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Beware: Asbestos Certificate Mandatory as of 23 November 2022

Published: Monday, April 3, 2023

As  of  the  23rd of November  last  year,  in  Flanders, property  owners  are  required  to  provide  an  asbestos  certificate to  their  potential buyers  when  selling their  property.

In  principle,  this  obligation  applies to  any  transfer among  living  persons regarding  a  proprietary right  –  such  as  any  sale  or  donation  –  or  any  establishment  or  transfer  of  a  right  of  usufruct, emphyteusis,  superficies  or  a  right  of  use  in  rem.  Only  if  the  building was  constructed  before 2001  will  the  asbestos  certificate be  required.

Moreover,  landlords  will  be  obliged to  provide  a  copy  of  the  asbestos certificate  to  their  (potential) tenants, if  the  certificate is  available.  However, by  2032,  every  owner  of  a  building or  residence  older  than  2001  will  have  to  be  in  possession of  an  asbestos certificate.

To  obtain  the  certificate,  the  owner  will  have  to  call  on  a  certified asbestos  expert  to  draw  up  an  asbestos inventory  of  the  building.  The  certificate  will  probably  cost  between  395  and  850  euros,  depending on  the  size  of  the  building.

In  case  of  a  sale,  the  seller transfers  the  certificate to  the  buyer  when  signing the  contract  of  commitment.  However, buyers  can  request the  attestation  from  the  seller beforehand. 

More  information  can  be  found  at:  https://ovam.vlaanderen.be/veelgestelde-vragen-over-het-asbestattest

https://studio-legale.com/attention-asbestos-certificate-obligatory-from-23-november-2022/?lang=en


Joost Peeters
STUDIO | LEGALE
Country:
Belgium
Practice Area:
Insurance
Phone Number:
+32 0(3) 216 70 70
Fax:
+32 0(3) 216 70 79
Joost Peeters has a very broad spectrum of expertise. He is specialised in debt collection, insurance law, company law (legal assistance in various takeovers and share transfers), business law, (commercial) tenancy law, contract law, and traffic law. He is liquidator in bankruptcy proceedings and he assist companies that are in difficulties (mainly in cases governed by the Belgian Continuity of Enterprises Act). The experience and full service of Joost Peeters through his office STUDIO | LEGALE ADVOCATEN has been noted and acknowledged by the EUROCOLLECTNET network. After going through a very thorough and intensive selection procedure, Joost Peeters became the exclusive member as from 2017. Furthermore, Joost Peeters is the exclusive member for Belgium of the IR GLOBAL network considering debt & asset recovery, insurance law and data privacy & security.

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