The Belgian Official Gazette grants Centrica Energy Trading…

The Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur belge) published on October 28, 2026, on page 57949 of issue 246, an individual authorization for the supply of natural gas bearing the identifier A330-086 and granted to the Danish company Centrica Energy Trading A/S. The act takes the form of a ministerial decree dated October 20, 2026, made public under the official reference C − 2026/007921. The notice appears under the section of the Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, Middle Classes and Energy.

The decision falls within the regime established by the Royal Decree of June 12, 2001, relating to the general conditions for the supply of natural gas and the conditions for granting natural gas supply authorizations. This is the text that the notice expressly cites as the basis for the license granted to the Danish operator.

The authorization is presented in the notice as an individual act: it is valid for the named applicant and not for a generic category of suppliers. Its publication in the official journal makes it enforceable and allows third parties to challenge its legality before the administrative jurisdiction.

Official data of the authorization

The notice published on page 57949 is very concise and is limited to the following identification elements:

Beneficiary: Centrica Energy Trading A/S
Legal form and nationality: company registered in the Danish trade register
Danish company number: 20293195
Authorization number: A330-086
Granting act: ministerial decree of October 20, 2026
Publication: Belgian Official Gazette no. 246 of October 28, 2026, p. 57949
Official reference: C − 2026/007921

No other mentions — business volume, service area, prices, customer categories, or validity period — appear in the text of the notice. The administration limits itself to confirming the compliance of the grant with the 2001 regulatory provisions.

Sixty days to refer to the Council of State

The final paragraph of the notice opens a path for an annulment appeal. The formal conditions are detailed explicitly:

Deadline: sixty days after publication in the Belgian Official Gazette
Form: petition sent by registered mail
Recipient: the Council of State, rue de la Science 33, 1040 Brussels

The starting point of the deadline is therefore the publication of October 28, 2026, and not the date of the signature of the ministerial decree. The mention of the appeal is identical to that accompanying other individual acts published in the same issue of the official journal, which confirms the administrative and contestable nature of the decision.

An additional supplier on the Belgian market

With this license, a Danish law operator joins the list of suppliers authorized to deliver natural gas in Belgium. Number A330-086 is part of the series of individual authorizations issued by the competent federal energy authority.

For a foreign player, obtaining this authorization is the condition for access to the Belgian supply market: without it, the marketing of gas to customers established in Belgium is not permitted. Publication in the Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur belge) therefore constitutes the public birth certificate of this commercial capacity.

What the document does not decide

The notice contains no indication regarding the actual start date of deliveries, the target customer segments, or the planned volumes. Furthermore, it does not mention any specific conditions imposed on the beneficiary, nor the validity period of the authorization.

The text also remains silent on any observations made during the processing of the file: only the final granting decision is brought to the public’s attention.

Scope of the publication

The publication officializes the entry of Centrica Energy Trading A/S into the circle of natural gas suppliers holding an individual authorization in Belgium, along with the general obligations attached to this status. Third parties who consider themselves aggrieved have until the end of the sixty-day window opened by the publication to file a petition with the Council of State. After this period, the ministerial decree of October 20, 2026, will benefit from a consolidated presumption of legality, unless contested later on other grounds.

Source: Belgian Official Gazette n° 246 of 28.10.2026, p. 57949 — [C − 2026/007921] — ministerial decree of October 20, 2026.