• Competent Belgian authorities and role of the BIPT

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    The Federal prosecutor's office and the BIPT are the authorities responsible for the implementation of the TCO Regulation.
  • Opinion of 17 March 2025 on bill No. 458 amending the Act of 13 June 2005 to strengthen consumer protection and empowerment in the telecommunications market

    Publications › Opinion -
    Opinion on a bill strengthening consumer protection and empowerment in the telecommunications market
  • Application form for an aeronautical licence

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    Application form for an aeronautical licence
  • FAQ

    You must send us your station authorisation back so that we can deactivate it and so that your vessel can be deleted from international databases.

    Please send it to:

    BIPT
    Maritime Department
    Boulevard du Roi Albert II 32 box 10 
    1000 Brussels

  • Hunting

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    CB and PMR-446 radios can be used for hunting, without a licence; BIPT assigned 8 frequencies for hunting with a maximum power of 5 W for use throughout Belgium.
  • FAQ

    An application form is available. The aeronautical certificate is offered with charge: €7,76 to pay on the account of BIPT: IBAN BE68 6791 7078 1634 (BIC : PCHQBEBB).

    Do not forget to sign your form!

    You must enclose:

    • the original copy of the certificate of achievement of the exam, issued by the FPS Mobility and Transport or by the competence centre of the aviation unit;
    • the copy of the proof of the payment of €7,76;
    • a recent passport photograph;
    • a copy of both sides of the identity card.

    Please note that the ATCO (Air Traffic Control) licence does not entitle to the operator’s certificate – it is essential that you provide the certificate of achievement of the FPS examination. If you do not have that certificate anymore, you can ask an equivalent document to the FPS. A copy of your PPL, ATPL... does not entitle to the operator’s licence. The ELP is not sufficient either.

  • Application form for an aeronautical certificate

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    Please fill in this form and sign it.
  • Operational plan 2025

    Publications › Operational plan -
    The annual operational plan translates the strategic goals from the strategic plan into operational goals by means of cards interpreting the strategic goal per strategic axis.
  • Plans and reports

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    As an independent agency, BIPT is of course accountable for its activities. Each year, in its annual report, BIPT gives an account of its activities of the past year. Every three years, the BIPT Council draws up a strategic plan, the final version of which is submitted to the Chamber of Representatives.
  • FAQ

    It will take a few more years before 5G is fully deployed, both at network and service levels. On the one hand, the traditional mobile operators (Proximus, Orange, Telenet) are still in the process of further developing 5G and the transition towards 5G SA, while the fourth operator DIGI is setting up its own radio access network.

    6G is the logical successor to 5G, but is not expected before 2030. In general, 6G will be even more performant in terms of speeds, latency, terminal densities and security. In terms of available frequency, frequencies in the 470-692 MHz band, the upper part of the 6 GHz band, and frequencies above 40 GHz are considered at international level.

    The measures needed to enable direct 5G communication between ordinary terminal devices and/or smartphones and satellite networks are currently being explored.  This will be interesting in areas where there is no terrestrial 5G coverage.

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