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CCB news item of 21 October 2024, updated on 14 March 2025, on Belgium's accession to the CCRA as a consumer member and on the European EUCC scheme.
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Summary
Purpose
In Belgium
Situation checked in the corpus as at 31-10-2026.
In a news item of 21 October 2024, updated on 14 March 2025, the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) announces a step in the development of Belgian cybersecurity certification capabilities CCB — news item of 21-10-2024 (updated 14-03-2025) CCB — news item of 21-10-2024 (updated 14-03-2025), Another major step towards cybersecurity certification. Belgium has been accepted as a consuming member of the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA), in the mutual recognition scheme of that global arrangement CCB — news item of 21-10-2024 (updated 14-03-2025), Another major step towards cybersecurity certification.
Who it applies to
In Belgium
Situation checked in the corpus as at 31-10-2026.
The news item deals with the certification of highly critical products. According to the CCB, the European EUCC scheme (EU Common Criteria) covers in particular smart cards, electronic identity card chips, digital wallet components and smartphones CCB — news item of 21-10-2024 (updated 14-03-2025), Another major step towards cybersecurity certification.
Key points
In Belgium
Situation checked in the corpus as at 31-10-2026.
According to the CCB:
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An intermediate step. Consuming member status is a prerequisite for eventually becoming an “authorising CCRA member”, which will allow European certificates issued by Belgian certification bodies to be recognised worldwide CCB — news item of 21-10-2024 (updated 14-03-2025), Another major step towards cybersecurity certification. The CCB sees it as a step towards full membership:
Official text · CCB — news item of 21-10-2024 (updated 14-03-2025), Another major step towards cybersecurity certification This is a necessary step to develop the certification capacity in Belgium.
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The EUCC will soon be ready for launch, and Belgian certification bodies are preparing to offer it CCB — news item of 21-10-2024 (updated 14-03-2025), Another major step towards cybersecurity certification.
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Mutual recognition between the CCRA and the EUCC is envisaged CCB — news item of 21-10-2024 (updated 14-03-2025), Another major step towards cybersecurity certification.
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The process: the CCB, as competent authority, submitted the application and undertook to comply with the CCRA conditions; it built up its know-how in close cooperation with its colleagues from the Netherlands, Germany and France CCB — news item of 21-10-2024 (updated 14-03-2025), Another major step towards cybersecurity certification.
On a page consulted on 29 October 2026, the CCB states that the EUCC is the only operational European certification scheme and that there is as yet no officially authorised conformity assessment body in Belgium CCB — NCCA page, FAQ. The CCB is the national cybersecurity certification authority Art. 3. The evaluation standards of the EUCC (Common Criteria and common evaluation methodology) are laid down by Implementing Regulation 2024/482 Art. 3(1).
Links
- CCB NCCA page CCB — NCCA page; Implementing Regulation 2024/482 (EUCC) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/482 — consolidated version of 29/12/2025; Common Criteria CC:2022, Part 1 CC:2022 R1 Part 1.
- Learning path: step 5, certification and standards; step 6, identity and signature.
Consolidation without official value
This summary cites the Royal Decree of 16 October 2022 in its Justel version Royal Decree of 16-10-2022 (numac 2022033821) and the consolidated version, published on EUR-Lex, of Implementing Regulation 2024/482 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/482 — consolidated version of 29/12/2025. These consolidations serve as documentation: only the Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur belge) and the Official Journal of the European Union are authentic.
Written by Asphalia.