Roadmap
Datasets that are planned, with the issue that specifies each one. Each issue lists the official sources, the proposed fields and what "done" means. Help is welcome: pick one and follow the conventions.
The public and judicial holidays (#61) were on this list and have shipped: see public holidays.
Courts, offices and people
| Dataset | Why it's useful | Issue |
|---|---|---|
| The other courts: Court of Cassation, Constitutional Court, Council of State, disciplinary courts | The highest courts aren't on the courts' portal, so they need their own sources | #4 |
| The house of justice in Eupen (German-speaking Community) | The one house of justice the data doesn't have yet | #3 |
| Jurisdiction per court division (afdelingen / divisions) | Where to file within a court, and the RPR / RPM mention on company documents | #58 |
| Prosecutors' offices (parketten, arbeidsauditoraten, parketten-generaal, federal prosecutor) | Where to file a criminal complaint, and the labour prosecutor in social-law cases | #55 |
| Bailiff offices (gerechtsdeurwaarders / huissiers de justice) | Find a bailiff in an arrondissement for service or enforcement | #6 |
| Police zones (politiezones / zones de police) | Which zone handles a municipality: complaints, copies of reports | #7 |
| Cadastre and legal-certainty offices (kadaster, former hypotheekkantoren) | Request mortgage certificates and cadastral extracts from the competent office | #8 |
| Notaries and chambers of notaries | Find a notary, and the chamber competent for a complaint | #56 |
| Bars (balies / barreaux) and their legal aid offices | The legal aid office for an address, and the bâtonnier for deontological questions | #57 |
| Judicial experts and sworn translators and interpreters (national register) | Find an expert by speciality or a translator by language pair, and check that they're registered | #64 |
| Accredited mediators (erkende bemiddelaars / médiateurs agréés) | Find an accredited mediator by field and area, and check the accreditation | #65 |
Territory
| Dataset | Why it's useful | Issue |
|---|---|---|
| History: when cantons, municipalities and courts changed | The model has validity periods and lookups by day; the earlier versions still need the data | #27 |
| Former municipalities and the 2019 and 2025 mergers | Map an old REFNIS code or name to today's municipality | #53 |
| Sub-municipalities (deelgemeenten / sections de commune) per postal code | The postal codes stop at the municipality; addresses name the locality | #54 |
| Address → canton with BeST Address | The canton boundaries find the canton of a point; geocoding the address is the missing step | #66 |
| Language areas and language facilities per municipality (taalgebieden / faciliteitengemeenten) | The language of the proceedings and of documents served there | #70 |
Amounts, rates and calendars
| Dataset | Why it's useful | Issue |
|---|---|---|
| Court fees (rolrechten / droits de mise au rôle, griffierechten / droits de greffe) | Cost estimates and e-filing; the fee depends on the filing date | #59 |
| Procedural indemnity (rechtsplegingsvergoeding / indemnité de procédure) | The brackets and their indexation, for every cost estimate and judgment | #60 |
| Amount thresholds for competence and appeal (art. 590, 617 Ger.W.) | Which court hears a claim, and whether its judgment can be appealed | #69 |
| Health index (gezondheidsindex / indice santé) per month | Rent and maintenance indexation | #62 |
| Damages and interest caps for consumer debts (Book XIX WER / CDE) | What can be charged to a consumer who pays late | #63 |
| Garnishment limits (beslagbare bedragen / quotités saisissables, art. 1409 Ger.W.) | How much of a wage or benefit can be seized, indexed every year | #67 |
| Tax interest rates: late-payment and moratorium interest | Interest in tax disputes, next to the legal and commercial rates | #68 |
| Bailiffs' tariff in civil and commercial matters (KB 30 november 1976) | What service and enforcement cost, next to the court fees and the procedural indemnity | #102 |
| Income limits for legal aid (juridische tweedelijnsbijstand / aide juridique, art. 508/13 Ger.W.) | Whether someone gets a pro bono lawyer, fully or partly; indexed every year | #100 |
| Multiplier for criminal fines (opdeciemen / décimes additionnels, Wet 5 maart 1952) | The fine actually due: the statutory amount times the factor on the day of the offence | #101 |
Why some datasets aren't here yet
A legal dataset is only useful if every value comes from an official source, so nothing is added by hand from memory. Each dataset is built by a script from snapshots of its source, and most sources are fetched every week by GitHub Actions. Two can't be, for now: the site of the Belgian Official Journal (ejustice), which the cantons come from, and police.be both refuse connections from GitHub's servers; they're fetched from a regular machine instead (#52). The bailiffs' directory is built in the browser, so it needs a browser to read, or the National Chamber's data (#6).