Ordinary prosecution robe
±€505–€555 VAT includedFor a professional standard execution. Check exact prosecution role, court, cloth, epitoge and included components.
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Public prosecution dress within Belgium’s judicial order
Belgian prosecutors are magistrates, but their dress must be specified through the relevant prosecution office, court level, senior title and ordinary or solemn occasion.
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A decentralised national structure
The 2025 annual report describes fourteen offices of the prosecutor of the King, nine labour auditorates, five prosecution and labour-auditor-general offices, two national prosecution offices—the Federal Prosecution Office and Road Safety Prosecution Office—and the Central Office for Seizure and Confiscation.
The organisational entity count provides context; it does not mean that each entity buys one robe per year.
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First-instance prosecution dress
Members of the relevant prosecution and labour-auditor offices fall within the first chapter of the 1970 decree. Ordinary dress is the black silk-trimmed robe with white pleated batiste neckwear and prescribed headwear.
Solemn dress adds the national-colour belt and office-specific silver headwear distinctions. Prosecutors of the King, labour auditors and first substitutes are expressly differentiated.
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Prosecution at appeal and Cassation level
At courts of appeal and labour courts of appeal, ordinary dress is black and solemn or assize dress is red, with senior distinctions for prosecutors general and first advocates general.
The prosecution office at the Court of Cassation follows the separate Cassation chapter, including red-belt ordinary dress and gold-detailed solemn dress for specified offices.
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Entry data are pipeline data
The 2025 professional-competence examinations produced 56 laureates and the oral evaluation produced nine. Many candidates were already lawyers, and successful certification enables later application rather than immediate appointment.
Judicial training provides another route after a 24-month programme. None of these published counts is a direct annual prosecutor-robe total.
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A procurement brief for prosecution dress
Record the exact office, court level, ordinary or solemn configuration, senior title, robe colour, neckwear, belt, epitoge qualification and toque details.
Confirm whether dress is personally owned or institutionally managed and keep ordinary and solemn components linked in the stock record.
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Connect prosecution roles with verified robe stock
The fourteen prosecutor-of-the-King offices, nine labour auditorates, five general offices and national services explain organisational reach. They do not establish one annual order per office or one identical configuration across all magistrates.
A needs review should ask for effective robe-wearing positions, vacancies filled by genuinely new entrants, changes of court level, active ordinary and solemn stock, size gaps and condition. Administrative staff figures must remain outside the magistrate-robe population.
Where an office shares ceremonial dress, record peak simultaneous users and the authority assigning it. Where magistrates own dress personally, distinguish a changed-office need from routine condition-led replacement.
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Prosecution release checklist
Confirm official title in Dutch or French alongside the English explanation, controlling court level, hearing type and senior-office distinctions. Verify the complete ensemble against the decree and have the competent office approve ambiguous points.
Keep examination success and appointment separate: a certificate creates eligibility, while dress need follows actual office and intended appearance.
Part of the annual estimate
When may a prosecution magistrate have a robe made?
The prosecution service is already included in the shared estimate of ±150–400 requests per year for the judicial order.
| Reason | What is included? | Place within the shared estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Appointment or role change | A first robe or different specification for a changed role | Within the judicial order’s ±150–400 |
| Ordinary or solemn service | Model and components follow role, court and occasion | No automatic second purchase |
| New, replacement or altered robe | Reserve, better fit, different braids or lining and replacement of an unusable robe | Measure by entity |
| Place within the estimate | Prosecution is already included in the estimate of ±150–400 requests per year | No separate addition |
This is an evidence-based market estimate for Belgium.
Price orientation · July 2026
What does a Belgian prosecution robe cost?
Three clear amounts for standard, role- or ceremony-specific and premium work, without treating prosecution as a generic judge’s robe.
Higher court or complete set
±€690–€850 VAT includedFor a more complex execution with bands, bow, cap, gloves, cover or other required components.
Special ceremonial bespoke
±€950–€1,300+ VAT includedFor a personal pattern, superior cloth, braids, cap, lining, fittings and special finish.
Not an automatic copy of the bench robe. Exact prosecution role and occasion determine the model and set. See all prices and quotation checks
Sources and methodology
Sources and methodology
The primary sources below support the rules, professional figures, education data and institutional examples on this page.
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