Belgian nationality law

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legal framework nationality law

Belgian nationality law is the legal framework that defines how Belgian citizenship is acquired, lost, and transmitted, both within Belgium and among Belgians living abroad.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Belgian Nationality Code	1
Belgisch Wetboek van de Belgische Nationaliteit	1
Code de la nationalité belge	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal framework ⓘ nationality law ⓘ
administeredBy	Belgian civil registry authorities ⓘ public prosecutors in nationality procedures ⓘ
allows	acquisition by adoption under conditions ⓘ acquisition by birth to Belgian parent ⓘ acquisition by long-term residence under conditions ⓘ declaration of nationality as mode of acquisition ⓘ dual citizenship ⓘ naturalisation as mode of acquisition ⓘ
appliesTo	Belgians living abroad ⓘ persons in Belgium ⓘ
basedOn	Belgian nationality law self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Belgian Nationality Code
consequenceOf	Belgian citizenship confers EU citizenship ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
defines	who is considered a Belgian national in law ⓘ
distinguishes	Belgians by birth and Belgians by acquisition ⓘ
enactedBy	Federal Parliament of Belgium ⓘ surface form: Belgian federal legislature
governedBy	federal competence in Belgium ⓘ
influencedBy	European conventions on nationality ⓘ international human rights norms ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
legalSource	Belgian nationality law self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Belgisch Wetboek van de Belgische Nationaliteit Belgian nationality law self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Code de la nationalité belge
previouslyRestricted	dual citizenship before 2008 reforms ⓘ
providesFor	loss of nationality by voluntary acquisition of foreign nationality in some historical periods ⓘ loss of nationality for serious breaches in limited cases ⓘ recovery of Belgian nationality under conditions ⓘ
reformedIn	1984 ⓘ 2000 ⓘ 2006 ⓘ 2008 ⓘ 2012 ⓘ 2013 ⓘ
regulates	acquisition of Belgian citizenship ⓘ loss of Belgian citizenship ⓘ reacquisition of Belgian citizenship ⓘ transmission of Belgian citizenship ⓘ
relatedTo	European Union citizenship ⓘ
setsRequirement	integration conditions for certain applicants ⓘ language knowledge for some procedures ⓘ residence conditions for naturalisation ⓘ
subjectTo	interpretation by Belgian courts ⓘ oversight by Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
territorialExtent	Belgium ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Belgium
usesPrinciple	jus sanguinis ⓘ limited jus soli ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belgian nationality law → basedOn → Belgian nationality law self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belgian Nationality Code

Belgian nationality law → legalSource → Belgian nationality law self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Code de la nationalité belge

Belgian nationality law → legalSource → Belgian nationality law self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belgisch Wetboek van de Belgische Nationaliteit

Belgian diaspora → relatedTo → Belgian nationality law ⓘ