Based in Brussels and Paris, Laffineur Law firm advises companies on various legal transnational issues. The firm has developed expertise in the field of Regulatory law of the EU Internal Market. The firm also provides advice in the fields of international trade, lobbying, Belgian and French business law, tort law and does litigation before Belgian, French and EU jurisdictions.
Law Firm
“One has to act like a man of thought and think like a man of action”
– Henri Bergson.
Areas of practice
WE INTERVENE AT ALL STAGES OF THE LAW:
during its preparation, its drafting, its interpretation and its enforcement.
Industry Sectors
The firm operates mainly in the industrial sector
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The firm’s clientele is spread over more than twenty countries around the world
Last News
FOOD LABELLING: AUTHORIZED USE OF TERMS GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN FOR PRODUCTS OF PLANT ORIGIN TO DESIGNATE A PRODUCT CONTAINING PLANT PROTEINS
Judgment of 4 October 2024 of the Court of Justice of the EU in case C-438/23 | Protéines France e.a. The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that in the absence of a legal name, a Member State cannot prohibit the use of terms such as “steak” or “sausage” to designate products […]...
REIMBURSEMENT BY THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND OF A MEDICAL DEVICE PURCHASED IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Cour de cassation, deuxième chambre civile, 6 juin 2024, pourvoi n° 21-25.527 In its ruling of 6 June 2024, the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) ruled that French policyholders must obtain reimbursement for the purchase of a medical device bought in another EU Member State, under the same conditions as if the device had […]...
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON THE PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN REGULATION ON THE SAFETY OF TOYS
On 13 March 2024, the European Parliament adopted at first reading a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC. This proposal for a regulation aims to strengthen the rules on the safety and free movement of toys […]...
Judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU C 296/23 of 20 June 2024: the provisions on misleading advertising included in Article 72 of EU Regulation No 528/2012 on biocides must be interpreted broadly
In its judgment C 296/23 of 20 June 2024, the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) ruled on the scope of misleading advertising provided for in Article 72 of EU Regulation 528/2012 on biocides. The CJEU ruled that the terms “any other similar indication” included in Article 72, although preceded by specific prohibited terms, […]...
