# Brussels-Capital non-ionising radiation ordinance

> Brussels sets its own cumulative power-density limits for fixed transmitters — 0.5635 W/m² outdoors and 0.2243 W/m² indoors at 900 MHz — and bans public mobile antennas from 20 to 300 GHz.

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- Collection: Standards & frameworks
- Record id: `standards:brussels-ordinance`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
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- Also known as: Ordonnance 1 mars 2007, Brussels 6 V/m, Brussels 14.5 V/m, Brussels antenna ordinance

## Key values

- **Organization:** Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium)
- **Edition:** Ordinance of 1 March 2007, as amended 2 March 2023, in force 1 May 2023
- **Jurisdiction:** BE-BRU
- **Frequency range:** 100 kHz – 300 GHz
- **Status of values:** Legally enforceable in at least one jurisdiction

## Scope

Applies to non-ionising radiation from fixed installations in all publicly accessible indoor and outdoor areas, with separate indoor and outdoor power-density tables and a summation rule for composite fields. It does not apply to natural fields or to equipment used by individuals — mobile handsets, private Wi-Fi, DECT and amateur radio are excluded — nor during emergencies.

## Sources

- `brussels-ordinance-2007` Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Moniteur belge / Justel (2007). *Ordonnance du 1er mars 2007 relative à la protection de l'environnement contre les éventuels effets nocifs et nuisances provoqués par les radiations non ionisantes (texte coordonné, art. 3)*. https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/ordonnance/2007/03/01/2007031104/justel — regulation, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

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