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      <agencyCode>EHRI</agencyCode>
      <agencyName>The EHRI Consortium</agencyName>
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    <maintenanceStatus>revised</maintenanceStatus>
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        <agent>EHRI</agent>
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        <eventDateTime>2012-03-09</eventDateTime>
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        <eventDateTime>2013-09-09</eventDateTime>
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        <agent>EHRI</agent>
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        <eventDateTime>2012-03-09</eventDateTime>
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        <agent>Mike Bryant</agent>
        <agentType>human</agentType>
        <eventDateTime standardDateTime="2013-09-09T12:32:16.420Z">September 9, 2013 12:32:16 PM UTC</eventDateTime>
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        <agent>Hans Boers</agent>
        <agentType>human</agentType>
        <eventDateTime standardDateTime="2013-09-20T12:18:59.913Z">September 20, 2013 12:18:59 PM UTC</eventDateTime>
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      <maintenanceEvent>
        <agent>Esther Everaert</agent>
        <agentType>human</agentType>
        <eventDateTime standardDateTime="2014-11-11T12:50:44.391Z">November 11, 2014 12:50:44 PM UTC</eventDateTime>
        <eventType>updated</eventType>
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      <maintenanceEvent>
        <agent>Mike Bryant</agent>
        <agentType>human</agentType>
        <eventDateTime standardDateTime="2016-12-20T12:46:53.069Z">December 20, 2016 12:46:53 PM UTC</eventDateTime>
        <eventType>updated</eventType>
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      <maintenanceEvent>
        <agent>Francesco Gelati</agent>
        <agentType>human</agentType>
        <eventDateTime standardDateTime="2018-11-27T09:34:41.459Z">November 27, 2018 9:34:41 AM UTC</eventDateTime>
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        <agent>Matthew Haultain-Gall</agent>
        <agentType>human</agentType>
        <eventDateTime standardDateTime="2019-07-26T09:08:02.053Z">July 26, 2019 9:08:02 AM UTC</eventDateTime>
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    <identity>
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      <autform xml:lang="eng">Archives de l'État à Bruxelles / Rijksarchief te Brussel</autform>
      <parform>State Archives in Brussels</parform>
      <parform>AEBA-RABA</parform>
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          <geogarea>Europe</geogarea>
          <location localType="postal address">
            <country>Belgium</country>
            <municipalityPostalcode>1190</municipalityPostalcode>
            <street>Avenue du Pont de Luttre 74</street>
          </location>
          <telephone>0032 2 524 61 15</telephone>
          <email href="archives.bruxelles@arch.be">archives.bruxelles@arch.be</email>
          <webpage href="http://www.arch.be/">http://www.arch.be/</webpage>
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              <p xml:lang="eng"><![CDATA[The French law of 26 October 1796 (5 Brumaire V) laid the foundations of the organisational structure of the present-day Belgian State Archives. The law stipulated that the archives of institutions and administrations abolished by the French authorities were to be collected and preserved at the regional metropolis of each newly created ‘Département’. In 1831, the archive depot in Brussels was officially named the “Archives Générales du Royaume” (National Archives of Belgium). By virtue of the Royal Decree of 17 December 1851, the “Archives de l’État dans les Provinces” (State Archives in the Provinces) were placed under the authority of the National Archivist.

Now broadly known as ‘the State Archives of Belgium’, the National Archives and the State Archives in the Provinces are a federal academic organisation that forms part of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO). The State Archives are made up of the National Archives in Brussels and 17 State Archives that are distributed throughout the country. The State Archives’ role is to ensure the proper preservation of archival documents produced and managed by the state authorities. In order to fulfil its responsibilities, the State Archives issue directives and recommendations; conduct inspections and organise training for civil servants. The State Archives also act as an advisory body for the construction and preparation of premises for the conservation of archives and for the organisation of archive management within public institutions. The State Archives obtain and preserve (following sorting) archival documents that are at least 30 years old from courts, tribunals, public authorities, notaries and from the private sector and private individuals (companies, politicians, associations and societies, influential families, etc. that have played an important role in society). They ensure that public archives are transferred according to strict archival standards.

The State Archives in Brussels were opened in 2002 following the division of the province of Brabant into two new provinces (Walloon Brabant and Flemish Brabant) and the creation of the administrative district of Brussels-Capital.]]></p>
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              <p xml:lang="eng"><![CDATA[The depository in Brussels (Anderlecht) is the preservation place for archives of all public institutions with regional or local competences that exercised or still exercise their functions in the Brussels region during or since the *Ancien Régime*. It also preserves the archives of the external services of the Federal Public Services (former Ministries), the archives of the courts and tribunals of the Brussels region and the minutes of a large number of notaries located in this region. Finally, the depository located in Anderlecht keeps a microfilm collection of the parish registers dating from before 1795, a microfilm collection of the civil status registers of Brussels’ communes and the provinces of Walloon Brabant, Hainaut, Liège and Namur, and finally a microfilm collection of the population registers of some communes of the former Province of Brabant. ]]></p>
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          <timetable>
            <opening>Open Tuesday to Friday, continuously from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Closed on Monday, Saturday and on public holidays and inventorying days.

**July and August**: Tuesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. 
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          </timetable>
          <access question="yes">
            <termsOfUse>Since 1 June 2018, access to the reading rooms of the State Archives is free. This new measure has been put in place to ensure access to our archives for all citizens. The State Archives online archives, which include civil status and church registers that are older than 100 years, can be accessed for free as well.

For other fees that may apply, please see: http://www.arch.be/docs/tarifs.pdf</termsOfUse>
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          <accessibility question="yes">The State Archives are committed to ensuring access to its reading rooms and other common areas for all users. Several improvements have been made in recent years to facilitate access for people with reduced mobility (parking spaces, access ramps, toilets, etc.). For further information about access to the State Archives in Brussels, please contact the institution by phone or email.</accessibility>
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