What is JustRestart?
On 2 November 2023, JustRestart will be launched as the new digital platform for the processing of collective debt settlement files. This central database will contain all data and documents relating to collective debt settlement procedures and consists of two sections:
- A public section in which creditors, debtors and third parties can submit a petition or debt claim and view individual files.
- A private section that magistrates, registrars and debt mediators can use to manage files.
For Belgian legal entities and third-party professionals, it will be mandatory to use the new database. Foreign legal entities and natural persons are under no obligation to use the database, but we strongly recommend that they do so anyway.
As a private citizen, you will be required to use the database — whether or not on a mandatory basis — for the following actions.
- Submitting a petition for a collective debt settlement
- Consulting the decisions/rulings/judgments of the labour court and labour tribunals
- Accepting an invitation to view a file
- Submitting a debt claim
- Consulting a draft amicable recovery settlement
- Issuing your position as a debtor on an amicable recovery settlement
- Submitting additional petitions
- Communicating with court registrars and debt mediators.