Here is where you go looking for info in Belgium.

Where do you find what.

Belgielex, the “Crossroads Bank for legislation” is the result of a cooperation between several federal, community and regional institutions, the Central Legislation Databank is designed to offer a portal site that citizens can use to gain access to Belgian legislation and case-law. The database is broken down into three categories depending on of the type of information on offer: preparatory parliamentary proceedings, legislation and case-law. A fact sheet that is available describes the characteristics and content of each databank. 

All legal documents in Belgium from any level can be found in Het Belgisch Staatsblad(NL), Le Moniteur Belge (FR) or Das Belgisches Staatsblatt (DE). The federal  public service of justice provides a searchable register of documents.

The Belgian Bulletin of Acts, Orders and Degrees is an official publication of the Belgian state publishing all Belgian laws, Royal Decrees, decrees and the establishment of associations, etc. A law that is not published in the Staatsblad does not count. The Belgian Bulletin of Acts, Orders and Decrees is online available, next to that you can check the table of content or get hold of a copy in libraries, postal offices and city halls.

As the archive of the Belgian Bulletin of Acts is only accessible bysearch formulas and is not linkable, Google does not index it.

As a result, Staatsbladclip has made the whole database accessible since 1997. The search interface of Google is user-friendlier than the one of the Staatsblad.

For documents from before 1997? Answers on frequently asked questions  of the Belgian Bulletin of Acts, Orders and Decrees can be found on the website of the Federal administration.

 Antwoorden op , zoals wat met documenten van voor 1997, zijn te vinden op de wesbite Justitie van de federale overheidsdienst. 

On the site of the ibrary jurisprudence of the University of Leuven there is an overview of legal e-sources with a short description.
 

The people you might want to find can be searched for here:

At federal level:
The Chamber 
The Senate

At regional level:
Flemish parliament 

Walloon parliament 
The parliament of the French speaking community of Belgium (=The parilament of the French speaking of the Walloon provinces and Brussels)

The parliament of the German speaking community 

The metropolitan region of Brussels

The online databank Pinakes contains all Belgian administrations with their decision makers, irrespective of level of government, region or language. The database gives contact data of organisations and persons, but also important administrative and statistic information. Through subscription you can consult this government database online.

If you don’t know which institution you have to address, you can always call the Flemish Information line.

Many links, ordered by theme, can also be found on the Wegwijs page of the Flemish government website.