Belgium Bibliography

Constitution

Constitution of Belgium (Constitution belge texte coordonné du 17 février 1994).

 

Legislation

Decree of the Walloon Region of 6 May 1999 relating to the exercise by the German community and the competences of the Walloon Region in employment matter (Décret de la Région Wallonne du 6 mai 1999 relatif à l'exercice, par la Communauté germanophone, des compétences de la région Wallonne en matière d'emploi et de fouilles)

Decree of the French Community (19 July 1993) relating to the transfer of the exercise of certain competences of the French Community to the Walloon Region (Décret de la Communauté française du 19 juillet 1993 relatif au transfert de l'exercice de certaines compétences de la Communauté française á la région wallonne et á la commission communautaire française). In particular, Art. 3, indent 6.

Law of Institutional Reform for the German Speaking Community of 31 December 1983 (Loi de réformes insitutionnelles pour la Communauté germanophone du 31 décembre 1983)

Special law of Institutional Reform (Loi Spéciale de réformes institutionnelles du 8 Août 1980)

Special law on the financing of Regions and Communities (Loi spéciale du 16 janvier 1989 relative au financement des Communautés et des Régions

 

Websites

Association of Walloon Provinces, Study on the activities of Walloon Provinces, 2016

Belgium Portal, official information and services


Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Information on Fisheries management in the Kingdom of Belgium.

The French speaking community website (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles)

Centre for socio-political research and information (CRISP) section Public authorities in Wallonia

 

Publications

A collective work of Dexia Crédit Local Research Department, Sub-national governments in the European Union – Organisation, responsibilities and finance, Dexia Ed., La Défense, 2008.

Alain Gerlache, Johan Vande lanotte, Marc Uyttendaele, Siegfried Bracke, Geert Goedertier, La Belgique pour débutant, la Charte, Brugges, 2001.

Council of European Municipalities and Regions, Study on 'Consultation procedures within European States', 2007, pp. 211-215.

Report on 'Subsidiarity in the multilevel framework of the Lisbon Treaty', (2011), Committee of the Regions, drafted by EIPA. Not published.

Under the supervision of Professors Michael Keating and Jacques Ziller, Study on the Division of Powers between the EU, the Member States and regional and Local Authorities, European University Institute, Florence, 2008.


 

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