The reform of the Belgian Criminal Code - General overview
The Belgian Criminal Code has recently undergone a substantial reform, representing a crucial evolution in Belgium’s criminal legislation. This reform modernizes the framework, clarifies classifications, and introduces new sanction levels, aiming to align the law with contemporary social standards and values. This training provides a broad overview of the reformed Criminal Code, highlighting the main structural and procedural changes that will influence how criminal justice is administered. This general understanding will serve as a foundation for a subsequent session that will focus specifically on the implications for moral persons, such as companies and institutions.
The objectives of this training are to:
- grasp the foundational principles;
- understand the major shifts introduced in the new Belgian Criminal Code;
- understand the framework's restructuring, setting the stage for a deeper dive into specific impacts on moral persons in the next session.
Total price *
Members: € 330
Non-members: € 360
Partners/ BZB: € 330
Incompany: tailor-made, prices on request
* Price: service in the context of continuing professional training, exempt from VAT
CPD Hours
Banking: 3h general
Insurances: 3h general
Consumer credit: 3h general
Mortgage credit: 3h general
Compliance:
3h
Continuing Professional Development
Available dates
20/05/2025 - 09:00u - 12:30u - The reform of the Belgian Criminal Code - General overview
30/09/2025 - 09:00u - 12:30u - The reform of the Belgian Criminal Code - General overview
Please let us know you're interested in this training should there be no date available, the planned date does not suit you and/or this session is full. As soon as about 5 people are registered on the interest list, we will propose a new course date. Your registration on the interest list is free of charge and without any obligation.
Target group
The training course can be followed by various target groups:
- management
- compliance
- legal
- ...
Required prior knowledge
Basic level training: this training requires no prior knowledge and covers the basics of the subject.
Programme
CONTENT
- A brief history
- Introduction
- Why is it relevant?
- General Provisions
- Objectives of the reform
- The Offense
- Concept
- Constitutive elements of the Offense
- Objectives
- Aggravating circumstances, element and factor
- The attempt
- Liability and Participation
- Penalty
- Objectives of the penalty
- Levels
- Key takeaways
- Q&A
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- Duration: ½ day of training (3 class hours)
- Hours: 09:00 to 12:30
- Location: This training will be given online
- Language: This training will be given in English
Methodology
You follow a ‘Live webinar’ digitally in a group. It is ‘learning-apart-together’. At an agreed time, the teacher and participants log in to a video conference tool, each from his or her own location and with his or her own computer. Via this tool’s camera, microphone and chat function, there is an opportunity for interaction and feedback, both from the participants to the teacher and vice versa. The teaching material consists as a basis of a presentation via the MyFA learning platform, supplemented with various other items (such as digital syllabus, presentation, audiovisual fragments, etc.).
Training material: PowerPoint presentation (slides).
Teachers
Mehdi Rhalib
Compliance & audit
