Legislation repertories

The legislation in Belgium is made on different levels according to the competences of the federal and regional governments.  To find information on different themes on biodiversity one can search the official Belgian law data base with specific keywords in Dutch, French or German. Flanders and the Walloon Region have their own databases for their legislation.

To facilitate your searches in the different databases you can find links and keywords according to themes in this directory.

• Nature conservation
  • Nature conservation legislation in Flanders via CODEX (in Dutch)
  • Biodiversity legislation in Walloon region (in French)
• Natura 2000
  • Natura 2000 in Flanders
  • Natura 2000 in Flanders, geographical distribution
  • Natura 2000 in Wallonia
  • Natura 2000 in Wallonia: text of the decree (PDF)
  • Natura 2000 in the Brussels-Capital Region (in Dutch)
  • Natura 2000 in the Brussels-Capital Region (in French)
• Forestry and forest management
  • Forest legislation in Flanders, via CODEX (in Dutch)
  • Forest legislation in Wallonia (in French)
  • Forest legislation in the Brussels Capital Region, via BRUCODEX
• Marine and coastal areas
  • Important laws of the Federal government on marine and coastal zones
  • Marine and coastal legislation in Flanders via CODEX
• Inland waters and water management
  • Brussels: Legislation with regards to water, via BRUCODEX (in Dutch)
  • Brussels: Legislation with regards to water, via BRUCODEX (in French)
  • Flanders: Codex database with information on laws
  • Walloon Region: the Water Code
• Hunting
  • Brussels: Legislation with regards to hunting and nature
  • Flanders: Codex database with information on laws
  • Walloon Region: Legislation and information on hunting
• Fishing
  • Brussels: see link about legislation on nature
  • Flanders: Codex database with information on laws
  • Walloon Region: Legislation and information on fishing
• Wildlife trade
  • Link to the Belgian Monitor and search with the keywords indicated below (in Dutch)
  • Link to the Belgian Monitor and search with the keywords indicated below (in French)
• Agriculture and rural development
  • Flanders: Codex database with information on laws
  • Walloon Region: Wallex server with information on legislation
• Belgian Monitor (official texts, but the older texts are not always available)
• BRUCODEX Environnement (Législation en matière d'environnement en région de Bruxelles-capitale) (NL)
• BRUCODEX Environnement (Législation en matière d'environnement en région de Bruxelles-capitale) - FR
• Eur-Lex (European Union legislation)
• Flemish Environmental Legislation Navigator
• Gallilex (French Community legislation)
• Treaties of the Council of Europe
• United Nations treaty collection
• Vlaamse Codex (Flemish legislation)
• Wallex (Walloon Region legislation)