédure en référé devant le Conseil d’État lesquelles s’appliquent aux procédures introduites...
REP batteries : la réglementation française s’adapte au droit européen
Le décret n° 2024-1221 du 27 décembre 2024 relatif à la responsabilité élargie des producteurs de batteries et portant diverses dispositions relatives à la police des déchets et au régime de sanction applicable aux centres de gestion des véhicules hors d'usage a été...
Belgique – Région flamande – 13 février 2025 – Arrêt de la Cour constitutionnelle n°22/2025 – Le Conseil d’Etat restera compétent pour contrôler la légalité des arrêtés réglementaires en matière d’urbanisme en Région flamande
HAVET & VANHUFFEL - Association d'avocats Par un arrêt du 13 février 2025 (n°22/2025), la Cour Constitutionnelle a annulé le décret de la Région flamande du 14 juillet 2023 « modifiant le Code flamand de l’Aménagement du Territoire du 15 mai 2009, le décret du 4...
Europe – The SCHOLZ & MALY law firm joins the earthlaw.network
We are pleased to announce that the SCHOLZ & MALY law firm joins our network. SCHOLZ & MALY law firm is a boutique law firm that focuses its activities on the real estate law, urban planning law, environmental law and corporate law. This law firm has...