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I would like to take a cheap day trip to another country. The destination does not matter but the route must go through Antwerp’s south station. I need to hop off there for a visit before continuing on.

Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFREU) entitles people to “good administration”. What does that mean exactly – you might ask. It is up to every administration to define what that means. The EU has their own “European Code of Good Administrative Behaviour” but that is just for EU agencies (i.e. excluding member states).

Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFREU) entitles people to “good administration”. What does that mean exactly – you might ask. It is up to every administration to define what that means. The EU has their own “European Code of Good Administrative Behaviour” but that is just for EU agencies (i.e. excluding member states).

SNCB has a discount club called “Train+”. Membership gives discounted prices on off-peak travel. Found this in the terms and conditions:

SNCB has a discount club called “Train+”. Membership gives discounted prices on off-peak travel. Found this in the terms and conditions:

Someone told me banks are considered an “essential service”, and that essential services must give they serve two ways of operating. They cannot force you to use their app or website. They must either give you a way to get service over the phone, over the counter, or by mail.

Someone told me banks are considered an “essential service”, and that essential services must give they serve two ways of operating. They cannot force you to use their app or website. They must either give you a way to get service over the phone, over the counter, or by mail.

I think I may have found a gem here:

I think I may have found a gem here:

I think I may have found a gem here:

This is the 2024 update to the “Law of 11.04.1994”:

This is the 2024 update to the “Law of 11.04.1994”:

This is the 2024 update to the “Law of 11.04.1994”:

IIRC, Belgium bans the anti-competitive practice of banks forcing other services to be bundled with current accounts. As I understood the law, a bank could not force you to open a savings account (for example) as a pre-condition to opening a current account. Although the reverse was always possible. That is, you ask for some kind of account that is not a current account, and the bank forces you to open a current account.

EU Directive 2019/1 defines cartel this way:

EU Directive 2019/1 defines cartel this way:

EU Directive 2019/1 defines cartel this way:

A clip of beer was 1 day past the “best before” expiry, which implies a quality degradation not a safety matter. The grocer refused to sell it to me and said she had to put it in the back room. So I’m wondering, what’s the law on this, considering the EU has banned food waste?

Although I applaud efforts like this to regulate the technofeudal fiefdoms, it’s disturbing how that movement has so much attention in comparison to the fact that Tesla’s cars impose surveillance on everyone who travels outside of their home.