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The P1.1 service ensures the correct application of the provisions of the Vienna Conventions on diplomatic and consular relations, particularly those relating to the status and (fiscal) privileges of diplomatic and consular missions established in Belgium, as well as their privileged staff members, collaborators, and family members.
Specifically, the P1.1 service is responsible for:
- issuing special identity cards to:
- members of the diplomatic staff and privileged non-diplomatic personnel of diplomatic missions or consular posts established in Belgium;
- officials on mission (including nationally seconded experts and military or customs trainees) assigned to the aforementioned diplomatic missions or consular posts, as well as to international organizations present in Belgium;
this is based on the Vienna Conventions of 1961 and 1963 and the Royal Decree of 30 October 1991 concerning residence documents for certain categories of foreigners on Belgian territory.
- issuing various certificates related to the status of the above-mentioned agents
- recognizing military attachés and police liaison officers
- managing the status of buildings, annexes, and adjacent grounds of diplomatic missions and consular posts
- assigning CD license plates
- allocating and monitoring reserved CD parking spaces
- another key responsibility of the P1.1 service is the monitoring of (fiscal) reciprocity, in close cooperation with the FPS Finance, as provided for in the aforementioned Vienna Conventions.
