Belgium: Compliance

The European Commission has imposed interim measures requiring Meta to restore third-party AI assistant access to WhatsApp's Business API, marking a significant enforcement action under Article 102 TFEU. This decision addresses Meta's alleged abuse of dominant position by excluding competing AI assistants while maintaining access only for its own Meta AI. The case raises critical questions about competition enforcement in emerging digital markets and whether early foreclosure effects can irreversibly streng

The European Union's revised Cybersecurity Act advances through legislative procedures while facing significant Member State concerns about EU competence limits in cybersecurity matters. The proposed framework would empower the European Commission to exclude high-risk suppliers from the EU market, but questions arise about whether the EU has authority to act in areas traditionally reserved for national security.

The European Parliament and Council have formally adopted amendments to the EU Artificial Intelligence Act as part of the Digital Omnibus package, introducing extended compliance deadlines for high-risk AI systems, a targeted prohibition on AI-generated non-consensual intimate imagery, and measures to reduce regulatory duplication for businesses operating in the EU.

The European Union's new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation fundamentally transforms packaging compliance across the EU by replacing the existing directive with a uniform...

On the 18 March 2026, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) announced a new and harmonised corporate legal regime, ‘EU Inc.’ touted as the ‘28th regime’. It is the European Union’s (‘EU’) response to fragmentation faced...

Belgian online traders face a new legal requirement to implement a mandatory 'withdraw here' button on their webshops by 19 June 2026. This EU directive fundamentally changes how consumers exercise...

The European Union has codified a legally binding 90% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, fundamentally reshaping decarbonization trajectories, carbon market architecture, and industrial transition strategies. This intermediate climate target introduces a calibrated flexibility mechanism permitting limited use of high-quality international carbon credits while establishing distinct accounting tracks for domestic permanent removals and cross-border mitigation, creating significant implications

On 28 November 2024, the Belgian Parliament finally approved the legislation on the disclosure of sustainability information by certain companies and groups, transposing the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...

What are the implications for employers and what compliance measures and next steps should they take?