Minimum legal ages in Belgium
The following legal minimum ages apply in Belgium:
- Legal age to purchase beer and wine: 16 (Consumption has no minimum age)
- Legal age to purchase spirits: 18 (Consumption has no minimum age)
- Legal age to buy tobacco products: 18(Consumption has no minimum age) [1]
- Legal age to enter a dance without PG: 16
- Legal age to fly an airplane: 16
- Legal age to drive a car: 18
- Legal age to have sex: 16
- Legal age to prostitute yourself: 18 (pimping is illegal)
- Legal age to marry: 18
- Compulsory education until the age of 18
- Voting is mandatory for all Belgians 18 and above.[2]
- Army duty is not mandatory any more.
- Legal age to enter a casino to gamble: 21
- Legal age to get a radioamateur licence: 13 [3][4]
References
- (in Dutch) Wet tot wijziging van de wet van 24 januari 1977 betreffende de bescherming van de gezondheid van de verbruikers op het stuk van de voedingsmiddelen en andere producten (1)
- (in French) Code Electoral, Coordination officieuse jusqu'au 1er avril 2007/(in Dutch) Algemeen Kieswetboek, officieuze coördinatie tot 1 april "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2007-09-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- (in Dutch) BIPT: Reglementering bestemd voor Radioamateurs 2006
- (in French) IBPT: Règlement à l’usage des Radioamateurs édition 2006
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