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COVID-19 is impacting all parts of everyday life, including your business. The great disruption caused by the virus and the measures taken to combat it raise a number of issues.

The insights (articles, podcasts, webinars) in the feed below brings together perspectives on the legal and commercial issues affecting businesses across the globe.

CMS Corona Legal Team 

We have assembled a CMS Corona Legal Team, a multidisciplinary team of legal experts that focusses on advising businesses on all corona-related issues. Our experts are happy to help as it is our goal to reduce the consequences of the coronavirus together with you. 

Should you have any questions, please reach out to CoronaLegalTeam@cms-dsb.com.

 

 

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31/05/2022
Phasing-out of the Temporary Framework on State aid linked to the COVID-19...
On 12 May 2022, the Commission announced the phasing-out of the Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current context of the COVID-19 outbreak
16/12/2021
Legal guide for company directors and CEOs in the Netherlands
ESG obligation for Directors and CEOs 1. Do existing directors’ duties contain obligations that apply to matters that could be categorised as an ESG consideration, e.g. the environment, employee welfare? ...
24/11/2021
The European Commission prolongs the State aid Temporary Framework until...
The European Commission has decided to prolong the State aid Temporary Framework until 30 June 2022. The amendment, aside from the temporal extension, aims to increase the thresholds of certain categories...
10/11/2021
COVID and ViCo: The End?
Enlarged Board of Appeal decision G1/21 Background Following an EPO press release on 16 July 2021, the Enlarged Board of Appeal’s (EBA) decision on video­con­fer­en­cing (ViCo) was released last week. We...
08/10/2021
Corona Access Certificate remains
On 6 October 2021, the preliminary relief judge in The Hague ruled that the measure on the Corona Access Certificate (in Dutch: coron­a­toegangs­be­wijs) may be applied. This judgement was passed in a case...
04/10/2021
COVID-19: European Commission opens consultation on extending State aid...
On 30 September 2021, the European Commission launched a consultation process on a sixth draft amendment to the State aid Temporary Framework. Its main purpose is to extend the Temporary Framework to...
22/09/2021
Recapitalisation of Air France: Vueling in first place for the allocation...
The European Commission has approved the allocation to Vueling of 18 daily slots at Paris-Orly airport as part of the French State's recapitalisation of Air France under the Temporary Framework for State...
03/09/2021
COVID-19: Commission approves Spanish aid to compensate Air Nostrum's damage
The European Commission approves Spanish aid of EUR 9 million to compensate Air Nostrum for damage suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the basis of Article 107(2)(b) TFEU
15/07/2021
COVID-19: The European Commission approves a fifth aid to Alitalia
On 2 July 2021, the European Commission authorised Italian aid of EUR 39.7 million for Alitalia. This aid measure is intended to compensate Alitalia for the damage suffered on certain routes caused by...
02/07/2021
European Commission authorises recapitalisation measure in favour of Air...
The European Commission has approved a recapitalisation measure of EUR 4.8 million in favour of Air Belgium as compensation for the damage suffered by the airline during the period from 14 March to 30...
30/06/2021
The European Commission invests EUR 14.7 billion to accelerate ecological...
The European Commission has adopted its main work program for the “Horizon Europe” program, with a budget of EUR 100 billion for the period 2021-2027. It provides for investments for research and...
01/06/2021
Some leaks can't be fixed
“Confidential information is like an ice cube... give it to the party who has no refrigerator or will not agree to keep it in one, and by the time of the trial you have just a pool of water.” This...