1 · Administrative sanctions
Current sanctions considered unfair. Moratorium requested pending reform.
Resources
Resources
The output of DeMeFF's work, made available to all doctors in training — members or not.
Please note
These documents date from 2021 to 2024 and most of them are written in French. Some of the information is an interpretation of legal texts and cannot be treated as law. The regulations may have changed since — always check their current state with the official sources.
Day-to-day
Survival guide
A guide covering everything specialist doctors in training need to know. The latest edition dates from autumn 2022: several amounts and procedures have changed since. Read it alongside the reference texts below.
Official texts
Reference texts
The agreement of the National Joint Committee for Doctors and Hospitals and the texts framing it, as published by the authorities. These are the documents that carry legal weight.
Model contract — training agreementPDF · official template applicable from 1 January 2026Official FAQPDF · February 2026 · reading of the 2021 and 2023 agreements · 27 pagesIndexed pay scales 2026PDF · bilingual FR/NL · index 2.72%Collective agreement of 19 May 2021PDF · the founding text on working time and payAddendum of 13 June 2022PDFRoyal Decree making the addendum bindingPDF · November 2022Collective agreement of 21 December 2023PDF · bilingual FR/NL · agreed text following the reviewCircular applying the 2023 agreementPDF · in French · March 2024Rules of interpretation — working time and payPDF · 15 June 2023
Working-time logging tool
DeMeFF had developed a tool for logging working time and calculating overtime premiums: checking the premiums granted, keeping a record of hours worked, producing an annual summary. Doctors sent it monthly to their HR department, copying the association, ensuring an external and independent record. This work led to a peer-reviewed publication in 2025. The tool and its mailbox are not currently active.
Legal support
Legal opinions
Opinions issued over the years by the law firm advising the association. They clarify how the texts should be read, without replacing them.
Overtime hoursPDF · in French · September 2022Remote work and cumulative premiumsPDF · in French · November 2022Pay for opting-out hoursPDF · in French · May 2023Undue paymentPDF · in French · August 2023Compensatory rest for public holidaysPDF · in English · January 2024Bone-age assessmentPDF · in French · November 2022Open letter — bone age and healthcare staffPDF · in French · November 2022
Training
Accreditation commissions
A full position paper on the problems surrounding the accreditation commissions in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, submitted to the relevant cabinets in November 2023.
2 · Accreditation criteria
Obsolete criteria, to be revised specialty by specialty.
3 · Training curricula
Standardisation needed for fair assessment and to protect doctors in training.
4 · Composition of the commissions
Doctors in training must be included in the accreditation commissions.
5 · Appeals in case of dispute
Creation of an independent appeals body for doctors in training.
6 · Tools and procedures
Move to an electronic portfolio and simplification of procedures.
The paper submitted to the cabinets
Private life & family
Maternity
A file covering the main information on pregnancy during specialisation, produced with CESI and COHEZIO.
Our work
Working documents and position papers
The opinions, evaluations and letters DeMeFF has sent to the bodies it negotiates with.
Op-ed — draft legislationPDF · in French · January 2022Formal notice served on hospitalsPDF · in French · December 2022Opinion — new surgical titlesPDF · in French · April 2022Working document — review of the collective agreementPDF · in French · 6 May 2023Request for review of the collective agreementPDF · in French · July 2023Summary — meeting with the Minister for EmploymentPDF · in French · July 2023Op-ed — Hospitals under influencePDF · in French · November 2023Letter to the CCFFMG — public holidaysPDF · in French · 14 February 2024
Archive
Earlier versions
Kept for reference. These texts have been superseded by the versions above.