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  "slug": "flanders-vlarem-antenna-norms",
  "name": "Flanders VLAREM transmitting antenna norms",
  "summary": "Flanders caps the cumulative field from all fixed transmitters at 0.686 √f V/m — 20.6 V/m at 900 MHz, 30.7 V/m from 2 GHz up — with a separate per-operator condition in VLAREM chapter 6.10.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
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    "aliases": [
      "VLAREM 2.14",
      "VLAREM 6.10",
      "Flanders antenna norm",
      "Flemish EMF limits"
    ],
    "organization": "Flemish Government, Department of Environment (Belgium)",
    "edition": "VLAREM II chapters 2.14 and 6.10, most recently amended by the decision of 10 June 2022, in force 31 July 2022",
    "jurisdiction": [
      "BE-VLG"
    ],
    "kind": "regulatory",
    "scope": "Environmental quality norms (chapter 2.14) bound the sum of all fixed transmitting antennas — mobile, radio, TV, radar, amateur, emergency-service and defence — while environmental conditions (chapter 6.10) bound each operator's own contribution at places of stay. Mobile handsets are excluded and covered by federal product norms instead. Since the 2022 amendment the norms span 100 kHz to 300 GHz.",
    "frequencyRange": {
      "minHz": 100000,
      "maxHz": 300000000000
    }
  },
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      "id": "flanders-vlarem-antennas",
      "title": "Normen zendantennes — VLAREM hoofdstuk 2.14 (milieukwaliteitsnormen) en hoofdstuk 6.10, met grenswaardentabel",
      "publisher": "Departement Omgeving, Vlaamse overheid (Flanders, Belgium)",
      "url": "https://omgeving.vlaanderen.be/nl/klimaat-en-milieu/gezonde-veilige-en-aantrekkelijke-leefomgeving/straling-zendantennes-wifi-gsm/normen-zendantennes-vlarem-hoofdstuk-214-en-hoofdstuk-610",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "flanders-vlarem-text",
      "title": "Besluit van de Vlaamse Regering van 19 november 2010 — VLAREM titel II, art. 2.14.2.1 en 6.9.2.1: grenswaarden elektrische veldsterkte voor zendantennes (Eiref = 0,686 √f V/m van 400 tot 2000 MHz)",
      "publisher": "Vlaamse overheid, Belgisch Staatsblad (via etaamb)",
      "url": "https://etaamb.openjustice.be/nl/besluit-van-de-vlaamse-regering-van-19-november-2010_n2010035951.html",
      "year": 2010,
      "kind": "regulation",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
  ],
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