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Belgian legislation and regulation concerning the use of railway infrastructure

  • Law of 4 December 2006 concerning the use of railway infrastructure
  • Law of 30 April 2007 concerning urgent regulations on railway
  • Law of 26 January 2010 amending the law of 4 December 2006 concerning the use of railway infrastructure and the law of 19 December 2006 concerning exploitation safety of railways, especially concerning certification of safety staff and maintenance of vehicles (chapter II)
  • Law of 26 January 2010 amending the law of 4 December 2006 concerning the use of railway infrastructure, the law of 19 December 2006 concerning exploitation safety of railways and the Judicial Code on legal remedies against certain decisions of the supervising body and safety authority (chapter II)
  • Royal decree of 9 December 2004 executing the chapters VIII and IX of the royal decree of 12 March 2003 on the conditions to use the railway infrastructure
  • Ministerial decree of 9 December 2004 adapting the rules of calculation, the value of the coefficients and the unit prices for calculating the fees for the  infrastructure
  • Royal decree of 25 October 2004 creating the Regulatory Service of Railway transport and establishing its composition and the statute that applies to its members. This royal decree was amended by the royal decree of 1 February 2006.
  • Ministerial decree of 28 July 2005 establishing the minimum amount to cover civil liability of railway undertakings
  • Royal decree of 24 May 2006 establishing the amount and the way of calculation and deposit of the contribution of the public limited company to cover the costs of the supervising body
  • Royal decree of 16 January 2007 licensing railway undertakings
  • Royal decree of 16 January 2007 on the annual retribution for a license of railway undertaking
  • Royal decree of 21 March 2007 on administrative handling of disputes concerning allocation of railway infrastructure capacity
  • Royal decree of 20 December 2007 amending the royal decree of 9 December 2004 executing the chapters VIII and IX of the royal decree of 12 March 2003 on the conditions to use the railway infrastructure
  • Royal decree of 19 May 2009 amending the law of 4 December 2006 concerning the use of railway infrastructure
  • RD of 6 July 2011 amending the Royal Decree of 9 December 2004 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the charges for railway infrastructure use.
  • Law of 2 December 2011 on the various provisions concerning mobility.

 

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Belgian legislation and regulation concerning railway safety

 

  • Law of 19 December 2006 concerning exploitation safety of railways  
  • Law of 26 January 2010 amending the law of 4 December 2006 concerning the use of railway infrastructure and the law of 19 December 2006 concerning exploitation safety of railways, especially concerning certification of safety staff and maintenance of vehicles (chapter III)
  • Law of 26 January 2010 amending the law of 4 December 2006 concerning the use of railway infrastructure, the law of 19 December 2006 concerning exploitation safety of railways and the Judicial Code on legal remedies against certain decisions of the supervising body and safety authority (chapter III)
  • Law of 26 January 2010 amending the law of 4 December 2006 concerning the use of railway infrastructure, the law of 19 December 2006 concerning exploitation safety of railways and the Judicial Code on legal remedies against certain decisions of the supervising body and safety authority (chapter III)
  • Royal decree of 22 December 2004 establishing the conditions of transfer of a number of staff members from the NMBS Holding to the Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport as well as of the way in which these members will be brought under its authority
  • Royal decree of 16 January 2007 establishing some rules on investigating accidents and incidents at the railways
  • Royal decree of 16 January 2007 creating an investigating body for accidents and incidents at the railways and establishing its composition
  • Royal decree of 16 January 2007 creating a national safety authority of the railways
  • Royal decree of 16 January 2007 on the safety license, the safety certificate, the bringing into service of rolling stock and the annual safety report
  • Royal decree of 16 January 2007 on safety requirements and procedures applied to the railway infrastructure manager and the railway undertakings
  • Royal decree of 18 January 2008 on offering training services to train drivers and train staff
  • Royal decree of 12 March 2008 recognising Advies R&C as institute offering training services to train drivers and train staff
  • Royal decree of 12 March 2008 recognising the NMBS as institute offering training services to train drivers and train staff
  • Royal decree of 14 November 2008 recognising the limited company Crossrail Benelux as institute offering training services to train drivers
  • Royal decree of 14 November 2008 recognising the limited company Trainsport as institute offering training services to train drivers and train staff
  • Royal decree of 14 November 2008 shortening the duration of the training the limited company Trainsport will offer in the context of its recognition as institute offering training services to train drivers and train staff
  • Ministerial decree of 9 June 2009 accepting the specifications for safety staff Law of 2 December 2011 on the various provisions concerning mobility.