List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure

Belgium

Country Report: List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure Last updated: 21/04/23

Author

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Stage of the procedure Competent authority (EN) Competent authority (FR/NL)
Application
  •  At the border
Federal Police Police Fédérale (Direction générale de la police administrative)

Federale politie (Algemene directie van de bestuurlijke politie)

  • On the territory
Immigration Office Office des étrangers (OE)

Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken (DVZ)

Dublin Immigration Office Office des étrangers (OE)

Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken (DVZ)

Refugee status determination Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) Commissariat général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides (CGRA)

Commissariaat-generaal voor Vluchtelingen en Staatlozen (CGVS)

Appeal Council of Alien Law Litigation (CALL) Conseil du contentieux des étrangers (CCE) / Raad voor Vreemdelingenbetwistingen (RvV)
Onward appeal Council of State Conseil d’Etat / Raad van State
Subsequent application (admissibility) Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS)

Immigration Office

Commissariat général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides (CGRA)

Commissariaat-generaal voor Vluchtelingen en Staatlozen (CGVS)

Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken (DVZ)

Office des étrangers (OE)

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation