Are electric skateboards legal in Belgium?

Each row is the statute's own content, reduced to plain wording where it is long and quoted directly where the exact words matter. The section in the last column is a link to the text.

• AR 1er décembre 1975 (Code de la route), arts. 2.15.2, 7bis, 9.1.2 — Arrêté royal portant règlement général sur la police de la circulation routière et de l'usage de la voie publique. Official source, read 2026-09-27.
  In force until 31 May 2027. Justel (FPS Justice), consolidated to 31 August 2026; read in a browser because the site blocks scripts. French text; translations are ours.
• AR 3 juin 2024 relatif au Code de la voie publique, arts. 2, 8, 9, 43, 86 — Code de la voie publique (fédéral). Official source, read 2026-09-27.
  In force from 1 June 2027. Justel, consolidated to 31 August 2026; read in a browser. French text; translations are ours.
• AGRBC 29 août 2024, arts. 1, 8, 25, 26; AGF 19 juillet 2024, arts. 12, 61, 62; AGW 17 juillet 2025, arts. 8, 29, 30 — Code bruxellois de la voie publique; Code de la route flamand; règles régionalisées wallonnes du Code de la voie publique. Official source, read 2026-09-27.
  In force from 1 June 2027. Justel: Brussels consolidated to 29 June 2026; Flemish code https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/arrete/2024/07/19/2024008489/justel (French-language Justel page), consolidated to 10 July 2026; Walloon code https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/arrete/2025/07/17/2025006266/justel, consolidated to 1 July 2026. Translations are ours.
• AR 1er décembre 1975, arts. 8.2, 36, 82bis (codedelaroute.be) — Code de la route — le règlement complet (codedelaroute.be). Legal publisher reproducing the codified text, read 2026-09-27.
  Vias institute's reproduction of the 1975 text, used for articles we did not extract from Justel. French text; translations are ours.

One or more rows above say Legal publisher reproducing the codified text: the official server was unreachable when we read it, and we used a legal publisher's reproduction of the codified text instead. We would rather tell you that than present a copy as the original.

What one costs today. The cheapest complete electric skateboard in stock at a shop we read is 38" Hurricane Electric Longboard Electronic Skateboard, at US$240 (the cheapest one, tracked daily). 34 boards under $500 · 94 under $1,000 — every price checked at the shop, not copied from an ad. The full picture, from entry boards to the top of the range: how much an electric skateboard costs.

What the law above asks you to wear or fit. Priced across shops: helmets and pads, since a rule above names the helmet.

Buying in Belgium. Electric skateboards from the 3 shops we read there, priced in the currency they charge.

Deciding between a board and a single wheel? Onewheel or electric skateboard. A word in the texts above you do not know? The glossary.

The same four questions, across every jurisdiction whose primary sources we have read. Neighbouring jurisdictions link to their own page and citations; every other one is a click away on the full list.

The spread is the point. These are neighbouring jurisdictions regulating the same object, and they do not agree on what it is, how fast it may go, who may ride it, or whether it may be ridden at all. A rider who crosses a state line is, quite often, subject to a different legal category rather than a stricter version of the same one — which is why a single national answer to this question does not exist and why anyone offering you one has stopped reading the law.

It also explains why so many rows say the device is unaddressed. Most vehicle codes were written before this machine existed, and a legislature that has not revisited them has not thereby permitted anything — it has left the question to a general classification and to your city.

Allowed, as a motorised personal mobility device. Belgium's 1975 traffic code, in force until 31 May 2027, lists “les appareils électriques autoéquilibrants à une ou deux roues” (one- or two-wheeled self-balancing electric devices — our translation) among motorised personal mobility devices, which cannot by construction exceed 25 km/h, and whose users “sont assimilés aux cyclistes” (are treated as cyclists — our translation). Riders must be 16, with exceptions such as pedestrian zones and reserved paths, and must wear a helmet when the device can exceed 20 km/h. The federal code that replaces it on 1 June 2027 keeps “les appareils électriques auto-équilibrants” in the same class.

Every jurisdiction that names a one-wheel board, side by side: Are Onewheels legal?

