On Thursday 4 May, the European Court of Justice reached a decision on case C-339/15 and ruled that a general and absolute prohibition in Belgian law of any advertising for the provision of oral and dental care services is incompatible with the freedom to provide services (Article 56 of the Treaty) and the Directive on electronic commerce (2001/31/EC).
European judges were responding to a referral from the Dutch-speaking Brussels court of first instance regarding a complaint about the...