The legal interest rate amounts to 2.50%.

For the year 2015, the legal interest rate amounts to 2.50%.

Overview :

2015:    2.50 % 2014:    2.75 % 2013:    2.75 % 2012:    4.25 % 2011:    3.75 % 2010:    3.25 % 2009:    5.5 % 2008:    7.0 % 2007:    6.0 % as of 1 September 1996:     7.0 % as of 1 August 1986:         8.0 % as of 1 August 1985:        10.0 % as of 1 August 1981:        12.0 % as of 1 November 1974:     8.0 % as of 1 July 1970:                6.5 % up to 30 June 1970:             4.5 % (civil matters)

5.5 % (commercial matters)

(Communication of the General Administration of the Treasury of the FPS Finance, Belgian Official Journal of 30 January 2015, in implementation of art. 2, § 1 of the Act of 5 May 1865 on interest-bearing loans)

For more information on this specific subject, please contact Siegfried Busscher (the author).