Belgium: Export Controls & Trade & Investment Sanctions

On 11 February 2025, the European Commission launched a call for evidence to seek stakeholders' views on the Geo-Blocking Regulation (EU) 2018/302 to assess its effectiveness.

On 19 March 2025, the European Commission ("Commission") unveiled its European Steel and Metals Action Plan ("Steel and Metals Plan")...

On February 26, the European Commission presented its Clean Industrial Deal. As a follow-up to the European Green Deal, the CID aims to strengthen the competitiveness of European industry while at the same time accelerating the decarbonization of the economy.

On 1 April 2024, both the European Commission (the Commission) and the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) fined major car manufacturers and trade associations for participating in a 15-year long cartel concerning end-of-life vehicle recycling.

On 24 February 2025, marking the third year of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union ("EU") adopted the 16th package of sanctions against Russia, correspondingly...

On 29 October 2024, the European Union and the UK government finalized the technical discussions on a competition cooperation agreement.

Between 1993 and 2008, BRV had been contracted to collaborate with a number of vehicle engine manufacturers for the purpose of equipping Formula One and MotoGP engines with rotary valve technology.

On 13 October 2011, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted further amendments to the EU sanctions measures against Syria – this time imposing an asset freeze on the Commercial Bank of Syria – in Council Decision 2011/684/CFSP.

This note provides an overview of the European Union’s ("EU’s") new Council Regulation 961/2010 on restrictive measures against Iran (the "New Iran Sanctions Regulation" or the "Regulation"), which was adopted by the Council on 25 October 2010 and entered into effect on 27 October 2010, in the process repealing the previous Iran Sanctions Regulation (423/2007).