The French Community Commission ( French : Commission communautaire française (COCOF) ) is the local representative of the French -speaking authorities in the Brussels-Capital Region , one of the three regions of Belgium .
5-763: On 3 December 2001, the Assemblée de la Commission communautaire française or ACCF (Assembly of the French Community Commission) informally changed its name to Parlement francophone bruxellois (French-speaking Brussels Parliament). The Parliament is currently presided by Christos Doulkeridis . Unlike the Flemish Community Commission , the French Community Commission has been granted legislative power in some areas (such as tourism and healthcare) by
10-505: A significant number of migrants . However, several of these competencies are rather limited in practice, e.g. it has not the slightest authority for hospitals. Strictly legally speaking, the VGC is only competent for institutions depending on the Flemish government, and not for individual citizens. This was a consequence of the fact that no formal Flemish citizenship was established. The VGC is
15-1032: The Brussels-Capital Region , one of the three regions of Belgium . The VGC depends on the Flemish Parliament , and its council is made up by the members of the Dutch linguistic group of the Brussels Parliament , whereas its executive is made up of the two Flemish ministers and the Flemish secretary of the Brussels-Capital Government. The VGC was established by the special (constitutional) law of 12 January 1989. The VGC has competencies for cultural, educational, well-being and health for Flemings in Brussels. It reaches an estimated 200,000 inhabitants of Brussels with its services, mostly Dutch-speakers, and
20-630: The French Community . Blazon: Quartered, the I and IV Wallonia , the II and III Brussels-Capital Region . This article about government in Belgium is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Flemish Community Commission The Flemish Community Commission ( Dutch : Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC) ) is the local representative of the Flemish authorities in
25-524: The successor of the Nederlandse Commissie voor de Cultuur van de Brusselse agglomeratie (NCC) (in Dutch), established in 1971. The VGC also assumed all Flemish community-specific responsibilities in Brussels of the former province of Brabant when it was split up. It does not have legislative power contrary to the other two community commissions. The French equivalent may adopt decrees and
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