# Belgium

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Belgium
- **ISO code**: BE
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Europe / Western Europe

## In brief

Belgium has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, none of them binding. EU AI Act applies; national convergence plan (2022) and regional strategies as policy; authority designation in progress. Regulators include FPS Economy, SMEs, Self-employed and Energy, Data Protection Authority (APD/GBA).

## Overview

Belgium applies the EU AI Act and coordinates AI policy through the AI4Belgium coalition and the 2022 National Convergence Plan for AI, which aligns federal and regional (Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels) AI programmes. The federal government has proposed the FPS Economy as market-surveillance authority, with the Data Protection Authority and sector regulators in their fields; regional strategies fund research and adoption.

## Regulatory status

EU AI Act applies; national convergence plan (2022) and regional strategies as policy; authority designation in progress.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: National Convergence Plan for AI (2022).

## Regulators

- FPS Economy, SMEs, Self-employed and Energy — Proposed market-surveillance authority for the AI Act — https://economie.fgov.be/en
- Data Protection Authority (APD/GBA) — Data-protection authority — https://www.dataprotectionauthority.be/

## How to use this profile

- Start from the EU AI Act record for obligations; use this page for the national authorities, penalties and strategy.
- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Check national data-protection, employment and consumer law that applies to AI systems regardless of the AI Act.

## Official sources

- AI4Belgium — AI4Belgium (FPS BOSA) — https://ai4belgium.be/

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **Plan national de convergence pour le développement de l'intelligence artificielle** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/belgium-national-convergence-plan-for-ai-2022
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/belgium-national-convergence-plan-for-ai-2022.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/belgium
- **Official source**: https://ai4belgium.be/
- **Source document**: AI4Belgium
- **Published by**: AI4Belgium (FPS BOSA)
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: low
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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