The King has the right to dissolve the House of Representatives only if the latter, with the absolute majority of its members:
1° either rejects a motion of confidence in the Federal Government and does not propose to the King, within three days of the day of the re-jection of the motion, the appointment of a successor to the prime minister;
2° or adopts a motion of no confidence with regard to the Federal Gov-ernment and does not simultaneously propose to the King the ap-pointment of a successor to the prime minister.
The motions of confidence and no confidence can only be voted on forty-eight hours after the tabling of the motion.
Moreover, the King may, in the event of the resignation of the Federal Gov-ernment, dissolve the House of Representatives after having received its agreement expressed by the absolute majority of its members.
The act of dissolution convenes the electorate within forty days and the House of Representatives within two months.
In case both Houses are dissolved in accordance with Article 195, the Houses are convened within three months.
In case of early dissolution, the new federal parliamentary term may not extend beyond the day when the first election of the European Parliament following this dissolution is held.

Transitional provision

After the 2014 election of the European Parliament, a law, passed by a majority as described in Article 4, last paragraph, fixes the date when the sixth paragraph comes into force. This date is that on which Article 65, third paragraph and Article 118, § 2, fourth sub-paragraph come into force.
The fourth and fifth paragraphs come into force on the day when elec-tions take place with a view to the complete renewal of the Community and Regional Parliaments in 2014. Until this date, the following provisions are ap-plicable in lieu of the fourth and fifth paragraphs:

“The dissolution of the House of Representatives entails the dissolution of the Senate.
The act of dissolution convenes the electorate within forty days and the Houses within two months.
The dissolution of the House of Representatives leading to parliamentary elections at federal level that take place the same day as the 2014 election of the Community and Regional Parliaments entails the dissolution of the Sen-ate. The electorate for the House of Representatives is convened within forty days. The Houses are convened within three months.”.