# Wallonia stationary transmitting antenna decree

> Wallonia replaced its 3 V/m per-antenna limit with 9.2 V/m per operator plus an 18.4 V/m cumulative limit in places of stay, and bans public mobile antennas from 20 to 300 GHz.

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- Record id: `standards:wallonia-antenna-decree`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
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- Also known as: Décret 3 avril 2009, Wallonia 3 V/m, Wallonia 9.2 V/m, Walloon antenna decree

## Key values

- **Organization:** Walloon Region (Belgium)
- **Edition:** Decree of 3 April 2009, as amended by the decree of 8 December 2022
- **Jurisdiction:** BE-WAL
- **Frequency range:** 100 kHz – 300 GHz
- **Status of values:** Legally enforceable in at least one jurisdiction

## Scope

Applies to permanently mounted transmitting antennas between 100 kHz and 300 GHz whose maximum EIRP exceeds 10 W, assessed in 'places of stay' — dwellings, schools, crèches, hospitals, care homes, regularly occupied workplaces and sport, play and culture spaces — measured 1.5 m above floor or ground level. Roads, pavements, car parks, garages, parks, gardens, balconies and terraces are excluded, as are natural fields, personal devices, medical equipment, air-traffic, defence, emergency-service, broadcast and point-to-point link antennas.

## Sources

- `wallonia-decree-2009` Région wallonne, Moniteur belge / Justel (2009). *Décret du 3 avril 2009 relatif à la protection contre les rayonnements non ionisants générés par des antennes émettrices stationnaires (texte coordonné, art. 4, tel que modifié le 8 décembre 2022)*. https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/article.pl?language=fr&numac_search=2009201985 — regulation, link checked 2026-08-12
- `wallonia-decree-2022-report` Parlement wallon (doc. 1100 (2022-2023)) (2022). *Projet de décret modifiant le décret du 3 avril 2009 — rapport de commission: passage de 3 V/m par antenne à 9,2 V/m par opérateur et norme cumulée de 18,4 V/m*. http://nautilus.parlement-wallon.be/Archives/2022_2023/DECRET/1100_6.pdf — government, link checked 2026-08-12

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