, providing more time for the travel industry to understand how to comply with new reporting requirements for foreign nationals assigned to work in Belgium. Effective April 1, companies must declare in advance when sending employees to Belgium for business visits of more than five days in a given month. Designed to reduce illegal employment in Belgium, the Limosa program (
www.limosa.be) requires travelers to carry the declaration during their visits and levies fines of $8,000 for infractions. ACTE said it also wants assurances of data privacy--given that travelers' social security numbers are one required element--and asked Belgian government officials to explain the new law during a webcast.