The decree from September 2001 fostering the production from renewable energy implements the Flemish Parliament Act on the organization of the electricity market of July 2000. From the 1st of January 2002, every electricity supplier has the obligation to buy a certain amount of green certificates to green electricity producers. This amount has to be: 14% from its total electricity supply in 2013; 15,5% in 2014; 16,8% in 2015; until 20,5% in 2020. The suppliers have to give their certificates yearly (the 31st of March) to the Flemish regulator (the VREG). If the supplier doesn’t comply with this obligation, it will have to pay a fine of EUR 100 for each missing certificate. The fines feed into an Energy Fund. IEA/IRENA Global Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database © OECD/IEA and IRENA, [November 2020]