Business Corruption in Belgium
Corruption is rare and is not an obstacle for doing business in Belgium. Overall, Belgium has a well-developed legal framework, and the
Criminal Code
criminalises both public and private bribery,
passive
and
active bribery
, and bribery of national and foreign public officials.
Facilitation payments
are illegal under Belgian law. Gifts and hospitality are permitted only below a certain, undefined threshold, but they do not impede business in the country. Corruption prevention efforts greatly vary between the country's regional governments. The Flemish government has anti-corruption policies that are more developed than the Wallonia government.
October 2015
GAN Integrity Solutions
