What is the certificate of absence of professional ban?

The FSMA will record disciplinary sanctions in a central register, together with professional bans imposed by the FSMA, the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) or the European Central Bank (ECB) under sector-specific prudential regulations. 

Candidates to a position of banking service provider can ask the FSMA for a certificate confirming that he or she is not subject to any of the aforementioned professional bans.

In order to guarantee the protection of their personal data, only candidates will be allowed to request this certificate from the FSMA. However, an Entity may use the services of a banking service provider only if it has first obtained such a certificate of absence of professional ban. 

The FSMA-website lists the channels through which candidates may request a certificate of absence of professional ban.