Legal sources on renewable energy

• Loi du 29 avril 1999 (29 AVRIL 1999. - Loi relative à l'organisation du marché de l'électricité)
• Arrêté du 19 décembre 2002 (19 DECEMBRE 2002. - Arrêté royal établissant un règlement technique pour la gestion du réseau de transport de l'électricité et l'accès à celui-ci)

System operators are contractually entitled against the grid operator to the connection of a system to the grid. The latter is obliged to conclude these contracts. The grid operator shall preferably choose as his contractual partners the operators of renewable energy systems.

If a system operator has the "status de responsable d'accès", the grid operator is obliged to conclude a contract according to non-discriminatory criteria.

System operators are not entitled to the expansion of the grid. The grid operator is obliged to draft a development plan for the grid in cooperation with the "Direction genérale de l’Energie“ and the "Bureau fédéral du plan“.