Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport (french: Service public fédéral Mobilité et Transports, nl, Federale Overheidsdienst Mobiliteit en Vervoer, german: Föderaler Öffentlicher Dienst Mobilität und Transportwesen), is a Federal Public Service of

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. Its head office is located at the City Atrium in the

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Northern Quarter business district. It was created by

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on 20 November 2001, as part of the plans of the

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to modernise the federal administration. It is responsible for preparing and implementing transportation policies. The agency's Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) investigates aircraft accidents and incidents. The agency's Railway Accident and Incident Investigation Unit investigates rail accidents. The Federal Bureau for the Investigation of Maritime Accidents (FEBIMA) investigates maritime accidents.Accident Investigation - Contact Points
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. Retrieved on 16 January 2012.

Organisation

The FPS Mobility and Transport is currently organised into four Directorates-General: *the Directorate-General Sustainable Mobility and Rail Policy *the Directorate-General Road Transport and Road Safety **

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service (DIV) *the Directorate-General Shipping (DGS) *the

Belgian Civil Aviation Authority The Belgian Civil Aviation Authority (also known as "Direction générale du Transport aérien" (DGTA) in French, or "Directoraat-generaal Luchtvaart" (DGLV) in Dutch) is part of the FPS Mobility and Transport in Belgium, directed until 2010 by Sec ...

(BCAA) It is also responsible for several government agencies, such as the Belgian Institute for Traffic Safety, and autonomous public companies, namely the

National Railway Company of Belgium french: Société nationale des chemins de fer belgesgerman: Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen , type = Statutory corporation , industry = Rail Transport , foundation = 1926 , founder = Government o ...

, the Brussels Airport Company and

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References

External links

Website of the FPS Mobility and Transport Belgium
Federal departments and agencies of Belgium Transport ministries Ministries established in 2001 2001 establishments in Belgium Rail accident investigators Organizations investigating aviation accidents and incidents Transport organisations based in Belgium {{Belgium-gov-stub