Country Profile: Belgium

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BelgiumSignature date: 10 December 2003 | Ratification or accession: 25 September 2008

Governmental experts lists:

Phase 1 - Cycle 1:

English

Phase 1 - Cycle 2:

English

Implementation process

Phase 1

Review Cycle 1

Chapters III and IV

Start date: 1 July 2013 Year: 4

Reviewing countries:

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (same region)

Mexico

Other stakeholders involved in review:

NOYES


		Self-assessment checklist
Country visit: 1-3 June 2016		Direct dialogue
12 September 2016		Executive summary English French Spanish Russian Arabic Chinese
15 August 2017		Country review report English
15 August 2017		Status: completed

Review Cycle 2

Chapters II and V

Start date: 4 July 2016 Year: 1

Reviewing countries:

Malta (same region)

Czechia

Other stakeholders involved in review:

NOYES


28 October 2016		Self-assessment checklist
Country visit: 15-17 May 2018		Direct dialogue
18 December 2019		Executive summary English French Spanish Russian Arabic Chinese
21 December 2020		Country review report French
21 December 2020		Status: completed

Acting as reviewing state for

Phase 1

Review Cycle 1

Reviewing state of:

Spain

Türkiye

Review Cycle 2

Reviewing state of:

Sweden

Greece

Competent authority notifications and international cooperation:

Prevention: Article 6(3) (Preventive anti-corruption body or bodies): Please refer to the Directory of Competent National Authorities

Mutual legal assistance: Article 46(13) (Central authorities for MLA) and 46(14) (Acceptable languages for MLA requests): Please refer to the Directory of Competent National Authorities

Extradition: Article 44(6) (Use of the Convention as the legal basis for cooperation on extradition): Yes

Implementing legislation:

Article 23(d) (Laws that give effect to article 23): Please refer to the TRACK Legal Library

Article 55(5) (Laws that give effect to article 55): Please refer to the TRACK Legal Library

Laws and Authorities on TRACK
National Legislation on TRACK

Council of Europe GRECO
OECD Working Group on Bribery
FATF/ FATF-Style Regional Bodies

United Nations

Office on Drugs and Crime

Corruption and Economic Crime Branch

Country Profile

Compliance with notification requirements

Other information

State party's profiles on websites of other anti-corruption review mechanisms