Obligations to be met after the registration
Is your tourist accommodation registered? Here are the obligations to be respected throughout its operation, in terms of taxation, insurance, maintenance, fire safety, information, ... In the event of a change to the tourist accommodation or its operator, you must contact Brussels Economy and Employment.
Meeting the obligations
At all times, the operator must continue to meet all of the conditions. When the accommodation establishment is registered, the operator must also meet the following obligations.
1) Inform
1.1) Display the logo and the registration number
- As soon as you have received your logo (plaque), affix it near the entrance of your tourist accommodation establishment in a visible way. This logo remains the property of the Brussels Capital Region.
As long as your accommodation establishment is registered, you are free to reproduce the logo as you wish as part of a communication campaign or advertisement aimed at travellers. - Also to be displayed (or to be provided in written form to tourists):
- the registration number of the accommodation establishment
- and, in case the operator is a legal entity, contact details of the natural person in charge of the daily management of the tourist accommodation establishment.
1.2) Publish the registration number in your advertisements
In the published advertisements for your potential customers, indicate:
- the registration number of the accommodation establishment and
- its contact details.
1.3) Communicate your statistical data
At the request of the FPS Economy, you will have to communicate your statistical data to the Directorate General Statistics of the FPS Economy: number of overnight stays, number of accommodations units...
2) Be insured
You must continue to have a civil liability insurance for damage caused by yourself or your employees.
3) Pay your taxes
You must meet both regional and federal tax obligations.
For more information on the regional tax, please check the website of "Bruxelles Fiscalité". For more information on the income tax, please contact the Federal Public Service Finance. You could also contact your federation.
This does not fall within the field of competence of Brussels Economy and Employment.
4) Request the renewal of the fire safety certificate
The simplified inspection certificate / fire safety certificate that you were granted to register your accommodation establishment is valid for five years.
Six months before its expiration date:
Request the renewal of the simplified inspection certificate (in French)
Request the renewal of the simplified inspection certificate (in Dutch)
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Request the renewal of the fire safety certificate (in French)
Request the renewal of the fire safety certificate (in Dutch)
5) Maintain the accommodation establishment and its equipment
You are required to maintain the tourist accommodation establishment in good condition in terms of hygiene and upkeep.
You must also meet all of the obligations set out in this section, especially those concerning the equipment to be offered in the tourist accommodation establishment.
6) Be of good character and moral conduct and respect the social regulations
You must obviously also respect the applicable labour and social security regulations as well as the collective labour conventions.