Finance minister admits bailiffs had to collect on Justice Palace fine

After responding to questions in the Brussels Parliament this week, minister of Finance Sven Gatz admitted that a fine imposed on the capital’s Buildings Agency in 2019 by the Brussels Region had to be collected by a bailiff after a long period of non-payment.The fine was issued after it was discovered that the Palace of Justice had been without an environmental permit since 2017. The Buildings Agency, the owner of the site and a department of Brussels Environment, was fined for this in 2019, but a year later that fine had still not been paid. According to Mr. Gatz, the debt of approximately €15,000 has since been settled after a collection…