Subsection I Community Responsibilities
Article 127 [Decrees, Competencies]
(1.1) The French and Dutch Community Councils, respectively,
establish by decree:
1) cultural issues;
2) education, with the exception of:
a) the determination of the beginning and of the end of
mandatory schooling;
b) minimum standards for the granting of diplomas;
c) attribution of pensions;
3) inter-Community co-operation, in addition to international
co-operation, including the drafting of treaties for those matters
described in 1) and 2).
(1.2) A law adopted by majority vote as described in Article
4, last paragraph, establishes those cultural matters
described in 1), types of co-operation described in 3), in
addition to terms governing the conclusion of treaties described
in 3).
(2) These decrees have force of law in French-language and in
Dutch-language regions respectively, as well as in those
institutions established in the bilingual Region of
Brussels-Capital which, on account of their activities, must be
considered as belonging exclusively to one Community or the
other.
Article 128 [Decrees on Personal Issues]
(1.1) The French and Flemish Community Councils rule by
decree, in as much as each is concerned, on personal issues, in
addition to what is included in such issues, matters of
inter-communal and international cooperation, including the
ratification of treaties.
(1.2) A law adopted by majority vote as described in Article
4, last paragraph, establishes such personal issues, in
addition to the various forms of cooperation and the terms
governing ratification of treaties.
(2) These decrees have force of law in French-language and in
Dutch-language regions respectively, as well as in those
institutions established in the bilingual Region of
Brussels-Capital which, on account of their activities, must be
considered as belonging exclusively to one Community or the
other, unless a law adopted by majority vote as provided for in
Article 4, last paragraph, makes other provisions with
regard to those institutions in the bilingual Region of
Brussels-Capital.
Article 129 [Decrees on Language]
(1) The French and Dutch Community Councils rule by decree,
in as much as each is concerned, excluding the federal
legislator, on the use of language for:
1) administrative matters;
2) education in those establishments created, subsidized, and
recognized by public authorities;
3) social relations between employers and their personnel, in
addition to corporate acts and documents required by law and
by regulations.
(2) These decrees have force of law in French-language and in
Dutch-language regions respectively except as concerns:
- those communes or groups of communes contiguous to
another linguistic Region and in which the law prescribes or
allows use of another language than that of the Region in which
they are located. For these communes, a modification of the
rules governing the use of languages as described in (1) may
take place only through a law adopted by majority vote as
described in Article 4, last paragraph;
- services the activities of which extend beyond the linguistic
Region within which they are established;
- federal and international institutions designated by law, the
activities of which are common to more than one Community.
Article 130 [German-speaking Community Council]
(1.1) The German-speaking Community Council rules by decree
on:
1) cultural issues;
2) personal issues;
3) education, within the limits established by Article
127 (1)(1,2);
4) inter-Community co-operation, in addition to international
co-operation, including the conclusion of treaties, for issues
described in 1), 2), and 3).
(1.2) The law establishes cultural and persona issues described in
1) and 2), in addition to the forms of cooperation described in 4)
and the manner in which treaties are concluded.
(2) These decrees have force of law in the German language
Region.
Article 131 [Non-Discrimination]
The law determines measures designed to prevent all forms of
discrimination for ideological or philosophical reasons.
Article 132 [Right to Initiative]
The right of initiative belongs to the Community Government and
to members of the Community Council.
Article 133 [Interpretation]
The interpretation of decrees by voice of authority belongs the
Brussels-Capital Regional Council, on the other hand.