Notification under arts. 6.3, 25.2 of EAW by Belgium

Law on the European Arrest Warrant dated 19/12/2003 - Published on the 22/12/2003, Moniteur belge, 2nd ed.

Implementation of Framework Decision on EAW by Member States. April 2020

Law of 19 December 2003 concerning the European Arrest Warrant; Law of 5 August 2006 concerning the application of the principle of mutual recognition of judicial decision in criminal matters between the Member States of the EU; Law of 15 May 2012 concerning the application of the principle of mutual recognition to custodial sentences or measures imposed in a member state of the EU; Law of 21 May 2013 concerning the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgements and probation decisions with a view to the supervision of probation measures and alternative sanction imposed in a member state of the EU

Articles 8- 12 de la loi sur la transmission policière internationale de données à caractère personnel et d’informations à finalité judiciaire, l'entraide judiciaire internationale en matière pénale et modifiant l'article 90ter du C.I.C

Framework Decision replaced by 2011/36/EU: Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims of 5 April 2011, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA, (table of status of implementation), which this country has implemented.

Report from the Commission on the implementation of this Framework Decision.

Transposition by Belgium of Council Framework Decision 2003/577/JHA of 22 July 2003 on the execution in the European Union of orders freezing property or evidence. Declaration and competent authorities regarding art. 4 and 9 (languages)

Law of 5 August 2006 concerning the application of the principle of mutual recognition of judicial decision in criminal matters between the Member States of the EU

Complementary information provided by the Council Secretariat

Framework Decision replaced by Directive 2011/93/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography of 13 December 2011 , and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (table of status of implementation) which this country has implemented.

Notification of the implementation of the Framework Decision on Financial Penalties by Belgium

Law of 5 August 2006 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition of judicial decisions in criminal matters between the member states of the European Union, as amended by the laws of 26 November 2011 and 19 March 2012

Complementary information provided by the Council Secretariat

Notification of the implementation of the Framework Decisions on Confiscation Orders and Financial Penalties by Belgium

Law of 5 August 2006 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition of judicial decisions in criminal matters between the member states of the European Union, as amended by the laws of 26 November 2011 and 19 March 2012

Complementary information provided by the Council Secretariat

Loi sur la transmission policière internationale de données à caractère personnel et d’informations à finalité judiciaire, l'entraide judiciaire internationale en matière pénale et modifiant l'article 90ter du CIC, telle que modifié par la loi du 15/05/14

Articles 57bis and 99bis of the Criminal Code, as amended by Law of 25 April 2014

Law of 15 May 2012 concerning the application of the principle of mutual recognition to custodial sentences or measures imposed in a member state of the EU

Complementary information provided by the Council Secretariat

Complementary information: Declarations under Article 7(4) -double criminality- and Article 28(2) -transitional provision-

Notification of the implementation of Belgium (Probation Measures FD- competent authorities and languages)

Probation Law of 21 May 2013 concerning the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgements and probation decisions with a view to the supervision of probation measures and alternative sanction imposed in a member state of the EU

Complementary information provided by the Council Secretariat

Notification on the implementation of the ECRIS FD by Belgium. Pdf

Articles 589 to 597 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by the law of 25 April 2014 (Belgian Official  Gazette on 14 May 2014)

Notification of the implementation of the Council Framework Decision on Supervision Measures by Belgium

Law of 23 March 2017

Notification on the implementation of Framework Decision on conflicts of jurisdiction by Belgium. (Competent authorities and languages)

Common directives of the Minister of Justice and the College of Prosecutor Generals of 27 March 2013

Complementary information provided by the Council Secretariat

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

Law of 28 October 2016 concerning further implementation of Directive 2010/64 and Directive 2012/29, that entered into force on 1 June 2017

Law of 21 November 2016 concerning certain rights of persons being heard, that entered into force on 27 November 2016.

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

Notification on the implementation of the Directive on the European Protection Order by Belgium

Law of 9 april 2017

National Implementing Measures (NIM) have not been communicated to the European Commission

Law of 28 October 2016 concerning further implementation of Directive 2010/64 and Directive 2012/29, that entered into force on 1 June 2017

Law of 21 November 2016 concerning certain rights of persons being heard, that entered into force on 27 November 2016.

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

Law of 28 October 2016 concerning further implementation of Directive 2010/64 and Directive 2012/29, that entered into force on 1 June 2017

Law of 21 November 2016 concerning certain rights of persons being heard, that entered into force on 27 November 2016.

• Act of 18 March 2018 amending various provisions of criminal law, criminal procedure and judicial law: 
  • Article 16: CIC, art. 524bis § 1, subparagraph 2 - special investigation of pecuniary benefits 
  • Article 21: PC, art. 43quater - extended confiscation of additional property benefits 

• Subsequent internal technical adjustments that do not affect the substantive provisions of the above-mentioned directive 
  • Act of 28 November 2021 to make justice more humane, swifter and firmer, art. 13;
  • Act of 5 May 2019 containing various provisions on criminal matters and religious matters, and amending the Act of 28 May 2002 on euthanasia and the Social Penal Code, art. 69. 

Notification of the transposition of Directive 2014/41/EU on European Investigation Order in criminal matters by Belgium

Law of 22 May 2017 related to the European investigation order in criminal matters.

Useful tools and information for the practical application of the European Investigation Order (EIO) directive

National Implementing Measures provided to the European Commission

Ministerial order of July 19, 2016 establishing the nomenclature of points for services performed by lawyers in charge of partially or completely free second-line legal aid (M.B. 10/08/2016).

Law of Feb. 17, 2021 containing various provisions on justice - see Chapter 4: "Transposition of the Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the criminal law fight against fraud affecting the financial interests of the Union." [Entry into force 24/02/2021]

Act of December 9, 2019 amending the General Customs and Excise Act of July 18, 1977 and the Tax Code to transpose Directive (EU) 2017/1371 [Entry into force 28-12-2019]