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Federal Chamber 56K1672 Economic policy Passed

Business counters to disappear: duties transferred to social insurance funds

Official title: Wetsontwerp tot wijziging van het koninklijk besluit nr. 38 van 27 juli 1967 houdende inrichting van het sociaal statuut der zelfstandigen, tot wijziging van de wet van 30 december 1992 houdende sociale en diverse bepalingen en tot wijziging van het Wetboek van economisch recht, in het kader van overdracht van de wettelijke taken van de ondernemingsloketten aan de socialeverzekeringsfondsen voor zelfstandigen.

Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: ‘Adopted by the Chamber’)

In plain language

  • Starting in 2028, social insurance funds will take over all legal duties from business counters.
  • This change affects self-employed individuals, companies, and aspiring entrepreneurs in Belgium.
  • You will now handle both your business registration and social security through a single organisation.

Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.

Official text (PDF) Parliamentary file

From proposal to law

  1. Submitted 14 July 2026
  2. Approved by parliament 1 October 2026
  3. Given royal assent by the government not yet
  4. Published in the Belgian Official Journal not yet
  5. In force not yet

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How parliament voted

Passed on 1 October 2026

80 for · 0 against · 55 abstention(s)

A parliamentary group is the group of members of parliament from one party. For each group, you can see how many members voted for or against, or abstained.

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  • Dot: party colour
  • N-VA Voted for

    22 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • VB Abstained

    0 for · 0 against · 20 abstentions

  • MR Voted for

    15 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Les Engagés Voted for

    14 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • PVDA-PTB Abstained

    0 for · 0 against · 14 abstentions

  • PS Abstained

    0 for · 0 against · 13 abstentions

  • Vooruit Voted for

    12 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • cd&v Voted for

    10 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Ecolo-Groen Abstained

    0 for · 0 against · 8 abstentions

  • Anders. Voted for

    6 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • DéFI Voted for

    1 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

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