ELEMENTS	EXAMPLES	COMPULSORY
Name	Pierre Boulanger
Position	Département Qualité	If applicable
Organization	bpost	If applicable
Building, floor...	Bâtiment central étage 2	If applicable
Street, house number, box number	Rue Courtejoie 17 bte 1
Postcode and name of municipality	5590 Ciney
Country name in the event of mail to a foreign address (e.g. France). . The country name should not be included on mail to Belgian addresses		For foreign addresses only

The street, house number and box are essential for a proper delivery of mail.
As for a telephone number or an e-mail address, simple rules must be followed to write them: and errors must be avoided:

Example: Rue Courtejoie 17 bte 1

Please note
only use one language in your adress	Rue de Stalle 103	Rue de Stallestraat 103
Write the address in the correct order	Rue de l'Evèque 26	26 rue de l'Evèque
Use the terms "bte, bus, box, boîte" in front of the box number	Rue de la Senne 32 bte 20 Zennestraat 32 bus 20 Rue de la Senne 32 box 32 Rue de la Senne 32 boîte 20	Rue de la Senne 32 b 20 Rue de la Senne 32/20 Rue de la Senne 32#20 Rue de la Senne 32 RdC 1 Rue de la Senne 32 appt 20 Rue de la Senne 32 20
Write the correct street type out in full, or using approved abbreciations	Chaussée Romaine Chée Romaine Avenue de Broqueville Av. De Broqueville Alsembergsesteenweg Boulevard Poincaré Frank Craeybeckxlaan Jos Craeybeckxlaan Avenue Paul Pasteur	Chau Romaine Cgh Romaine Aven. Broqueville Steenweg op Alsemberg Craeybeckxlaan Paul Pasteur
Do not add additional spaces or punctuation marks, do not deviate from punctuation marks specified	Rue de la Carrière 21-27 Ferdinand Lenoirstraat 29	Rue de la Carrière, 21-27 Rue de la Carrière 21/27 Ferdinand Lenoirstraat        29
Do not add additional information (door, floor, palce, etc.) in line 5	Gistelsesteenweg 22 bus 1 Chaussée de Neesrtalle 392 bte 24 Rue de la Princesse Rue du Travail	Gistelsesteenweg 22 GV A1 Chaussée de Neerstalle 392 2étage appt 3 Rue de la Princesse (La Louvière) Rue du Travail (L.L.)
Do not insert any blank lines between line 5 and line 6	Rue Vanderkindere 171 1180 Uccle	Rue Vanderkindere 171 1180 Uccle
Do not insert any additional lines or information between line 5 and line 6 of the address	Pierre Boulanger Etage, Appartement 2 Gauche Place Saint Denis 10 1190 Forest	Pierre Boulanger Place Saint Denis 10 Etage, Appartement 2 Gauche 1190 Forest

The postcode and the place are also very important. Here are the do’s and the don’ts

Example: 1000 Bruxelles

Please note
Do not include ISO codes (belgian)	Rue du Rabiseau 14 6099 Fleurus	Rue du Rabiseau 14 B- 6099 Fleurus
Do not include foreign ISO codes	Calle Teruel 6 box 8 51380 UTEBO ESPAGNE	Calle Teruel 6 box 8 ESP 51380 UTEBO (ZARAGOZA) España
Do not add any other information after the postcode and place	6001 Charleroi	6001 Marcinelle (Charleroi)
Do not use underlining	Rue de la Chaudronnerie 3 4099 Awans	Rue de la Chaudronnerie 3 4099 AWANS

Name of box recipient + PO Box + postcode + municipality + post office name.

Three important basic rules:

• Do not mention "Belgium" if you write a domestic mail
• Do not use the ISO country code (e.g. FR-, D, CH, etc.). These elements are not used by our machines but can cause errors in the sorting and distribution of the post
• For any international mail, you must write the country of destination

The name of the country of destination must always be written:

• On the last line of the address
• In full and in capitals
• Without underlining
• In one of the national languages or in English