Belgium

AuthorDirectorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (European Commission), European Centre of Expertise (ECE)
Pages4-7
Flash Re por t 1 2/2018
Decem ber 20 18
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Belgium
Sum ma ry
(I ) The EU-single perm it au t horising third -coun try nationals to reside and
work in
Belg ium w as m ade oper ati onal by var iou s leg islat ive me asur es b ecause of th e fed eral
stat e stru ctur e.
(II) A new law of 14 Decem ber 2 018 exem pts t h e em ployer from th e ob ligation to
prov ide out placem ent assistance to an older employee who, at t he end of h er peri od
of not ice or t he period covered by her dismissal com pensat ion, need
no longer be
avail able for the g enera l lab our mar ket .
(I II ) The exempt ion from social secu rit y contribu tions on sup plem entary allowances
pai d b y t he emp loy er as a com pens ati on f or th e re duct ion of th e w ork ing t ime of olde r
em ploy ees becom es legally possible with a new r oy al decree not only if th e
com pensat ion is determ in ed by a collectiv e barg aining agr eement or by an
am end me nt t o t he wor k reg ula tio ns a t com pan y l eve l b ut also w hen th e co mp ensa tio n
is regu lated in an ind iv idual writ t en agreem en t bet w een t he employ ee and t h e
em ploy er .
(I V) Accor ding to th e Cour de ca ssati on t he sim ple ref usal of t he em ploy er to pr ovid e
social documents t o t he labour inspect ors, without opposing
th e tracing of those
docum ents, does not const itu t e the cr im inal of fence of obstruct ion t o supervision in
th e m eaning of t he Social Crim inal Cod e.
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1 Nation al Le gislat ion
1.1 Singl e perm it
The European Member St at es are obliged by t he European Single Perm it Direct ive
2011 /98/ EU of 13 Decem ber 201 1 to introduce a procedur e for issuing a single perm it
for work an d r esidence t o n on -EU n at ionals. To transpose the Dir ective, t he Law of
15 Decem ber 1980 on t he ent r y, residence, an d rem oval of f or eign nation als was
am ended by a Law of 2 2 July 201 8 ( se e Moniteur belgeof 24 December 201 8, p.
102082). This implem ent ation has been comp lement ed by the followi ng l egal act s:
Law of 12 Nov em ber 20 18 appr oving t he Cooperation Agr eement b et w een the
Feder al Stat e, the Walloon Region, t he Flem ish Region, t h e Brussels-Capi tal
Region and t h e Germ an -speak in g Com m unit y on the coordination bet w een the
policy on adm ission to work an d t he policy on r esidence per m it s and on the
standards on t he em ploy m ent and residence of foreign workers ( se e Moniteur
belge of 2 4 Decem ber 2018, p. 10208 7).
Royal Decree of 1 2 Novem ber 201 8 amending t he Roy al Decr ee of 08 Oct ober
1981 on access t o t he t err itory, stay , establishm ent and rem ov al of foreig n
nationals f or the pur pose of issuing a sing le perm it authorising t h ir d-cou ntr y
na tion als to resid e an d w ork on th e t err ito ry of the Belg ium ( see Mon iteu r b elge
of 24 D ecemb er 2 018, p. 10 2087 );
Decr ee of the Flemi sh Gov ernm ent of 07 December 2018 implem ent ing t he Law
of 30 April 19 99 on t he em ploy ment of foreign work ers (see Monit eur belgeof
21 Decem ber 2018, p. 101 748).
The m ain ob ject ive of this Dir ect ive is t o sim plify t he adm ission pr ocedu re for third-
count r y n ation als wishing t o w or k in the Member Stat es and to harm onise the rules
cur rently applicable in t he Mem ber Stat es. The app licat ion for w or k count s as an
app licat ion for a resid ence per mit .

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