On 29 June 2002, a Royal Decree
fixing the conditions of installation,
maintenance and use of alarm systems in
Belgium has been published.
The decree is based upon the Belgian
law of 10 April 1990 on the enterprises
of surveillance, of security, and on the
internal services of surveillance.
According to this decree, alarm systems
may be installed either by a
"security enterprise" or by
the end user. However, it must be
verified by a "security
enterprise" before being put into
service.
Among other provisions, the decree
states that the user must maintain a
"user book", contract a
"security enterprise" for an
annual maintenance service, and keep the
police aware of his installation.
Click
here to read the full text of the
decree (Dutch and French only).
On 30 July 2003, the Belgian Official
Journal published a note of the Minister
of Interior explaining the new system.
Click
here to read the full text of the
note (Dutch and French only)
The immediate consequence of that
Decree was to terminate the activities
of the Anti-intrusion Commission of the
Ministry of Interior. In the mean time,
the industry and in particular CEBEC
prepared, under the auspices of the
Belgian Electrotechnical Committee -
BEC, INCERT, a dedicated certification
system of equipment and installers.
On 6 December 2002, the Mark Committee of
INCERT has approved
the General Regulation of the INCERT
Mark and the Regulation of Product
Certification.
The Regulation of the certification
of Security Companies and of Installers
was approved on 19 February 2003.
The texts of these regulations can be
obtained from the
INCERT website. Click
here to access it.
