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Here are some extracts from the website (English version) maintained by the Koninklijke Belgische Redersvereniging / Union Royale des Armateurs belges / Royal Belgian Shipowners' Association, a non-profit organization based in Antwerp.
From the Chairman's Preface:
On 15th July 2002, Parliament passed the final measures needed to enable the Belgian fleet to sail once again under the Belgian flag. On 2nd August, the Senate in turn added its approval.
These decisions were the culmination of three years of intense collaboration between the Government and the private sector, to which the opposition also made an important contribution.
Although the requirements under Belgian law were completed in 2002, the European Commission did not give the go-ahead until March 2003 with the effect that the Belgian fleet was not actually able to start sailing under the Belgian flag until 2003.
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