11.   A statutory auditor is required under Belgian law to file a lawsuit in such a situation, he added.

12.   Belgian law prohibits extradition of suspects to countries that apply the death penalty.

13.   Belgian law bans or curbs smoking in public places, but enforcement is sloppy, violations rampant.

14.   Gbagbo is among several past and present leaders facing legal action under Belgian laws that allow local courts to try crimes against humanity wherever they are committed.

15.   His case has led to an overhaul of Belgian law enforcement agencies after revelations of inept police work in the search for the missing children.

16.   His case led to an overhaul of Belgian law enforcement agencies after revelations of inept police work in the search for the missing children provoked widespread outrage.

17.   In its ruling, the court remarked that FIA, not the Belgian law was to blame for the threat hanging over the Grand Prix.

18.   It said Petit did not give unions adequate warning of the impending layoffs as required under Belgian law.

19.   Ndayambaje and Kanyabashi were arrested under a Belgian law that covers violations of the Geneva conventions.

20.   Sabena refused Tuesday to comment on the reports until after its workers are briefed on the plan, as required by Belgian law.