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In the first use of the Digital Markets Act's enforcement powers, the European Commission has opened a number of investigations, including of Alphabet's self-preferencing in search...

On 4 June 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") ruled on a request for a preliminary ruling from the German Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) regarding the misleading labelling of foodstuffs...

On 17 December 2014, the Commercial Court of Brussels handed down a judgment regarding comparative advertising of Mobistar with regard to the supposed quality of its 4G mobile network.

On 9 April 2024, the Commission announced a new investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (‘FSR') to examine whether foreign subsidies distort competition in the European wind power market.

On 28 July 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that a standard choice of law clause in favour of the law of the EU Member State in which the seller or supplier is established, is unfair.

Under the Lucky4All scheme, groups of lottery players play together in an eight-level pyramid scheme.

Belgian law traditionally has rather elaborate and strict rules on the announcement of price reductions.

On 14 March 2013, the European Commission published a Communication on the application of Directive 2005/29/EC of 11 May 2005 on unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices.

On November 2, 2012 Belgium’s Supreme Court decided that article 53 §1 of the Law on Unfair Trade Practices, which instituted a general prohibition on announcements of price reductions in the period preceding the period of Sales is contrary to the Directive (2005/29/EC) concerning unfair B2C commercial practices in the internal market

The Royal Decree entered into force on 15 July 2017.

On 11 April 2018, the European Commission (the "Commission") published a new proposal on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers ...

On 16 April 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") ruled on a request for a preliminary ruling from the Hungarian Supreme Court...

In a series of 3 rulings handed down on 20 May 2026, the Belgian Council of State (highest administrative court) confirms what most legal practitioners have been saying for a long time...

Belgium has transposed the EU's EmpCo Directive into national law, introducing stricter rules against greenwashing and misleading environmental claims. The new legislation expands the blacklist of unfair commercial practices and imposes additional pre-contractual information obligations on businesses. How will these changes impact companies making sustainability claims and selling products with digital elements?

By order of 7 March 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on a preliminary reference from the Ghent Commercial Court.

Belgium has transposed the EU's EmpCo Directive through new legislation that fundamentally reshapes how businesses can communicate environmental claims. The Act introduces five outright prohibitions on greenwashing practices and establishes strict substantiation requirements for sustainability marketing, with enforcement beginning September 27, 2026.

Belgium has transposed the EU's EmpCo Directive through legislation that fundamentally reshapes how companies can communicate about environmental sustainability.