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By order of 26 October 2017, the ECJ ruled that the Belgian prohibition on advertising for procedures relating to plastic surgery or non-surgical plastic medicine is compatible with Directive...

The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party adopted an opinion analysing the criteria set down in Article 7(f) of Directive 95/46/EC.

The Advocate General is of the opinion that the Google Spain case must be distinguished from the present case.

The Court of Justice of the European Union handed down an interesting judgment providing further guidance on what constitutes personal data for the purpose of EU law.

At the same time, the legitimate interests of market players should be protected and disclosure of confidential data avoided.

In a judgment of 22 August 2012, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf ("the Court"), referring to the ECJ’s Pfleiderer judgment (see VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2011, No. 6, available at www.vbb.com), clarified that third-party access to leniency applications of cartel participants may be denied in court proceedings.

The procedure had been brought by three Flemish television broadcasters: NV Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie, NV Medialaan and NV SBS Belgium.

On 2 October 2012, the Competition Council annulled a decision of the College of Prosecutors to close a case because the decision was insufficiently reasoned.

The General Court handed down three judgments reducing the fines imposed by the Commission's decision of 1 October 2008 in the candle wax cartel case.

On 1 February 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") delivered four judgments dismissing the appeals brought by participants involved in the air freight forwarding cartel.

This question brings up the concept of ride-sharing, where private individuals, taking the same route, can share the costs.

On 30 September 2015, the European Commission (the "Commission") presented its action plan (the "Action Plan") to establish a capital markets union ("CMU").

In a judgment of 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the EU (the "ECJ") interpreted Article 7 (f) of Directive 95/46 of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data (the "Data Protection Directive").

The ECJ refused to exempt surveillance cameras in a private home from data protection rules.

This decision is still open to appeal to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

On 9 December 2015 the European Commission (the "Commission") published two proposed Directives (the "Proposed Directives") that aim to harmonise the rules governing two aspects of the digital economy.

On 30 June 2017, the new Belgian regulatory framework on public procurement entered into force.