European Summit on the 13th and 14th of December 2018: These are the security measures
On Thursday 13 and Friday 14 December 2018, a European Summit of the Heads of state and Government of the European Union will be held in Brussels in the buildings of the Council of the European Union, at the Rue de la Loi. A safety zone will be set up. Only authorized persons can enter this zone on foot.
The safety zone will be closed on 13 and 14 December:
- Traffic circle Schuman
- Rue Froissart, between the Rue Belliard and the Traffic circle Schuman
- Rue de la Loi, between the Traffic circle Schuman and ‘Residence Palace’
- Rue Juste Lipse
Important remarks:
- Deliveries will not be possible
- Garbage bags, bicycles and terraces are not allowed within the safety zone
🇪🇺#Sommet #UE à #Bruxelles ces 13 & 14 décembre. Le périmètre de sécurité classique sera instauré au quartier #Schuman. Le tunnel #Reyers (direction centre) sera fermé à la circulation venant de la #E40–#A3. Lire plus sur https://t.co/3xBDSrypIG pic.twitter.com/lC9b8bqQ4x
— PolBru (@zpz_polbru) December 10, 2018
Who can enter the safety zone?
With a vehicle:
- the official delegations, with accreditation from the Council services and/or police forces
- the emergency services
- the residents with an accreditation of the police services (access only via the Avenue d’Auderghem)
On foot:
- the residents registered within the zone and in possession of their ID card
- the employees and shopkeepers in possession of their ID card and a pass (delivered via their employer)
- persons in possession of a pass and their ID card
How to obtain a pass?
The demands are possible via www.polbru.be/eurotop and must be sent electronically to the police station of the European quarter of the Brussels Capital Ixelles police zone, Boulevard Clovis 10 – 1000 Brussels – 02 279 85 36. The passes will be available there from 3 December 2018.
Local traffic and parking
Certain streets will only be accessible for local traffic (above ground there will be a parking ban):
- rue Archimède between the rue Stévin and the rond-point Schuman
- avenue de Cortenberg, between the rue Stévin and the rond-point Schuman
- rue de la Loi, between the avenue de la Joyeuse Entrée and the rond-point Schuman
- avenue d’Auderghem, between the rue Belliard and the rond-point Schuman
- rue Breydel
Parking will also be forbidden:
- in the safety zone
- in the streets with local traffic
- Chaussée d’Etterbeek, between the Rue Belliard and the Rue Van Maerlant
- Rue Van Maerlant
- Rue Belliard, between the Chaussée d’Etterbeek and the Avenue d’Auderghem
Public transport:
The bus lines of the STIB and De Lijn that drive through the perimeter, are diverted.
