Practical information on the Filing application

Most companies, associations and foundations active in Belgium are required to file (statutory and/or consolidated) annual accounts and/or other documents with the National Bank of Belgium (NBB).

  • About the Filing application

    Filing is an online application made available by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) for the drawing up, validation and filing of annual accounts.

  • Access procedure

    Access to the Filing application is through CSAM, the official online portal for government services. To access the portal, a digital key is required.

  • Personal space

    The personal space is the environment where users can perform various actions, such as filing annual accounts and paying the filing fee.

  • Payment

    If no errors are identified during the validation process, the accounts are marked as “ready for payment”. Once this status has been granted, payment should be made within six working days.

  • Validation report and error detection

    When annual accounts are filed, the National Bank of Belgium carries out a number of (automatic) arithmetical and logical checks. The validation report indicates to filers whether their annual accounts contain errors and/or warnings.