Brussels-Capital Region: The nitrate-vulnerable zone is a protected area against the pollution of groundwaters caused by nitrates from agricultural sources. It was designated in accordance with the prescriptions of the European Directive 91/676/EEC, by the Ministerial Order of 25 May 1999.

Brussels-Capital Region : location of the different surface water quality monitoring sites under the Water Framework Ordonnance and Directive. Surface waters concerned are surface water bodies: Canal, Senne and Woluwe. Monitoring involves a series of chemical, physico-chemical parameters... The code and the name of the monitoring site are given.

Brussels-Capital Region: Map of the areas affected by historical flooding (past events). Prepared in accordance with Article 4 of the European Flood Directive 2007/60/EC.

Brussels-Capital Region : this directive has as an aim the prevention of the major accidents implying of dangerous substances and the limitation of their consequences for the man and the environment, in order to ensure in a coherent and effective way in all the country of the high levels of protection. The geographical data file SEVESO consists of several classes of objects which make it possible to locate all the SEVESO sites on the territory of the area of Brussels.

Brussels-Capital Region : location of the different groundwater quality monitoring sites managed by Brussels Environment and which results are transmitted through the reporting to Europe (under Article 8 of the Water Framework Directive). Indication of the analyzed water body, the European Code and the Brussels code of the monitoring site. Distinction between two types of monitoring: surveillance monitoring for all groundwater bodies (type_monitoring = 1) and operational monitoring for groundwater bodies identified as being at risk of failing to achieve the objectives of good status (type_monitoring = 2)

Brussels-Capital Region: localization of the discharge points of the two treatment stations of wastewater and rainwater of the Brussels agglomeration.

Brussels-Capital Region : Big industrial installations that are reported under the framework of directive 2010/75/EU of 24 november 2010 on industrial emissions (« IED »). This directive aims to prevent and reduce, with an integrated approach, air, water and soil pollution that comes from industrial installations. It gathers different directives focussing on industrial emissions. The dataset consists of the reported installations, but excluding dry cleaning services.

This dataset contains data on buildings in the Brussels-Capital Region. A building is any physical construction formed of rigid exterior walls, roofed, permanently attached to land, and designed to accommodate human activity and / or shelter for animals, goods and machinery.

Brussels-Capital Region: location of the three aircraft noise restriction zones defined by the order of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region of 27 May 1999 on the fight against the noise generated by air traffic.

Brussels-Capital Region : location of the different groundwater level monitoring sites (or piezometric sites) managed by Brussels Environment under the surveillance monitoring of the groundwater status in accordance with the Ordonnance and the Water Framework Directive. Indication of the analyzed water body, the European Code and the Brussels code of the monitoring site.