Council of State (Belgium)

The Belgian Council of State ( the Dutch Council of State? / I, French Conseil d' État ) is the advisory and judicial body within the executive power in Belgium. The State Council shall have its seat in Brussels.

The Belgian Council of State offers all natural persons and legal entities with an effective remedy against unlawful acts, to which there is no other competent judicial body. Consequently, the most important task of the State Council in the execution of official acts ( acts and regulations) that may violate regulations governing legal standards, suspend and / or to declare them null and void. In this context, the Council is an advisory body in terms of adopting legislation. The Council of State is on the submitted claims and applications by means of a judgment.

Its composition, jurisdiction and functioning of which are determined by law. The State Council shall be composed of:

• The College of Competition Prosecutors,
• The Coordination Office,
• Of the firm and
• The administrative staff.

Because of him given tasks, the State is divided into a legislative department and administrative department.

The State Council also publishes documents in German, French and Italian languages, which are important for the litigants and the legal practice.

The Belgian Council of State was established as an extra-judicial judicial body by an Act of 23 December 1946 and installed on October 9, 1948. The State Council shall, according to the Constitution of the Federal State of Belgium for Belgium.