{
  "entity_type": "data_package_index",
  "dataset_id": "calcgrid-belgium-public-holidays",
  "dataset_version": "be-legal-public-holidays-2026-2027.1",
  "jurisdiction": "BE",
  "coverage": {
    "start": "2026-01-01",
    "end": "2027-12-31"
  },
  "supported_years": [
    2026,
    2027
  ],
  "scope": "Belgium ten statutory private-sector public holidays for 2026-2027",
  "holiday_policy": "The ten statutory Belgian labour public holidays are included; the public-sector, community, regional, sector and employer calendars are not substituted into this national core.",
  "substitute_day_policy": "No substitute-day closure is inferred. If a statutory holiday coincides with Sunday or an undertaking's ordinary inactivity day, the substitute day is fixed by the competent joint committee or undertaking.",
  "limitation": "Private-sector statutory core only; substitute dates, public-service/community/regional holidays, sector agreements, employer, school, bank and municipal schedules are not inferred.",
  "year_urls": {
    "2026": "/api/v1/data/belgium-public-holidays/2026",
    "2027": "/api/v1/data/belgium-public-holidays/2027"
  },
  "calculators": [
    "/api/v1/calculators/belgium-public-working-day",
    "/api/v1/calculators/belgium-public-add-working-days",
    "/api/v1/calculators/belgium-public-working-days-between"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Belgian Federal Public Service Employment – Public holidays",
      "url": "https://employment.belgium.be/en/themes/international/posting/working-conditions-be-respected-case-posting-belgium/public-holidays",
      "type": "government_labour_guidance",
      "scope": "ten statutory public holidays, prohibition on work in principle, and substitute-day rule"
    },
    {
      "name": "Belgium.be – legal holidays",
      "url": "https://www.belgium.be/nl/werk/verlof_en_loopbaanonderbrekingen/feestdagen",
      "type": "government_calendar_reference",
      "scope": "ten paid statutory private-sector holidays and sector-specific replacement caveat"
    },
    {
      "name": "Belgian Federal Public Service Employment – public-holiday regulation",
      "url": "https://employment.belgium.be/en/regulation-public-holidays",
      "type": "government_regulation_index",
      "scope": "Act of 4 January 1974 and Royal Decree of 18 April 1974 legal framework"
    }
  ]
}