2026 Belgian MSP - Energy, cable and pipeline zones
The Royal Decree of 20 March 2026 establishing the marine spatial plan for the period 2026 to 2034 in the Belgian marine areas defines 7 energy, cable and pipeline zones: Renewable energy zone: Zone 1, Eastern Zone (Art. 12§1), Princess Elisabeth renewable energy zone: Zone 2a, Noordhinder North (Art. 12§2.2a°), Princess Elisabeth renewable energy zone: Zone 2b, Noordhinder South (Art. 12§2.2b°), Princess Elisabeth renewable energy zone: Zone 2c, Fairybank (Art. 12§2.3°), Modular offshore grid for electricity transmission (Art. 12§4), Safeguard zone of the Eastern Zone (Art. 12§5), Pipeline and cable corridor (Art. 13§1). It replaces the 2020 Marine Spatial Plan. Please refer to the Belgian official gazette ("Moniteur belgeBelgisch Staatsblad") for official reference information.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2026-06-08
- Date (Revision)
- 2026-06-18
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-08-06
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-05-19
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:3121
- Identifier
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http://metadata.naturalsciences.be
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bmdc.be:dataset:3121
Belgian Marine Data Centre
- Other citation details
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This dataset is composed of the following sources: MSP 2026-2032 Energy, cable and pipeline zones.
- Theme
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Marine Spatial Plan
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Reporting INSPIRE
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Federal government
- Land use
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- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No conditions apply to access and use
- Other constraints
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No limitations on public access.
- Use limitation
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No conditions apply to use.
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Metadata language
- English
- Topic category
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- Oceans
- Planning cadastre
- Utilities communication
- gml32:beginPosition
- 2026-03-20
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
- Distribution format
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application/xml
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Unknown
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application/xml
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Unknown
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Distributor
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application/xml
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.247716
- OnLine resource
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imsp26:bmsp_energy_cables_pipelines_zone
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OGC:WMS
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A WMS service to view a map
Distributor
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application/xml
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.113308
- OnLine resource
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imsp26:bmsp_energy_cables_pipelines_zone
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OGC:WFS
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A WFS service to download
- OnLine resource
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
- Pass
- Yes
- Statement
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Dataset is quality assured. Dataset corresponds to a digitized version of the information published in the Belgian official gazette ("Belgisch staatsblad/Moniteur belge"). Only the information published in the official gazette has legal validity.
- File identifier
- bmdc.be:dataset:3121 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-08-06T15:32:06.762Z
- Metadata standard name
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Geographic information -- Metadata
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
Overviews
Spatial extent
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RBINS metadata catalog