Applicable legislation - Postal sector
Belgian level
Basic postal legislation
- Act of 26 January 2018 on postal services
- Titles I - The autonomous public companies (Chapter X - ‘The Offices of Ombudsmen’) and IV - Reform of the "Regie der Posterijen" of the Act of 21 March 1991 on the reform of certain economic public companies.
- The Act of 6 July 1971 creating La Poste and regarding certain postal services
Main implementation orders
- Royal Decree of 7 May 2024 laying down the practical aspects of the definitive system for recording the parcel delivery time of the postal parcel deliverers referred to in Article 5/4 of the Act of 26 January 2018 on postal services
- Royal Decree of 12 May 2024 creating the special advisory committee “Postal services and e-commerce” within the Central Council of the Economy
- Royal Decree of 9 April 2024 laying down the calculation method of the elements of the minimal compensation for parcel deliverers
- Ministerial Order of 21 June 2024 laying down the numeric values of the elements used for the calculation of the minimal compensation for parcel deliverers
- Opinion of 23 December 2024 on the minimal compensation for parcel deliverers
- Royal Decree of 26 March 2024 on the role of coordinator for postal service providers and subcontractors
- Royal Decree of 7 February 2024 laying down the amount of the fee to be paid for the review of the notification referred to in Article 6/1 of the Act of 26 January 2018 on postal services
- Royal Decree of 14 March 2022 on postal services.
- Royal Decree of 20 December 2018 pertaining to the calculation of the net costs of the universal service obligations of the universal service provider and establishing the rules regarding the payment of the public funding
- Royal Decree of 25 April 2014 regarding the analytic accounting of the universal postal service provider
- Ministerial Order of 20 April 2007 pertaining to the regulation of private letterboxes and private parcel boxes
Management contract
- Royal Decree of 9 november 2023 regarding the approval of the management contract concluded between the State and the limited liability company under public law bpost on the universal postal service obligations for the 2024-2028
- Royal Decree of 29 March 2019 regarding the approval of the management contract concluded between the State and the limited liability company under public law bpost on the universal postal service obligations for the 2019-2023
- Royal Decree of 30 July 2022 regarding the approval of the seventh management contract concluded between the State and the limited liability company under public law bpost for the 2022-2026 period
- Royal Decree of 1 September 2016 regarding the approval of the sixth management contract concluded between the State and the public limited company of public law bpost for the period 2016-2020
- Royal Decree of 29 May 2013 regarding the approval of the fifth management contract concluded between the State and bpost for the 2013-2015 period
European level
- Communication from the Commission on guidelines to national regulatory authorities on the transparency and assessment of cross-border parcel tariffs pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/644 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1263
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1263 of 20 September 2018 establishing the forms for the submission of information by parcel delivery service providers pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/644 of the European Parliament and of the Council
- Regulation (EC) No 2018/644 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 April 2018 on cross-border parcel tariffs
- Commission Decision of 10 August 2010 establishing the European Regulators Group for Postal Services
- Directive 2008/06/EC of 20 February 2008 amending Directive 97/67/EC with regard to the full accomplishment of the internal market of Community postal services
- Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 2003 adapting to Council Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty
- Directive 2002/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 June 2002 amending Directive 97/67/EC with regard to the further opening to competition of Community postal services
- Postal Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service (consolidated version of 27 February 2008)
- Commission Communication on the application of the competition rules to the postal sector and on the assessment of certain State measures relating to postal services (98/C 39/02)
International level
Acts of the Universal Postal Union