Royal Order No. 534 modifying the family allowances scheme for salaried workers, 31 March 1987.

This Order is designed to improve the Belgium family allowances scheme for salaried workers. It simplifies administrative procedures and enlarges the categories of persons eligible for allowances by 1) raising to 16 the age up to which a child is unconditionally entitled to an allowance; 2) entitling a widower to the same allowance that a widow has been entitled to; 3) inserting into the consolidated laws the right of the unemployed to family allowances; 4) extending allowances to all children in the household of the worker; and 5) extending allowances to children whose tie to the worker or worker's spouse is established through judicial proceedings, as well as to the grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, and nephews of the person of the opposite sex with whom the worker forms a household.