Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 27 June 2016 — Criminal proceedings against Wamo BVBA, Luc Cecile Jozef Van Mol

(Case C-356/16)

(2016/C 335/49)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel

Parties to the main proceedings

Wamo BVBA,

Luc Cecile Jozef Van Mol

Question referred

Should Directive 2005/29/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market be interpreted as precluding a national law which prohibits any natural or legal person from disseminating advertising relating to interventions involving aesthetic surgery or non-surgical aesthetic medicine, as provided by Article 20(1) of the Wet van 23 mei 2013 tot regeling van de vereiste kwalificaties om ingrepen van niet-heelkundige esthetische geneeskunde en esthetische heelkunde uit te voeren en tot regeling van de reclame en informatie betreffende die ingrepen (Law of 23 May 2013 regulating the qualifications required to perform non-surgical aesthetic interventions and aesthetic surgery and regulating the advertising and information relating to such interventions) (B.S., 2 July 2013), inserted by the Wet van 10 [April] 2014 houdende diverse bepalingen inzake gezondheid 2014 (Law of 10 April 2014 containing various provisions relating to health) (B.S., 30 April 2014)?

(1)  Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22).