G/TBT/N/BEL/46  
28 September 2022  
(22-7267) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BELGIUM  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if dif ferent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
ELECTRONICS (ICS code(s): 31); TELECOMMUNICATIONS. AUDIO AND VIDEO 
ENGINEERING (ICS code(s): 33); INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. OFFICE MACHINES (ICS  
code(s): 35)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Royal 
Decree on localisation requirements concerning 5G networks; (9 page(s), in Dutch), (8 
page(s), in French)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Royal Decree giv es effect to article 105, § 8 of the 
Belgian Act of the 13th of June 2005 on electronic communications. It imposes the 
necessary rules on MNOs, full MVNOs and certain companies having a private 5G network 
to ensure that they carry out within the European U nion the activities that are absolutely 
necessary for the operation, security and continuity of their network. It requires these 
entities to ensure that the persons, equipment, software and data necessary for the real -
time supervision of their (elements of  the core of the) 5G network and those linked to the 
control of physical and logical access to their (elements of the core of the) 5G network 
are located in the European Union. Persons who do not supervise the network in real time, 
but who may be asked to perform a specific action on the network, may be located outside 
the European Union, provided that their interventions are permanently monitored.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requi rements; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
Article 105 of the Belgian Act of the 13th of June 2005 on electronic communications + 
G/TBT/N/BEL/44  G/TBT/N/BEL/46  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 February 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  10 days after publication in the Belgian Official 
Gazette  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
BELNOTIF  
Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, Self -Employed and Energy (FPS Economy)  
Directorate -General for Quality and Safety  
North Gate III  
Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 16  
Email: be.belnotif@economie.fgov.be  
Website: https://economie.fgov.be/en