Employee bicycle allowance: 0.32 euro per kilometer starting October 2026

Employees who regularly use a bicycle to commute to work are entitled to an allowance of 0.32 EUR per kilometer actually traveled, with a ceiling of 12.80 EUR per working day. A royal decree of October 22, 2026, makes this rule binding for all companies falling under the Auxiliary Joint Committee for Employees (JC 200). The text was published in the Belgian Official Gazette on November 12, 2026, under reference 2026/202369, page 60000.

The decree, signed by King Philippe and countersigned by the Minister of Employment David Clarinval, is based on the law of December 5, 1968, relating to collective labor agreements and joint committees, of which Article 28 allows a sectoral agreement to be made binding for all. It follows a request from the JC 200 itself and validates the collective labor agreement concluded within it on January 15, 2026.

An amendment to the 2021 agreement on transport costs

The new text does not create a regime from scratch: it replaces Article 7, § 1, of the collective labor agreement of November 18, 2021, relating to the contribution to transport costs (168824/CO/200). The amending agreement was registered on January 26, 2026, under number 197413/CO/200. It applies to employers and employees of companies falling under the jurisdiction of the JC 200.

The parameters adopted are as follows:

• 0.32 EUR per kilometer actually traveled by bicycle;
• a maximum of 12.80 EUR per working day;
• this ceiling is equivalent to 40 kilometers round trip;
• the condition for application is the regular use of a bicycle between the home address and the place of work.

Entry into force and termination regime

The agreement takes effect from October 1, 2026, which is prior to the signing of the decree on October 22, 2026, and prior to its publication on November 12. It is concluded for an indefinite period.

Its termination is regulated: it requires three months’ notice, sent by registered mail to the president of the Auxiliary Joint Committee for Employees (JC 200) as well as to each of the signatory organizations. Furthermore, the decree charges the Minister of Employment with its execution and refers, in a note, to the law of December 5, 1968, published in the Belgian Official Gazette on January 15, 1969.

Other sectors set their scale on the same day

The Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur belge) of November 12, 2026, publishes several royal decrees of October 22, 2026, making comparable agreements mandatory, with different amounts:

• Joint Committee for the leather and skins industry and substitute products: 0.37 EUR per kilometer, linked to the maximum tax-exempt amount per kilometer, for workers, effective January 1, 2026 (197434/CO/128).
• Joint Committee for the brick industry: 0.30 EUR per kilometer traveled, only on days of actual travel by bicycle, effective March 1, 2026 (197797/CO/114).

These discrepancies confirm that the bicycle allowance remains negotiated sector by sector, without a uniform federal scale.

For employees of JC 200, the effect is direct: a round trip of 20 kilometers represents 6.40 EUR per day, or 128 EUR over a month of 20 working days, within the limit of the daily ceiling. The text provides for neither automatic indexation nor a reference to the tax-exempt amount, unlike other agreements published on the same day, which leaves the door open for new sectoral negotiations.

Official source: Belgian Official Gazette of November 12, 2026, royal decree of October 22, 2026, making mandatory the collective labor agreement of January 15, 2026, concluded within the Auxiliary Joint Committee for employees (reference 2026/202369), page 60000.