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New laws on the books

A number of new laws and regulations come into force on 1 September.

Newcomers to the first primary class may have to take a language test if they haven’t been to pre-school and don’t speak Dutch at home

Girls born in 1998 will be eligible for a free vaccination against human papilloma virus, a precursor to cervical cancer

Secondary school students will have lessons in media awareness, teaching them how to gather and critically evaluate information

Beer will go up in price by 1.7 to 2%, the main producers InBev and Alken Maes said
Intelligence services will be given new powers to investigate email traffic, telephone calls and bank transactions

(September 1, 2010)