Belgium

[BE] Flemish Community: Application of a New Frequency Allocation Plan for Local Radio Stations Postponed

IRIS 1999-1:1/18

Dirk Voorhoof

Human Rights Centre, Ghent University and Legal Human Academy

Due to a different approach in both the Flemish and the French Community in Belgium with regard to the elaboration of a new framework for the allocation of radio frequencies, the application of some articles of the revised Flemish Broadcasting Decree ( see IRIS 1998-9: 9-10) has been postponed. An amendment to the Broadcasting Decree allows Flemish local radios to keep their actual authorisations until 31 December 2001 (Decree of 15 December 1998, Moniteur 31 December 1998. See also http://staatblad.be). Meanwhile, both Communities, the federal Department of Telecommunications and the BIPT (Belgian Institution for Post and Telecommunication) have to work out a co-ordinated new plan for the allocation of frequencies in the available radio spectrum.