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The waste identification form in Belgium: our guides

Practical guides on the digital identification form (e-IDF), reporting to OVAM and choosing an approved system — up to date for 2026.

Regulations and obligations

Guides

Mandatory in Flanders, allowed in Brussels and Wallonia: the rules per region, the roles and the timeline.

Which data it must contain, who draws it up, who signs when and how long to keep it.

The eleven cases where no identification form is needed, with examples.

Who must report to OVAM, the quarterly deadlines and the ways to submit.

How to select your preferred system for the exchange between approved systems.

Who keeps a register, what it must contain, paper or digital and how long to keep it.

Registering as a carrier or IHM: cost, validity and the OVAM number.

By sector

The e-IDF on site, the sorting obligation, the 40 m³ rule and zero tolerance.

Who draws up the form for a container run and how to handle it per container.

Your obligations as a collector, dealer or broker: form, register, MATIS and IRIS.

Registration, recording start and hand-over, and what the IOP changes for carriers.

Waste oil, oil filters, batteries and tyres: form, exemptions and register.

By region

The traceability document, approved systems, registration and the register in Brussels.

Paper or digital, the 2024 circular, registration and approval in Wallonia.

Choosing software

What approved software must do and how FormDesk works in the office and on the road.

The official lists of OVAM and Brussels Environment, and how to choose.

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