Regulatory Body for
Railway Transport
and for Brussels Airport
Operations

Last Tuesday 17th March 2020, the National Security Council decided to re-enforce the measures taken to prevent the spread of the virus. In order to ensure the health of the team, visitors and suppliers, it has been decided to close our office until further notice....

The Regulatory Body considers the complaint procedure against Infrabel as closed because complainants Lineas and Sibelit did not wish to continue the procedure. Full text of the decision can be found here (in French only).

The Regulatory body has studied the different evolutions and developments of air activities through Brussels Airport. The analysis also included the competition with other airports on the one hand and between airlines on the other. The complete market monitoring...

The Regulatory body monitors and studies the yearly evolutions and market developments in the rail freight and rail passenger market. The trends and developments of 2018 can be consulted in this market monitoring report.

In the framework of a change of stockholders at Brussels Airport Company, the Regulatory Body issued on 13rd November 2019 a decision confirming the automatic renewal of the operating licence of Brussels Airport. This decision can be found here (in French only).

In the framework of a change of stockholders at Brussels Airport Company, the Regulatory Body issued on 2 August 2019 a favourable opinion regarding the renewal of the operating licence of Brussels Airport. The non-confidential version of this opinion can be found...

Since January 11, 2019 the economic equilibrium test has been introduced in the Belgian legislation. The Regulatory Body has been mandated, whenever there is a request, to perform this test. As foreseen in the European legislation (Implementing Act 2018/1795), the...

The annual report on our activities in 2018 is available online in Dutch or in French. It can be consulted here .

The company Flixtrain has notified the Regulatory Body of its intention to operate a new rail passenger service between Brussels and Paris, with intermediate stops in Mons and Saint-Quentin, from 1st January 2021. Flixtrain’s notification form can be accessed here....

Belgian and European legislation provide some provisions which impose an obligation for train operators which hold a dominant position on the national market, to clearly separate organisational and decisional activities related to transport of passengers from those...