Insights

At the beginning of the year, we brought to your attention that a number of important Belgian and EU legislative changes are likely to have an impact in 2024: there are new laws that have been adopted and proposals that are expected to firm up into law.

A number of important Belgian and EU legislative changes are likely to have an impact in 2024. On the one hand, there are new laws that have been adopted and will start to bite, and, on the other, there are proposals that are expected to firm up into law.

The Guidelines were mandated by the EU Damages Directive, which required the EC to issue “clear, simple and comprehensive” guidance to national courts (a challenge with which the EC has struggled over 52 dense and technical pages).