If you like to read the legal texts yourself, you can consult the consolidated versions of:
- the Law of 8 April 1965 instituting legal deposit at the Royal Library of Belgium;
- the Royal Decree of 31 December 1965 implementing the Law of 8 April 1965 instituting legal deposit at the Royal Library of Belgium;
Or if it is the history of the legislation that interests you, you can consult the original version and its successive amendments:
- Law of 8 April 1965 instituting legal deposit at the Royal Library of Belgium (Moniteur belge of 18 June 1965).
- Royal Decree of 31 December 1965 implementing the Law of 8 April 1965 (Moniteur belge of 19 January 1966).
- Law of 19 December 2006 amending Articles 1 and 2 of the Law of 8 April 1965 in order to extend the scope of application to microfilm and digital media (Moniteur belge of 23 March 2007);
- Royal Decree of 14 February 2008 amending the Royal Decree of 31 December 1965 (Moniteur belge of 21 March 2008);
- Law of 25 April 2014 amending the Law of 8 April 1965 (Moniteur belge of 13 June 2014);
- Royal Decree of 25 December 2016 amending the Royal Decree of 19 June 1837 (Moniteur belge of 16 January 2017);
- Law of 8 July 2018 amending the Law of 8 April 1965 (Moniteur belge of 20 July 2018).