{"id":9397,"date":"2021-01-12T12:09:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T11:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/?p=9397"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:31:33","slug":"covid-attachment-law-measures-january-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/covid-attachment-law-measures-january-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 and Enforcement\/Attachment Law: Measures in Force Until 31 January 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Belgian Act of 20 December 2020 on temporary and structural provisions in matters of justice in the context of the fight against the spread of Covid-19 affects attachments until at least 31 January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Among the measures adopted: a temporary increase of the non-attachable thresholds (Article 1409 of the Judicial Code) and an extension of the time limits in judicial sales.<\/p>\n<p>This article may be read alongside our other Covid-19 posts: the deferral of mortgage and business credits (winter 2020), the deferral of credits (spring 2020), and the State guarantee for certain credits.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is a translation. Only the French version is authoritative. It is provided for information purposes and does not constitute legal advice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- SM --><\/p>\n<div class=\"maillage-sm\">\n<h3>On the same topic<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/overview-crowdfunding-regulation-platforms\/\">An Overview of Crowdfunding (Regulation of Crowdfunding and Platforms)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/blocking-unblocking-bank-accounts-on-death\/\">Blocking and Unblocking Bank Accounts on Death: What Obligations for the Bank?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/taxonomy-whats-in-a-name-episode-2\/\">Taxonomy: What&#8217;s in a Name? (Episode 2)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/refusing-bank-account-businesses-basic-banking-service\/\">Refusing to Open a Bank Account: Businesses and the Basic Banking Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/kobelco-case-intermediaries-liability-know-product\/\">The Kobelco Case and Intermediaries&#8217; Liability: Know the Product You Offer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/SM --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Belgian Act of 20 December 2020 on temporary and structural provisions in matters of justice in the context of the fight against the spread of Covid-19 affects attachments until at least 31 January 2021. Among the measures adopted: a temporary increase of the non-attachable thresholds (Article 1409 of the Judicial Code) and an extension&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/covid-attachment-law-measures-january-2021\/#more-9397\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":185562167,"featured_media":3546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"The Belgian Act of 20 December 2020 affects attachments: higher non-attachable thresholds and extended time limits in judicial sales.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Covid-19 and Attachment Law: Measures Until 31 January 2021","jetpack_seo_noindex":true,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11430068,11430066],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contentieux-litigation","category-insolvabilite","clear","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbYDZD-2rz","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bankinglaw.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/time-3096535_640.jpg?fit=640%2C426&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/185562167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9397"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9785,"href":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9397\/revisions\/9785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankinglaw.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}