The Municipal Executive can then require the owner of the building to remove (or to instruct the removal of) the asbestos contamination immediately. Belgische Asbest Verwijdering is an environmental company. Use this service to order a certified copy of a document from the company’s filing history. You can also use this service to order an incorporation package, which includes the documents that were issued when the company was formed.
Most of the work involving asbestos may only be carried out by a certified company. If a non-certified company still carries out that work, the Labour Inspectorate can impose fines. Think, for example, of a school caretaker who removes an asbestos-containing slab himself, knowingly or unknowingly.
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We help organisations find their way through the maze of rules surrounding asbestos. These include, for example, asbestos remediators or removers whose certificates are at risk of imminent suspension by the certification authority. Or a company or institution subject to an administrative fine by the Labour Inspectorate.
This is why many rules have been laid down regulating how we deal with asbestos. Asbestos removal companies and asbestos inventory companies must therefore hold the correct certificates. When a certified company violates the rules, their certificate can be suspended or revoked, preventing the company from continuing its operations. We assist companies facing these problems.
Increasingly, Buitensanering is also being applied in this respect. This is the case when an environmental authority finds that asbestos rules have been violated. This may be followed by a penalty order or even a criminal hearing in the economic criminal court. Use this service to order a company certificate with certified information about the company. A certificate can be used to prove that a company is incorporated, and that no action is being taken to remove the company from the register. For example, should an asbestos-containing building burns down, it will spread asbestos particles into the surrounding area.