• It is not legal advice, and it never says you may ride. It says what the statute says, and links it.
• It does not cover municipal law. Cities regulate sidewalks, parks, paths and often these devices by name. Those rules sit on top of everything above.
• It does not cover private property, insurance, or what happens after an accident.
• It may be out of date. Every source carries the day we read it. A statute amended since then will not have updated itself here.

Across the border: France · Netherlands · Germany. Every other jurisdiction: the full list.

Are electric skateboards legal in Belgium?

No law we can find defines an electric skateboard. What applies instead is a general vehicle classification and, in practice, your municipality. No Belgian text names the electric skateboard, either in the Highway Code in force today or in the codes that replace it. Until 31 May 2027, the whole country is governed by the Royal Decree of 1 December 1975 (the Code de la route). From 1 June 2027, it is replaced by a federal Code de la voie publique (Royal Decree of 3 June 2024) together with a Brussels, a Walloon and a Flemish regional code. Each of the four texts gives the same date: “Le présent arrêté entre en vigueur le [1 1er juin 2027]1” (this decree enters into force on 1 June 2027 — our translation, federal art. 86); each regional code also repeals the 1975 decree. Both regimes have a general category, the motorised personal mobility device (“engin de déplacement motorisé”), limited by construction to 25 km/h, whose riders are treated as cyclists, must be 16 (with exceptions) and must wear a helmet above 20 km/h. The listed examples include kick scooters and self-balancing devices but no powered boards. The 2027 federal code does name the skateboard, “les planches à roulettes”, but only among non-motorised devices. From 1 June 2027 the speed limit for motorised devices differs by region: 20 km/h in Brussels, 25 km/h in Flanders, and no specific limit in the Walloon text. A board that can exceed 25 km/h falls outside the definition in both regimes; we did not read what applies to it.

Is a Onewheel legal in Belgium?

Allowed, as a motorised personal mobility device. Belgium's 1975 traffic code, in force until 31 May 2027, lists “les appareils électriques autoéquilibrants à une ou deux roues” (one- or two-wheeled self-balancing electric devices — our translation) among motorised personal mobility devices, which cannot by construction exceed 25 km/h, and whose users “sont assimilés aux cyclistes” (are treated as cyclists — our translation). Riders must be 16, with exceptions such as pedestrian zones and reserved paths, and must wear a helmet when the device can exceed 20 km/h. The federal code that replaces it on 1 June 2027 keeps “les appareils électriques auto-équilibrants” in the same class.

Do I need a helmet in Belgium?

Art. 8.2, 7°: “16 ans pour les conducteurs d'engins de déplacement motorisés, sauf:” (16 years for riders of motorised personal mobility devices, except: — our translation). The exceptions are residential and shared-space zones, reserved paths, pedestrian zones, play streets, and people with reduced mobility. Art. 36 requires a helmet for riders “d’engins de déplacement motorisés dont la vitesse maximale dépasse, par construction, 20 km à l’heure” (of motorised personal mobility devices whose maximum design speed exceeds 20 km/h — our translation). Art. 82bis.3: “Les engins de déplacement motorisés doivent être pourvus d’un système de freinage suffisamment efficace.” (Motorised personal mobility devices must have a sufficiently effective braking system — our translation.) That is AR 1er décembre 1975, arts. 8.2, 36, 82bis (codedelaroute.be).

How fast am I allowed to go in Belgium?

Brussels code, art. 8: speed is limited “à 20 km à l'heure pour les engins de déplacement motorisé” (to 20 km/h for motorised personal mobility devices — our translation). Flemish code, art. 12, § 1: “25 km/h, pour les cyclomoteurs de classe A et les engins de déplacement motorisés” (25 km/h for class A mopeds and motorised personal mobility devices — our translation). In the Walloon code, the words “engin de déplacement” appear only in a load rule (art. 8, § 6); we found no speed limit specific to these devices there. That is AGRBC 29 août 2024, arts. 1, 8, 25, 26; AGF 19 juillet 2024, arts. 12, 61, 62; AGW 17 juillet 2025, arts. 8, 29, 30.

Does this cover city rules?

No. This page reads state, provincial or national law only. Municipal codes frequently add rules — on sidewalks, parks and paths especially — and where the state has written nothing, the city has written everything.

How do I check this myself?

Open the links in the sources below. Every row in the table above names the section it comes from, and every source shows the date we read it. That is the whole point of the page: you should not have to take our word for it.