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How do I find the current version of law (not just changes)? (etaamb.openjustice.be)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I would like to read the current mobility & transports law. I believe this is the original law because it seems to read like it’s complete and not just changes:

https://etaamb.openjustice.be/fr/loi-du-10-juin-2014_n2014014330

There have been several amendments, e.g.:

Since my French is bad it would be a real struggle to read all the amendments and try to derive from the original law what the new version is. It would be nice if these pages showing changes would simply link to the current final version. Is there a site which publishes the current final?

(update) I think the answer is to use this site, which seems to be openly accessible (unlike many sites storing belgian legal code):

https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/wet/wet.htm

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The law from 2014 that you linked seems complete

https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi/article_body.pl?language=fr&caller=summary&pub_date=14-07-09&numac=2014014330

The first link in the modifications you found is about paragliders

The second link is the same law

The third link is about alcohol tests

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Thanks for the info! I guess I need to focus more on the opening first line.

Legal citations are often given by a date. E.g. ”the law of 10 June 2014”. Drives me nuts. This makes searching for the law extremely tedious because a search on dates return both laws originally enacted on that day as well as many other laws that were updated in small ways on that same day. Parliament is busy!

You say the first law seems complete, which was my intuition as well. But how do I know if I am looking at the original complete version, or the most current complete version with all amendments taken into account?

I did not post all links I found that refer to the date of 10 june 2014. Several were certainly just amendments. I got some big PDFs from Moniteur Belge expecting to see the full law. But it’s often just a collection of everything that happened on that day (or time period). Does Moniteur Belge ever publish the complete current law? I thought they did but I just struggle to understand what I am looking at.