Editing SIM lock (section)

=== Belgium ===
Until 2007, [[Belgium]] had laws prohibiting bundling, but they were challenged as violating European [[Directive 2005/29/EC The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive]]. On April 23, 2009, the [[European Court of Justice]] ruled against Belgium and struck down Belgium's anti-bundling law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=EN&Submit=Rechercher$docrequire=alldocs&numaff=C-261/07&datefs=&datefe=&nomusuel=&domaine=&mots=&resmax=100|title=Belgium law was struck down.|access-date=7 October 2014}}</ref>  The Belgian government was given until May 2009 to change the law, failing which the European Commission would commence proceedings against Belgium. {{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} This leaves Canada, China, Singapore, and Israel as the only countries in the world that forbid SIM locking and contract/phone bundling outright.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070902217.html|title=High iPhone Price Blamed on Subsidy Ban|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=7 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="crtc-simlockban" /> Chile initiated a ban as of January 1, 2012.