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Article 8
 

The quality of Belgian is acquired, preserved and lost according to the rules determined by civil law.


The Constitution and other laws relating to political rights determine, in addition to this quality, the conditions necessary for the exercise of these rights.


By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the law may organize the voting rights of citizens of the European Union who are not Belgian nationals, in accordance with the international and supranational obligations of Belgium.


The right to vote referred to in the preceding paragraph may be extended by law to residents of Belgium who are not nationals of a Member State of the European Union, under the conditions and in the manner determined by that law.


Transitional provision


The law referred to in paragraph 4 may not be adopted before 1 January 2001.