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Belgium has provisions in its legislation relating to the granting of compulsory licences.
These can be found in Arts. XI.37 to XI.46 of the Code of Economic Law.
A compulsory licence may be applied for on the following grounds:
- lack of exploitation or dependency;
- export to countries with public health problems; and
- public health grounds.
More information can be found [here](https://e-courses.epo.org/wbts_int/CompulsoryLicensing/CL_BE.pdf).
## Generic manufacturers
Belgium has its own generic manufacturer: [Medaxes](https://www.medaxes.be/nl).