Belgian Official Gazette

Other legal formalities about which the Belgian people need to be informed, including activities such as starting a business, are also published in this paper.

During World War II, the journal was published separately but under the same title by both the Belgian government in exile and the occupying authority.

In order to distinguish between the two, the government-in-exile version is retrospectively entitled Belgian Official Journal (Exile Government).

[1] To save money, the paper version of the Staatsblad/Moniteur was replaced by an electronic equivalent in 2003, which is available to the public on the Internet.

Three copies of every issue are still printed: one for the Royal Library, one for the Senate and one for the House of Representatives.