Belgium: Media, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

The European Commission has adopted its first comprehensive Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance under Article 102 TFEU, marking a significant evolution in EU competition law enforcement. Following a three-year consultation process, these Guidelines codify evolving case law while addressing concerns about enforcement thresholds and introducing notable changes including the reintroduction of a 40% market share benchmark, refined evidentiary presumptions, and expanded guidance on digital markets and

The EU Commission has unveiled a comprehensive proposal for the EU KIDS Act, introducing graduated age restrictions on children's social media access and extensive design limitations for online services. If enacted, the regulation would prohibit children under 15 from opening social media accounts on platforms with "risky features," while imposing strict functionality requirements and age assurance obligations across the digital ecosystem.

The EU General Court's landmark judgment in Booking Holdings v Commission marks a pivotal shift in merger control enforcement, validating the European Commission's authority to block conglomerate mergers based on ecosystem strengthening and market contestability concerns. This decision establishes that even marginal market share increases in adjacent markets can justify prohibition when they entrench dominance and reduce competitive dynamics.

The proposed CADA, which was published on June 3, 2026, and is part of the EU's Tech Sovereignty Package, aims to establish the most comprehensive framework yet for regulating cloud services in Europe.

The European Commission has effectively rejected the established telecoms network operators' calls for their networks to be "subsidized" by edge providers.

The EU's sweeping Data Act is now in force. In this part of our series highlighting the Data Act's key issues, our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team highlights new obligations...

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.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered a landmark judgment addressing whether political parody and freedom of expression can justify the unauthorized use of a famous trade mark. When Belgian political party Vlaams Belang appropriated IKEA's distinctive branding to promote its immigration reform programme, the resulting legal battle forced European courts to balance fundamental rights: the trade mark owner's property rights against the political actor's freedom of expression.

The European Broadcasting Union has published detailed camera and editing standards designed to eliminate sexualizing portrayals of female athletes in live sports broadcasts. Developed in collaboration with European Athletics and Olympic athletes, these guidelines address long-standing concerns about inappropriate camera angles, slow-motion replays, and filming practices that distract from athletic performance. While currently voluntary recommendations, the framework could establish a precedent for binding

The EU's sweeping Data Act is now in force. In this part of our series highlighting the Data Act's key issues, our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team highlights new obligations...

On 15 April 2019, the Council of the European Union approved a Directive on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions by broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television ...