Minimum legal ages in Belgium

The following legal minimum ages apply in Belgium:

  • Legal age to purchase beer and wine: 16
  • Legal age to purchase spirits: 18
  • Legal age to buy tobacco products: 18[1]
  • Legal age to enter a dance without parental guardian: 16
  • Legal age to book a room (Lodging): 18
  • Legal age to fly an airplane: 16
  • Legal age to drive a car: 18
  • Legal age to have sex: 16 (there is a close-in-age exemption of 2 years if at least one of the partners is 14 or 15 years old)
  • 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]
  • Age of criminal responsibility: 18 (those 16 or 17 years of age can be dealt with under adult criminal law and can be judged as adults under exceptional circumstances and strict conditions)
  • Legal age to enter a casino to gamble: 21
  • Legal age to get an amateur radio license: 13[3][4]
  • Overall age of majority: 18

References
  1. (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)
  2. (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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. (in Dutch) BIPT: Reglementering bestemd voor Radioamateurs 2006
  4. (in French) IBPT: Règlement à l’usage des Radioamateurs édition 2006
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